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| Nationality | United States |
| Education | University of Alabama University of Southern California[1] |
| Known for | Research on trauma, memory, neurogenesis |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology and Neuroscience |
| Institutions | Rutgers University |
Tracey Shors is a neuroscientist and Distinguished Professor in behavioral neuroscience, systems neuroscience, and psychology as well as a member of the Center for Collaborative Neuroscience at Rutgers University.[1] She is currently Vice Chair and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Psychology.[2] Dr. Shors received her doctorate from the University of Southern California. She continued with postdoctoral training at USC and worked at Princeton University and Genentech before joining the faculty at Rutgers University in 1998.[1]
Dr. Shors was involved in the initial studies on neurogenesis. Her lab at Rutgers in collaboration with Elizabeth Gould’s lab at Princeton, were the first to report that new neurons in the hippocampus are involved in processes of learning and memory[3]. She also conducted early research on sex differences in the brain and how they may contribute to the high incidence of depression, anxiety and PTSD in women[4].
Based on her research[5], she developed MAP Training, which stands for “Mental And Physical” Training[6]. MAP Training combines mental training with meditation and physical training with aerobic exercise. Over the past ten years, her lab has been providing MAP Training to people with depression, trauma history, anxiety and HIV, as well as those living with the stress and trauma of everyday life. They have documented positive outcomes in both mental and physical health. Specifically, her lab reported that the combination of meditation and aerobic exercise can lessen depression, anxiety and traumatic thoughts about the past.[6][7][8] The combination was also reported to increase whole body oxygen consumption, synchronized brain activity, and self-worth[7]. Her studies further determined that doing both activities together was better than doing either mediation or aerobic exercise alone[8][9]. Dr. Shors is currently writing a book about trauma and the brain with Flatiron Press/MacMillan[10] to be published in spring of 2021[11].
References
- ^ a b c Tracey, Shors. "Tracey Shors". sites.rutgers.edu. Rutgers University. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ "Shors, Tracey". psych.rutgers.edu. Rutgers University. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ Shors, Tracey; Miesegaes, George; Beylin, Anna (15 March 2001). "Neurogenesis in the adult is involved in the formation of trace memories". Nature (410): 372–376. doi:10.1038/35066584. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ Shors, Tracey (19 Feb 2016). "A trip down memory lane about sex differences in the brain". Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci: 371. doi:10.1098/rstb.2015.0124. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ Shors, Tracey. "How to Save New Brain Cells". Scientific American. Scientific American. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ a b Shors, Tracey; Olson, Ryan; Bates, Marsha; Selby, Edward; Alderman, Brandon (9 Sep 2014). "Mental and Physical (MAP) Training: A Neurogenesis-Inspired Intervention that Enhances Health in Humans". Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (115): 3–9. doi:10.1016/j.nlm.2014.08.012. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ a b Alderman, Brandon; Olson, Ryan; Shors, Tracey (2 Feb 2016). "MAP training: combining meditation and aerobic exercise reduces depression and rumination while enhancing synchronized brain activity". Nature. Transl Psychiatry (6): 726. doi:10.1038/tp.2015.225.
- ^ a b Shors, Tracey; Chang, Han; Millon, Emma (23 April 2018). "MAP Training My Brain™: Meditation Plus Aerobic Exercise Lessens Trauma of Sexual Violence More Than Either Activity Alone". Frontiers. Neuroscience (12): 211. doi:10.3389/fnins.2018.00211. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ Shors, Tracey; Millon, Emma (2019). "Taking neurogenesis out of the lab and into the world with MAP Train My Brain™". Behavioural Brain Research. 376. doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2019.112154.
- ^ "Flatiron Books". macmillan Publishers. macmillan. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Dr. Tracey Shors". Park & Fine. Park & Fine. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
External links
- Faculty page
- Tracey Shors publications indexed by Google Scholar