Learning and memory
Insanally, Michele
Insanally, Michele (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine) Neural circuits for perceptual flexibility
de Hoz, Livia
de Hoz, Livia (Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin) Role of subcortico-cortical loops in statistical learning.
Iordanova, Mihaela
Iordanova, Mihaela (Concordia University) Behavioural and neural mechanisms of associative learning
Holly, Elizabeth
Holly, Elizabeth (University of Pennsylvania) Effects of stress on goal-directed behavior and decision-making and underlying neural circuits/systems
Griffith, Leslie
Griffith, Leslie (Brandeis University) Cellular, genetic, biochemical and physiological processes that contribute to sleep and learning in Drosophila
De Rubeis, Silvia
De Rubeis, Silvia (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders
Deng, Xinyi
Deng, Xinyi (Beijing University of Techology) Statistical methods to analyze neural spiking activity
Coulson, Elizabeth
Coulson, Elizabeth (University of Queensland) Loss of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons in Alzheimer’s disease and role of neurotrophins in the normal and pathological function of these neurons
Thompson-Schill, Sharon
Thompson-Schill, Sharon (University of Pennsylvania), Cognitive neuroscience, memory, executive function.
Martin, Kelsey
Martin, Kelsey (UCLA) Molecular and cell biological mechanisms underlying long-lasting memory, with a focus on changes in gene expression that mediate experience-dependent changes in neural circuitry
Quattrocolo, Giulia
Quattrocolo, Giulia (Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience – NTNU) Development of the hippocampal circuit and of the hippocampal dependent behavior
Kastanenka, Ksenia
Kastanenka, Ksenia (Harvard Medical School) Role neural activity plays in onset and development of Alzheimer’s disease
Jafarpour, Anna
Jafarpour, Anna (University of Washington) Neural circuits for perception and memory of lifelike sequences of events using intracranial EEG and computational techniques
Caras, Melissa
Caras, Melissa (University of Maryland College Park) Neural basis of auditory plasticity and perceptual learning
Fonken, Yvonne
Fonken, Yvonne (University of Oxford) Auditory- and visual prediction and hippocampal contributions to memory-driven expectations
Cummings, Kirstie
Cummings, Kirstie (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) Cortical microcircuits underlying memory storage and expression
deBettencourt, Megan
deBettencourt, Megan (University of Chicago) Cognitive neuroscience of attention and memory
Overstreet-Wadiche, Linda
Overstreet-Wadiche, Linda (University of Alabama at Birmingham) Functional characteristics of neurons in the dentate gyrus
Cowell, Rosie
Cowell, Rosie (University of Massachusetts Amherst) Neural mechanisms of memory and vision; computational modelling, fMRI, behavioral studies
Cai, Denise
Cai, Denise (Mount Sinai) Cellular and circuit mechanisms for how memories change across time and experience; development of open-source tools and neurotechnology
Fioravante, Diasynou
Fioravante, Diasynou (University of California, Davis) Neurophysiology of small neural networks for learning and memory
Keleman, Krystyna
Keleman, Krystyna (Janelia Research Campus) Fly courtship & memory; neural circuits & plasticity
Hermundstad, Ann
Hermundstad, Ann (Janelia Research Campus) Normative approaches to understand internal representations that link sensation and action
DeNardo, Laura
DeNardo, Laura (UCLA) Cortical circuits underlying adaptive behaviors
Boettiger, Charlotte
Boettiger, Charlotte (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Characterizing the neurobiology of neurocognitive abnormalities associated with addiction
Rangel, Lara M.
