The Center for Learning & Memory

announces the sixth

This interactive informational program will include

• Panel discussion with the CLM faculty about the neuroscience of memory enhancement, moderated by KUT’s Rebecca McInroy
• Hands-on activity and demonstration booths
• The opportunity to meet Center for Learning & Memory faculty and learn about their research programs

Memory Matters is offered to the public free of charge, however registration is requested to provide an accurate guest count.

Go here to learn more and to register.

2016 Speakers

Laura Colgin, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

Dr. Colgin’s research focuses on understanding how brain rhythms, electrical waves generated by synchronized activity across neurons, are involved in cognitive processing. She uses multi-site electrophysiological recordings from freely behaving rodents to investigate how brain rhythms in the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex affect mnemonic operations and behavior.

Michael Drew, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

Dr. Drew is interested in understanding the functional significance of adult hippocampal neurogenesis, which is the birth of neurons in the hippocampus
of the adult brain. He uses inducible genetic manipulation and behavioral testing in mice to reveal the underlying cognitive and emotional processes that are modulated by neurogenesis.

Jarrod Lewis-Peacock, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology

Dr. Lewis-Peacock’s research combines behavioral methods, functional neuroimaging, and computational approaches to explore the interplay between attention, learning, and memory in the healthy adult brain. His lab strives to understand how we remember and why we forget, and seeks to characterize how people dynamically deploy their cognitive resources in the pursuit of goals.