Nicholas Gaspelin
09-25-25
Dr. Nicholas Gaspelin studies selective attention using cognitive tasks that measure behavior, eye tracking, and electroencephalograms (EEG).
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Matthew J. Will
09-11-19
Dr. Matthew J. Will investigates motivational circuits underlying drug and natural rewards (i.e., food and exercise).
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Todd Schachtman
09-11-19
The research of Dr. Todd Schachtman aims at differentiating the processes of acquisition, retention, and retrieval of information as causes of test performance deficits (e.g., interference) in animals and examining the effects of metabotropic glutamate receptors on learning.
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Dennis K. Miller
09-11-19
Dr. Dennis Miller studies the biological basis of drug addiction and obesity. The goal of his research is the development of novel pharmacotherapies for and to determine the effect of the environment on these behavioral states.
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John G. Kerns
09-11-19
Dr. John Kerns studies cognitive and affective processes in schizophrenia and the development of psychotic symptoms.
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Jeffrey Johnson
09-11-19
Dr. Jeffrey Johnson leads the Memory and Neuroimaging Lab. Research in the lab focuses on episodic memory and uses two non-invasive brain imaging techniques: functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and electroencephalography (EEG).
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Steven A. Hackley
09-11-19
Dr. Steven Hackley studies the neural basis of attention, awareness, and action. He uses event-related potentials, startle-blink, and neuroimaging techniques to identify the locus and time course of relevant brain processes in normal and neurologically impaired adults.
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David Geary
09-09-19
Dr. David Geary studies the development of numerical and mathematical competencies, and brain, evolutionary, and cultural influences on this development. He also looks at sex differences in cognition and vulnerability.
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Nelson Cowan
09-09-19
Dr. Nelson Cowan conducts research on auditory and visual working memory and attention in children and adults.
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Shawn Christ
09-09-19
Dr. Shawn Christ leads the Clinical Neuropsychology Lab, which is interested in neurologic and cognitive processes in children and adults with neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism and phenylketonuria. The lab uses behavioral measures, patient-reported outcomes, and neuroimaging techniques (fMRI, sMRI, DTI).
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David Beversdorf
09-09-19
Dr. David Beversdorf, M.D., leads the Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, which is involved in research on autism, dementia, cognitive effects of stress, the cognitive neuroscience of problem-solving ability, functional neuroimaging, and pharmacological modulation of cognition.
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Brett Froeliger
09-09-19
Dr. Brett Froelinger uses fMRI to evaluate the potential benefit of novel pharmacotherapies, behavioral interventions and non-invasive neural stimulation for treating substance-use disorder pathophysiology. He also leads the MU Cognitive Neuroscience Systems Core Facility.
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