Rangel, Lara M (UCSD) Neural rhythms in the hippocampus during associative memory processing
Seo, Hyojung
Seo, Hyojung (Yale Univ) Prefrontal mechanisms of decision-making and reinforcement learning
Sara, Susan J
Sara, Susan J (Collège de France) Neurobiology of memory with focus on the noradrenergic nucleus Locus Coeruleus. Off-line memory consolidation during sleep oscillations
Arruda-Carvalho, Maithe
Arruda-Carvalho, Maithe (University of Toronto Scarborough) Understanding how the maturation of sensitive brain circuits underlies the emergence of complex behaviour and sensitivity to stress in mice
Flagel, Shelly
Flagel, Shelly (University of Michigan) Neural circuitry underlying individual differences in reward learning and addiction liability
Murray, Jennifer
Murray, Jennifer (University of Guelph) Behavioural and neural mechanisms underlying interoceptive and motivational processing in addiction
Fyhn, Marianne
Fyhn, Marianne (University of Oslo) Mechanisms underlying of the brain’s ability to change and learn from experiences
Baker, Kathryn
Baker, Kathryn (UNSW Sydney) Neural mechanisms of fear and extinction memories in adolescence
Schon, Karin
Schon, Karin (Boston University) Modulators of brain function and structure, including exercise, fitness, psychosocial stress, and aging
Chrastil, Elizabeth
Chrastil, Elizabeth (Univ. California Santa Barbara) Brain mechanisms underlying spatial knowledge and navigation in humans
Vassena, Eliana
Vassena, Eliana (Radboud University) Neurocomputational mechanisms underlying motivation, decision-making, effort and cognitive control
Izquierdo, Alicia
Izquierdo, Alicia (UCLA) Neurobiological mechanisms of reward learning
Brown, Robyn
Brown, Robyn (Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health) Neurobiological basis of addiction and pathological over-eating
Clemens, Kelly
Clemens, Kelly (University of New South Wales) Behavioural neurobiology of nicotine addiction
Chaudhri, Nadia
Chaudhri, Nadia (Concordia University) The neural basis of addiction and learning
Aton, Sara
Aton, Sara (University of Michigan) Understanding effects of sensory experience and sleep on neural circuits, and mechanisms underlying nervous system plasticity and memory formation
Stern, Chantal
Stern, Chantal (Boston University) Learning, memory, and navigation in the human brain
Davachi, Lila
Davachi, Lila (Columbia University) Cognitive neuroscience of episodic memory, consolidation, event segmentation
Crook, Robyn
Crook, Robyn (San Francisco State University) Somatosensation, nociceptive plasticity underlying adaptive behavior, and neural circuits generating pain-like behaviors in invertebrates
Williams, Megan
Williams, Megan (University of Utah) The role of selective cell adhesion in synapse formation and function
Monteggia, Lisa
Monteggia, Lisa (UT Southwestern) Synaptic mechanisms underlying psychiatric disorders and treatments
Stachenfeld, Kim
Stachenfeld, Kim (Google DeepMind and Princeton) Reinforcement learning; how hippocampus supports model-based planning and learning; successor representation
Warburton, Clea
Warburton, Clea (Bristol) Neural circuits and pharmacology of associative/recognition memory in rodents
Hakimi, Shabnam
Hakimi, Shabnam (Duke University) Cognitive neuroscience of motivated learning and decision making with a focus on self regulation and behavior change
Heron, Rosalind
Heron, Rosalind (University of Glasgow) Neuronal function in relation to learning and memory, the regulation of fat metabolism, and recovery from peripheral nerve damage
Rondi-Reig, Laure
Rondi-Reig, Laure (Sorbonne University-UPMC) Neural bases of navigation and spatial memory: cerebellum and spatial cognition
Josselyn, Sheena
Josselyn, Sheena (University of Toronto) Understanding how the brain encodes, stores, manipulates and extract information from memories
Berryhill, Marian
Berryhill, Marian (University of Nevada) Neural correlates of human visual working memory and attention
Olson, Ingrid
Olson, Ingrid (Temple University) Episodic memory, semantic memory, social cognition, diffusion imaging, connectivity
Hartley, Catherine
Calakos, Nicole
Calakos, Nicole (Duke University) Synaptic plasticity mechanisms for adaptive & maladaptive behavior involving the basal ganglia
Ritchey, Maureen
Rouault, Marion
Giocomo, Lisa
Giocomo, Lisa (Stanford University) Neural representations of spatial memory and navigation
Singer, Annabelle
Seaman, Kendra
Seaman, Kendra (Duke University) Intersections of learning, motivation, and decision making across the adult life span.
Nisky, Ilana
Nisky, Ilana (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel) Computational models and behavioral experiments of perception, action, and motor adaptation and learning, complex skill aquisition, haptics, robotics in medicine
Akrami, Athena
Likhtik, Ekaterina
Dus, Monica
Dus, Monica (University of Michigan) Neuroepigenetics of feeding circuits in Drosophila
Parker, Krystal
Miller, Courtney
Miller, Courtney (Scripps Research Institute) Therapeutic development of novel treatments for memory disorders
Kidd, Celeste
Kidd, Celeste (Univ. of Rochester) Attention, curiosity, and learning using a combination of computational and behavioral methods
Janak, Patricia
Janak, Patricia (Johns Hopkins) Behavioral and neural mechanisms of associative learning
Milton, Amy
Milton, Amy (Univ. of Cambridge) Behavioural neuroscience of memory reconsolidation and mental health disorders
Kourtzi, Zoe
Kourtzi, Zoe (Univ. of Cambridge) Learning and brain plasticity across the lifespan
Rajasethupathy, Priya
Rajasethupathy, Priya (Rockefeller) Neural circuits supporting memory and cognition
Lerner, Talia
Lerner, Talia (Northwestern) Neuromodulatory circuits regulating reward learning and motivation
Atlas, Lauren
Atlas, Lauren (NIH) Influence of expectations and learning on pain and emotion
Makin, Tamar
Makin, Tamar (UCL) Brain plasticity and the neural basis of perception and action
Igloi, Kinga
Igloi, Kinga (University of Geneva) Human Cognition- learning and memory
Alberini, Cristina
Alberini, Cristina (NYU) Molecular mechanisms of Long-term memory
Ehrlich, Ingrid
Ehrlich, Ingrid (University of Tuebingen) Cellular and synaptic basis of fear conditioning and extinction.
