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Ed Yeterian

Title

Professor of Psychology, Emeritus

Department

Psychology

Information

Address

5566 Mayflower Hill Waterville, Maine 04901-8853

Education

  • B.S. (Psychology) Trinity College, Hartford
  • M.A. (Experimental Psychology), University of Connecticut
  • Ph.D. (Physiological-Comparative Psychology), University of Connecticut
  • Postdoctoral Fellow (Neurology and Neuroanatomy), Harvard Medical School

Areas of Expertise

  • Cortical and subcortical structural organization of the brain in humans and nonhuman primates
  • Histological and neuroimaging techniques for delineating structural brain regions and connectivity
  • Anatomical systems and neural processes serving cognition, emotion and sensorimotor integration
  • Neuropsychology and brain-behavior relationships in humans and nonhuman primates

Personal Information

Professor Ed Yeterian was a faculty member and administrator at Colby from 1978-2018. He was a member of the psychology-neuroscience faculty and co-founder of the interdisciplinary neuroscience majors in psychology and biology. Ed served as psychology department chair for twelve years, and as vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty for twelve years. He was also a pre-health advisor and created the position of first-year advisor for health professions to help ensure that new students balance pre-professional preparation with their broader educational goals. Ed is currently Professor Emeritus and a Research Scientist in Psychology. He is a consulting neuroanatomist at the Center for Morphometric Analysis at Massachusetts General Hospital, the Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology at Harvard Medical School, and the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at Boston University’s Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. His ongoing research includes mapping structural brain systems involved in cognitive, emotional and motor processes in human and nonhuman primate brains, and developing anatomically curated magnetic resonance imaging brain maps and atlases for human clinical applications and basic research. Ed is also a volunteer advisor with the National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions, working with students in the Southeast who do not have access to advising on their home campuses.