Arne Ekstrom
Interim Department Head
Professor, Cognition & Neural Systems
Professor, Evelyn McKnight Brain Institute
Psychology 312B (office)
Psychology 215 A-C, 251, & 270 (labs)
Research Interests:
Selected Publications:
- Kyle C.T., Stokes J.D., Lieberman J., Hassan A.S., Ekstrom A.D. (2015). Successful retrieval of competing spatial environments in humans involves hippocampal pattern separation mechanisms. eLife. 27, e10499. PMID: 26613414.
- Arnold AE., Iaria G., and Ekstrom A.D. (2016). Mental simulation of routes during navigation involves adaptive temporal compression. Cognition. 157: 14-23. PMID: 27568586.
- Vass L.K., Copara M.S., Seyal M. Shahlie, K., Tomaszewski-Farias S., Shen P., Ekstrom A.D. (2016). Oscillations go the distance: Low frequency human hippocampal oscillations code spatial distance in the absence of sensory cues during teleportation. Neuron. 89: 1-7. PMID: 26924436.
- Ekstrom A.D., Huffman D., and Starrett M.J. (in press). Interacting networks of brain regions underlie human spatial navigation: A review and novel synthesis of the literature. Journal of Neurophysiology.
Courses Taught:
- PSY 404 - Spatial Navigation: The Neural & Computational Foundations (2024)
- PSY 506 - Neural Computation & Mammalian Cognition (2021)
- PSY 595A - CNS Colloquium (2024)
*Year listed indicates when this individual last taught the specified course.
Updated: 08/23/24