Monyer, Hannah
Monyer, Hannah (University of Heidelberg) Neuronal synchrony and plasticity
Sargolini, Francesca
Sargolini, Francesca (Aix-Maseille, France) Coding of spatial information in the hippocampal and entorhinal cortex.
Ravel, Nadine
Ravel, Nadine (Lyon, France) Coding and memory in the olfactory system
Schiff, Hillary
Schiff, Hillary (Stony Brook University) Threat learning in amygdala and sensory circuits
Stern, Sarah
Stern, Sarah (Rockefeller University) Regulation of innate behaviors by learning
Steinberg, Elizabeth
Steinberg, Elizabeth (Stanford) Physiology and function of neural circuits for reinforcement learning
Girardeau, Gabrielle
Girardeau, Gabrielle (Inserm-Sorbonne Université) Hippocampus and amygdala activity, sleep, memory
Galliano, Elisa
Galliano, Elisa (King’s College London/ Harvard University) Development, plasticity and learning in olfactory circuits
Garvert, Mona
Garvert, Mona (Oxford) Learning, memory and decision making in the human brain
Trouche, Stephanie
Trouche, Stephanie (Oxford) Neural circuits and mechanisms for spatio-contextual memories
Stensola, Hanne
Stensola, Hanne (Champalimaud, Lisbon) Entorhinal and hippocampal spatial cognition systems
Gore, Felicity
Gore, Felicity (Stanford) Neural circuits mediating motivated behavior
Desrochers, Theresa
Desrochers, Theresa (Brown University) Neural basis of behavioral sequence learning and control in cortical and striatal circuits through integrated studies in humans and animals
Burwell, Rebecca
Burwell, Rebecca (Brown University) Structure and function of the cortical regions that surround the hippocampus
Kaun, Karla
Kaun, Karla (Brown University) Mechanisms of memory, reward and addiction in the fruit fly
Zhang, Yun
Zhang, Yun (Harvard University) Neural circuits underlying olfactory learning
Noppeney, Uta
Noppeney, Uta (University of Birmingham) Multisensory perception and learning
Gall, Christine
Gall, Christine (UC Irvine) Neuroplasticity and neuronal survival
Goshen, Inbal
Goshen, Inbal (The Hebrew University) Hippocampal neurons and glia in recent and remote memory
Collins, Anne
Collins, Anne (UC Berkeley) Human learning, decision-making and executive functions
Clopath, Claudia
Clopath, Claudia (Imperial College) Computational approaches to learning and memory
Hellgren Kotaleski, Jeanette
Hellgren Kotaleski, Jeanette (KTH) Modeling neural mechanisms underlying information processing
Blackwell, Kim
Blackwell, Kim (George Mason University) Signaling pathways involved in long term memory
Keck, Tara
Keck, Tara (UCL) Imaging plasticity and adaptation of circuits in vivo
Preston, Alison
Preston, Alison (University of Texas) Memory formation and retrieval
Takehara-Nishiuchi, Kaori
Takehara-Nishiuchi, Kaori (University of Toronto) Physiological mechanisms underlying memory
Sereno, Anne
Sereno, Anne (The University of Texas) Physiological mechanisms of attention and short-term memory
Skinner, Frances
Skinner, Frances (Krembil Research Institute and Univ Toronto) Modeling cellular-based hippocampal activities
Harris, Kristen
Harris, Kristen (U. Texas) Structural basis of learning and memory
Nedivi, Elly
Nedivi, Elly (MIT) Structural Plasticity of adult sensory circuits
Kuhlman, Sandra
Kuhlman, Sandra (Carnegie Mellon) Modification of sensory-motor circuits during learning
Kwag, Jeehyun
Kwag, Jeehyun (Korea University, Seoul) Computational roles of inhibition in hippocampal learning and memory
Crook, Sharon
Crook, Sharon (Arizona State) Dynamics of neurons and neural networks
Gjorgjieva, Julijana
Gjorgjieva, Julijana (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research) Principles of neural coding and how synaptic plasticity shapes neural circuits
Bloodgood, Brenda
Bloodgood, Brenda (UCSD) How neuronal computations change following an animal’s interactions with the environment
Barth, Alison
Barth, Alison (Carnegie Mellon) Neural circuits of learning and memory
Moita, Marta
Moita, Marta (Champalimaud, Portugal) Neural mechanisms of behavioral plasticity and memory
Jeffery, Kate
Jeffery, Kate (UCL) Neural mechanisms of learning & memory and navigation
Cacucci, Francesca
Cacucci, Francesca (UCL) The neural basis of spatial cognition, learning and memory
Buffalo, Beth
Buffalo, Beth (U. Washington) Neural mechanisms of learning and memory
Barnes, Carol
Barnes, Carol (University of Arizona) Hippocampus and spatial learning/memory
Moser, May-Britt
Moser, May-Britt (Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU) Memory and navigation. Entorhinal cortex and hippocampus