Lee Ryan

Professor

Director, Cognition and Neuroimaging Laboratory

Director, Brain Imaging Center, BIO5

Associate Director, Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute

Psychology 312B (Office)
Psychology 143 & 217B-C, G-H, & J-M (Labs)

Pronouns:

She, Her, Hers

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Research Interests:

Neurological basis of memory and memory disorders, aging and memory, and risk for Alzheimer’s disease.
Functional magnetic resonance imaging.

Updated: 07/05/22

Selected Publications:

Lane, R.D., Ryan, L., Nadel, L., and Greenberg, L. Memory reconsolidation, emotional arousal, and the process of change in psychotherapy: New insights from brain science. Behavorial Brain Science, 2015 Jan;38:e1.
Ryan, L., Cardoza, J.A., Barense, M.D., Kawa, K.H., Wallentin-Flores, J., Arnold, W.T., and Alexander, G.E. (2012). Age-related impairment in a complex object discrimination task that engages perirhinal cortex. Hippocampus, 22(10), 1978-89.
Ryan, L. and Walther, K. (2014). White matter integrity in older females is altered by increased body fat. Obesity, 22(9), 2039-46.
Ryan, L., Walther, K., Bendlin, B.B., Lue L-F., Walker, D.G., & Glisky, E.L. (2011). Age-related differences in white matter integrity measured by diffusion tensor imaging and cognitive function are related to APOE status. NeuroImage, 54(2), 1565-77.
Ryan, L., Nadel, L., Keil, K., Putnam, K., Schnyer, D., Trouard, T., & Moscovitch, M. (2001). Hippocampal complex and retrieval of recent and very remote autobiographical memories: Evidence from functional magnetic resonance imaging in neurologically intact people. Hippocampus, 11: 707-714.

Courses Taught:

PSY 502 - Principles of Neuroanatomy (2024)
PSY 528 - Cognitive Neuroscience: MRI Applications in Cognitive Neuroscience (2016)

*Year listed indicates when this individual last taught the specified course.

Updated: 05/23/25