Associate Professor, Department of Psychology

Our general research interests pertain to the functional and neuroanatomical organization of episodic memory in the human brain. As part of the discipline of cognitive neuroscience, this research addresses the relationship between the cognitive and neural processes that allow humans to remember the past. Our research builds upon diverse methodological approaches: the investigation of memory impairments in neurological patients, cognitive experiments in healthy individuals, the examination of brain activity with functional neuroimaging techniques (fMRI), and brain stimulation with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). Questions addressed by our lab include how memory systems interact with the visual system, whether different parts of the brain support memory for different types of information, and how memory processes contribute to the detection of novelty in the environment.

Recent Publications:

Bowles, B., O’Neil, E.B., Mirsattari, S.M., Poppenk, J., & Köhler, S.(in press). Preserved hippocampal novelty responses following anterior temporal-lobe resection that impairs familiarity but spares recollection. Hippocampus.

O'Neil, E.B., Cate, A.D., & Köhler, S. (2009). Perirhinal Cortex Contributes to Accuracy in Recognition Memory and Perceptual Discriminations. Journal of Neuroscience, 29(26), 8329-8334.

Bowles, B, Crupi, C., Pigott, S, Parrent, A.,Wiebe, A., Janzen, L., & Köhler, S. (in press). Selective recollection impairments following unilateral stereotactic amygdalo-hippocampotomy for treatment of temporal-lobe epilepsy. Neuropsychologia.