Maizey is your AI Behavioral Science Assistant. Maizey was trained to help you to learn more about intervention development (e.g., NIA Stage Model, Science of Behavior Change, physical activity promotion), cognitive assessments (e.g., Mobile Monitoring of Cognitive Change [M2C2]), mobile apps we have developed for behavioral interventions specifically, and the science of dementia prevention more generally.
Our mission
The Roybal Center, led by scientists at the University of Michigan and Penn State will translate basic discoveries about motivation and behavior change into scalable and potent interventions.
See our impact
See how the Roybal Center’s reach extends across the nation with enrollments from diverse communities in every state.
By the numbers
1843
Middle aged and older adults have completed one of our nation-wide survey studies.
128,796
Text messages promoting physical activity have been read and evaluated by middle aged and older adults.
520
Fitbits to be given to middle aged and older adults participating in Roybal Center clinical trials.
Our Methodology
Our Methods
Our work bridges science and everyday life by creating accessible, individualized interventions for brain and body health. By harnessing new technology and building a strong scientific community, we aim to help people move more, remember more, and thrive as they age.
Leveraging advances in generative artificial intelligence and tools from control systems engineering to personalize interventions.
Building up motivational processes — such as habit and identity — to sustain behavior change once our interventions end.
Using wearables and ambulatory monitoring methods to detect changes in behavior and cognition that adults experience in daily life.
Creating a new community of scientists that will help middle-age and older adults move more and improve their cognitive health for years to come.
Helping people hold on to their existing memories and become better equipped to make meaningful new ones.
Maizey at U-M
FEATURED CONTENT
Highlights
Stay updated with the latest things going on at our Roybal Center. Here are some of our newly completed projects, upcoming events, and recent lectures, publications, and other items of importance.
