page_title: Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study
section_title: Current Institute
hierarchical_section_title: Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study / Current Institute
caption_attribution_description: English: photographed by staff at the Krasnow Institute in September 2006. The Institute sanctions it 's on Wikipedia and there are no copyright restrictions to prevent using it. Jswiki 20:54, 15 December 2006 (UTC)Jim Olds, Director
context_page_description: The Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study brings together researchers from many disciplines to study the phenomenon known as the mind. A unit of George Mason University, the Krasnow Institute also serves as a center for doctoral education in neuroscience. Research at the Institute is funded by agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense.
context_section_description: The Krasnow Institute is home to a scientific community of 100 (many of them Ph.D.'s) most of whom are also either faculty or trainees at George Mason University. The range of their research on cognition spans from molecules to mind.  The Institute is housed in a dedicated 51,000-square-foot (4,700 m²) facility on the Fairfax Campus of George Mason which includes extensive wet-laboratories, computer labs, a 3T MRI human brain imaging center, a cellular imaging facility, as well as faculty offices and breakout space. Additional research space on the Fairfax campus houses the Institute's Center for Social Complexity.
caption: MRI viewed from console room
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