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The following faculty have labs that focus on Cognitive Neuroscience and Neural Imaging approaches to neuroscience.

The MSU Cognitive Imaging Research Center (CIRC) website is located at: http://www.circ.msu.edu

Rudy A. Bernard
Ph.D., 1962, Cornell University
Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Physiology
- Functional neuroimaging of human brain, emphasizing somatosensory and motor cortical mechanisms underlying finger movements and localization of pain responses in cortical and subcortical regions.

Andrea Bozoki
M.D. 1993, SUNY-Brooklyn
Assistant Professor, Depts. Neurology & Radiology
- Effects of aging and dementia on the memory networks of the brain, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI).

Kimberly Fenn
Ph.D., 2006, The University of Chicago
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psycholgy
-acquisition and consolidation of complex skills and episodic memory

Jie Huang   
Ph.D., 1994, West Virginia University
Associate Professor, Dept. of Radiology & College of Human Medicine
- Neural imaging of language processing, hyperneuronal activity in Migraine and its prevention with precision spectral filters and white matter fiber-tracking.

David I. Kaufman
D.O., 1978, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Chair, Dept of Neurology and Ophthalmology.
Medical Director, Sparrow Hospital Neurosciences
- Diagnosis, prognosis and treatment strategies in optic neuropathies, visual electrophysiology in humans, MRI.

Taosheng Liu
Ph.D., 2001 Columbia University
Assistant Professor, Dept of Psychology
- Visual perception and attention, attentional control, object recognition, neural mechanisms of perception and cognition

Devin McAuley
Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychology
-Auditory perception, attention, and cognition, timing and rhythm, relationship between music and language processing, computational modeling, and neuroimaging

Karim G. Oweiss
Ph.D., 2002, University of Michigan
Associate Professor, Depts. Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Neural integration and coordination in sensorimotor systems, Brain Machine Interfaces, multiscale signal processing in the nervous system.

Susan M. Ravizza
Ph.D., 2000, University of California-Berkeley
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychology
- Cognitive processes necessary to achieve goals in a constantly changing environment.

Sharleen T. Sakai
Ph.D., 1980, Michigan State University
Professor, Department of Psychology
- Anatomical substrates of the motor control systems.

Laura Symonds
Ph.D., 1982, University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor, Depts. Psychiatry & Radiology
- Magnetic resonance imaging, functional neuroimaging, brain correlates of psychiatric disturbance, brain correlates of normal aging, neural circuits underlying cognitive abilities.

 

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