About the Memory Theme
Research
Memory Theme Members
Staff Research Interests
The specific research interests of each Memory Theme academic staff member are:
Professor Cliff Abraham,
Department of Psychology
Neural mechanisms of learning and memory, cellular and molecular events
underlying nervous system plasticity and Alzheimer’s disease
Dr
Lubica Benuskova, Department
of Computer Science
Computational models of synaptic plasticity
Professor David Bilkey, Department
of Psychology
Perirhinal cortex and memory
Professor David Bilkey, Department
of Psychology
Perirhinal cortex and memory
Professor Mike Colombo, Department
of Psychology
Neural basis of memory and learning, effects of brain damage on behaviour,
comparative animal cognition.
Associate Professor Liz Franz, Department
of Psychology
Neural mechanisms of complex actions in humans
Associate Professor Jamin
Halberstadt, Department of Psychology
Verbalisation in configural and featural processing
Professor Harlene Hayne,
Department of Psychology
Memory development during infancy and early childhood
Associate Professor Brian Hyland,
Department of Physiology
Role of dopamine in learning and memory
Dr Steve Kerr, Department
of Pharmacolocy & Toxicology
Professor Robert Knight, Department
of Psychology
Conscious and unconscious memory processes
Dr Alistair Knott, Department of Computer Science
The inteface between language and episodic memory
Dr Louis Leland, Department
of Psychology
The properties of one
Dr Richard Linscott, Department
of Psychology
Neurocognition in Schizophrenia
Dr Ping Liu, Department of Anatomy
& Structural Biology
Major research areas are: (i) neurobiological basis of aging, with a particular
focus on age-associated learning and memory impairments; and (ii) biological
basis of learning and memory. A combination of behavioural, neurochemical,
molecular biological, immunohistochemical and electrophysiological approaches
is being used.
Professor Neil McNaughton,
Department of Psychology
The neuropsychology of anxiety and the functions of the septo-hippocampal
system
Dr Tamar Murachver, Department
of Psychology
Children's event memory
Dr Janice Murray, Department
of Psychology
Visual cognition, face perception, perception of identity and emotion
in older adults
Associate Professor Mike Paulin,
Department of Zoology
We are interested in simple nervous systems. We use computational models
to study how brains and bodies co-evolved for inference (what’s out there?)
and agility (what’s the best way to attack/escape from/mate with it?).
We base our computer models on behavioural, anatomical and physiological
data. We are applying the knowledge gained to build real and virtual robot
organisms. See our research web site www.otago.ac.nz/neurozoo/
for examples of virtual organisms built in this lab.
Associate Professsor Elaine Reese,
Department of Psychology
Culture and social interaction in autobiographical memory development;
life stories and well-being in adolescence
Associate Professor Anthony
Robins, Department of Computer Science
Learning and forgetting in neural networks
Dr Paula Sowerby, Department
of Psychology
Working Memory and Reward Sensitivity in children with Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Professor Geoffrey White, Department
of Psychology
Forgetting functions in memory
Dr Rachel Zajac, Department
of Psychology
Children's eyewitness testimony, eyewitness identification, forensic interviewing