Jordan Poppenk, PhD

 
I conduct research on human long-term memory (LTM), the role it plays in cognition, and the brain basis of this role. My work incorporates large-scale multivariate analysis of brain activity and connectivity, but also detailed study of the hippocampus, a brain structure with known importance for LTM. Using novel computational techniques applied to cognitive, morphological and functional neuroimaging measures, I investigate topics such as: how does the anatomy of the hippocampus, a brain structure that supports memory, relate to individual differences in memory ability and personality? Also, what are the impacts of long-term memory retrieval on cognition?

I am currently working as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with Dr. Kenneth Norman in the Princeton Neuroscience Institute at Princeton University. I received my Ph.D. while working with Drs. Morris Moscovitch and Anthony McIntosh in the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto.

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