Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP160101592 [ 2017-12-20 - 2022-12-31 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: David Richard Powell (Chief Investigator) ,  Prof Mark Bellgrove (Chief Investigator) ,  Professor Naomi Wray (Chief Investigator) ,  Professor Naomi Wray (Chief Investigator) ,  Ziarih Hawi (Chief Investigator)

Brief description CogChip: development of a targeted genotyping chip for executive function. This project aims to use DNA sequencing technology to identify the genetics of executive function. Our capacities to focus on a task at hand, to filter distractions and to inhibit unwanted impulses, are collectively referred to as executive functions. Executive function varies on a continuum in the general population across the lifespan, with individual differences largely due to differences in underlying genetics. The project proposes to leverage this knowledge to develop a customised genotyping chip, which may find application for prediction of individual differences in executive ability across multiple settings including education and industry. Expected outcomes for the project will include breakthrough insights into the biology of cognition, and a genetic read-out of individual differences in executive ability, which could have broad application including the potential to facilitate the targeting of cognitive, educational or workplace training for those most at risk of adverse outcomes.

Funding Amount $550,000

Funding Scheme Linkage Projects

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