Alison Smith

I'm a graduate student researcher with the University of California, Riverside in the Neuroscience PhD program. Currently, I'm working with Dr. Aaron Seitz, who studies perceptual learning, and has done amazing work in vision training through the Brain Games Center at UCR. I'm very excited to be a part of the Brain Games Center, and I hope that my research contributes to further understanding of how the brain functions, and how we can improve brain function. I have a special interest in veterans, since I, myself, am a disabled veteran. Currently, I am working to help veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Much more research is needed on how TBI affects the brain and how we can help patients with TBI recover function. Our current project is just the tip of the iceberg.

August 2014