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Derek Huffman

Title

Assistant Professor

Department

Psychology

Information

  • (207) 859-5568
  • [email protected]
  • 207-859-5555
  • Davis Science Center

Current Courses

CRS Title Sec
PS111 Introduction to Psychology A
PS233 Biological Basis of Behavior A
PS244 Cognitive Neuroscience A
PS358 Seminar in Cognitive Neuroscience A
PS359 Collaborative Research in Cognitive Neuroscience A

Education

Ph.D. in Neurobiology and Behavior, 2010-2016
University of California, Irvine
Dissertation: A functional, behavioral, and model-based investigation of human visual memory

B.S. in Psychology,
with emphasis in Cognitive Psychology, 2006-2008
University of California, San Diego
Minor: Chemistry

Associate of Arts, 2004-2006
Orange Coast College

 

Areas of Expertise

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Spatial Cognition
  • Navigation
  • Memory
  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
  • Electroencephalography (EEG)
  • Virtual Reality (VR)
  • Computational modeling

 

Other Research Experience

Postdoctoral Scholar, 2016-2020
Center for Neuroscience, University of California, Davis

Research Assistant, 2009-2010
University of Southern California

 

Current Research

My research program is focused on studying the ways in which we learn and remember information about the world around us, with an emphasis on spatial cognition. My lab aims to find converging evidence across a variety of approaches, including real-world behavioral tasks, virtual reality, EEG, and fMRI. We also use computational techniques (e.g., machine learning, multivariate analysis, modeling) to analyze the human brain and behavior.

For more information and for a list of my publications, please see our lab website:
Huffman Spatial Cognition Lab

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