Derek Huffman
Title
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Department
Psychology
Information
- (207) 859-5568
- [email protected]
- Davis 303
Current Courses
| CRS | Title | Sec |
|---|---|---|
| PS111 | Introduction to Psychology | A |
| PS233 | Biological Basis of Behavior | A |
| PS244 | Cognitive Neuroscience | A |
| PS363 | Psychology and Neuroscience of Climate Change | A |
| PS420 | Senior Integrative Seminar | 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
I am fascinated by the intersection of psychology, biology, and computer science.
- Computational Cognitive Neuroscience
- Environmental Cognition
- Spatial 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 environmental 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, computational modeling) to analyze the human brain and behavior.
For more information and for a list of my publications, please see our lab website:
Huffman Environmental Cognition Lab