Marie Banich

Distinguished Professor Marie Banich Was Featured in CU Connections Article, "Six faculty members named CU Distinguished Professors"

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 23:57:09 +0000

Distinguished Professor Marie Banich Was Featured in CU Connections Article, "Six faculty members named CU Distinguished Professors" Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 11/09/2023 - 16:57

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ICS Faculty Marie Banich Named University of Colorado Distinguished Professor. Congratulations, Marie!

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 21:36:40 +0000

ICS Faculty Marie Banich Named University of Colorado Distinguished Professor. Congratulations, Marie! Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 11/07/2023 - 14:36

Marie Banich has been named University of Colorado Distinguished Professor. Marie is one of only 144 faculty members from the four University campuses who have earned this distinction since 1977. This is a highly selective process by a systemwide committee. Marie’s selection attests to her extraordinary accomplishments and contributions to the field, university, and society. Congraulations, Marie!

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Marie Banich, ICS Faculty on 9NEWS Panelist Discussion Teen's Transition from Middle to High School

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 21:46:54 +0000

Marie Banich, ICS Faculty on 9NEWS Panelist Discussion Teen's Transition from Middle to High School Anonymous (not verified) Sun, 09/05/2021 - 15:46

The panelists addressed the biological, psychological, social and academic changes happening with teens at this age and stage.

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Marie Banich, ICS Faculty Publishes a Study on What Happens in the Brain When We Try to Stop Thinking About Something

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 07:00:00 +0000

Marie Banich, ICS Faculty Publishes a Study on What Happens in the Brain When We Try to Stop Thinking About Something Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 12/18/2020 - 00:00

The findings were published this month in the journal Nature Communications, lending new insight into the basic building blocks of cognition and could inform new therapies for issues like post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder.

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Marie Banich, ICS Faculty and the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study Featured in President's October Newsletter

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 00:59:29 +0000

Marie Banich, ICS Faculty and the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study Featured in President's October Newsletter Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 10/15/2020 - 18:59

Marie Banich, Executive Director of the Intermountain Neuroimaging Consortium, ICS faculty, and Professor of psychology and neuroscience leads the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study at CU Boulder.

President Kennedy mentioned "CU Boulder is part of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study, the nation’s largest long-term study of brain development and child health. A new seven-year, $11 million grant renewal from the National Institutes of Health allows for the landmark study to continue and enables CU researchers to explore how screen time, drug use, concussions, genes and other factors affect the development of an adolescent’s brain."

Congratulations for the well-deserved highlight!

President Kennedy featured the CU Boulder site for the national ABCD study in the October 'Numbers Speaks Volumes: CU's Research is Benefiting the World'.

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Marie Banich, ICS Faculty Awarded an $11 million, 7-year NIH Grant

Anonymous — Wed, 20 May 2020 06:00:00 +0000

Marie Banich, ICS Faculty Awarded an $11 million, 7-year NIH Grant Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 05/20/2020 - 00:00

A very large, multi-year National Institutes of Health grant renewal will support the continuation of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study's Boulder project site.

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Marie Banich joins Chancellor Phil DiStefano in LA for BuffTalks!

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 19:02:54 +0000

Marie Banich joins Chancellor Phil DiStefano in LA for BuffTalks! Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 02/22/2018 - 12:02

Dr. Marie Banich spoke on how Banich Lab uses brain imaging techniques to understand the neural systems that process emotion, social information and rewards.

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ICS Faculty Marie Banich's Teen Brain Research Featured on TODAY Show

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 19:26:46 +0000

ICS Faculty Marie Banich's Teen Brain Research Featured on TODAY Show Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 02/01/2018 - 12:26

What helps and hurts the teenage brain? A revolutionary new study hopes to find out how kids’ minds are shaped during this crucial and turbulent stage of life.

Researchers are following more than 11,000 children for the next decade, studying how dozens of factors — including drugs and alcohol, diet and exercise, screen time, academic and social stress, sleep patterns, sibling and parent relationships — impact their brains.

As part of TODAY's "Brain Power" series, NBC special anchor Maria Shriver talked with 9-year-old Nick and 10-year-old Gemma, who are both taking part in the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development Study, or “ABCD,” launched by the National Institutes of Health.

Nick thinks his brain is “a very big one,” while Gemma calls hers “really cool” and the most important part of her body. Experts say they and the other young participants will provide important clues to how modern childhood impacts teens.

“It's a little frightening that we have all these children today who are spending 10 hours a day in front of a screen for their socialization, and we don't know what's going to happen to their brains or how that's going to affect their relationships when they get older,” said Susan Bookheimer, one of the study's lead investigators and a professor of cognitive neuroscience at UCLA.

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Mysteries of the Teenage Brain

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Mysteries of the Teenage Brain Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 06/14/2017 - 14:27

Illustration by Dan Page.

“Over the years, we’ve learned that adolescence is an incredibly important time for brain development, when the brain is particularly malleable and receptive to its environment...But we only have broad brush strokes. We need a clearer picture.”

INC Executive Director and former ICS Director Dr. Marie Banich was profiled in the Coloradan this month about her life's work, and how teenagers and young adults think and act differently from grownups.

"In a series of studies in the early 2000s funded by the MacArthur Foundation, Banich and colleagues showed that teens lack a mature ability to conceptualize the future, have less self-control, are less organized in their decision making, are more vulnerable to peer pressure — and are much more sensitive to reward than to punishment. By the early-to-mid 20s, these traits tend to fade. Said Banich, “In adolescence, the carrot is huge and the stick is practically invisible.” Work by her and others helped influence the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2005 decision to abolish the death penalty for juveniles and 2010 decision to eliminate, for them, most life sentences without parole."

Read more at the Coloradan: Mysteries of the Teenage Brain

Photo courtesy Marie Banich.

Dr. Marie Banich talks about her life's work, and how teenagers and young adults think and act differently from grownups.

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ICS Faculty Marie Banich in Media for ABCD Study

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 14:26:24 +0000

ICS Faculty Marie Banich in Media for ABCD Study Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 09/27/2016 - 08:26

ICS Faculty Dr. Marie Banich was selected to play a key role in the landmark National Institutes of Health (NIH) study of brain development and children's health across the United States. You can read more about Dr. Banich's work on the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study over at the Daily Camera and CU Boulder Today.

Dr. Banich also recently met with Colorado Congressional leaders on Capitol Hill in Washington DC to discuss the ABCD study. She is pictured here with congressman Jared Polis.

ICS Faculty Dr. Marie Banich will be leading a piece of the landmark National Institutes of Health (NIH) study of brain development and children's health across the United States.

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