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KENNETH
NORMAN
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1999 |
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| RESEARCH
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| In my research, I use biologically
realistic neural network models to explore how the brain gives
rise to episodic memory (i.e., the ability to recall previously
experienced events, and to recognize events as having been previously
experienced), and I test these models' predictions using several
different methods, ranging from studies of memory performance
in college students, to studies of brain-damaged patients with
memory disorders, to neuroimaging studies that record brain
activity during recognition and recall tests. A major focus
of my research is characterizing how different subregions of
the medial temporal lobes (in particular, the hippocampus and
perirhinal cortex) contribute to recognition and recall, and
how the contributions of these structures differ from one another.
I am also interested in how accuracy and distortion in episodic
memory arise from interactions between medial temporal structures
and prefrontal cortex. |
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