The brain is perhaps the most sophisticate d system in the universe\, capable of keeping your body functioning and pr ocessing everything that you experience\, remember\, imagine\, think about \, and do\, often with little conscious effort involved. The brain is not just one system that performs all these miraculous functions though &ndash \; it consists of many dedicated systems coordinating in parallel with eac h other in an elegantly organized fashion. \;
\nScott Squires is a Ph.D. candidate in his fourth year at the Centre for Neuroscience Studi es at Queen&rsquo\;s University\, working under the co-supervision of Dr. Jordan Poppenk and Dr. Roumen Milev. Using a combination of psychometric a nalysis\, functional MRI\, and transcranial magnetic stimulation\, he stud ies the links between life stress\, emotion\, functional brain connectivit y\, and repetitive thinking (e.g.\, rumination\, worry\, reflection\, etc. ). The goal of his research is to establish a basic framework for defining different kinds of repetitive thought\, understanding how they manifest i n the brain\, and how they are modulated with neurostimulation\, which wil l have important implications for the assessment and treatment of psychiat ric disorders like major depressive disorder\, posttraumatic stress disord er\, and many others.
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