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Potential PhD topics with me
Note that the list below is not exhaustive; i.e, if you have a topic in mind that overlaps with my general interests, please do email to discuss!
1. Behavioural, fMRI and/or M/EEG and/or computational tests of our "Predictive Interactive Multiple Memory Systems" (PIMMS) framework (Henson & Gagnepain, 2010), particularly the role of prediction error in driving memory encoding.
2. Behavioural, fMRI and/or M/EEG experiments on the effect of healthy ageing on priming, familiarity and recollection, as part of our large, collaborative Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN), particularly multivariate methods for integration of behavioural and neuroimaging methods.
3. Exploration of the effect of schema on new learning, e.g, following hippocampal or medial prefrontal damage (van Kesteren et al., 2012), and in relation to possible fast cortical learning in amnesia/dementia (Sharon et al., PNAS, 2010).
4. Computational (statistical or neural) modelling and behavioural experiments on relationship of priming and recognition memory (e.g, extending the CID-R paradigm of Berry et al., 2012).
5. Further fMRI and M/EEG investigation of subliminal perception and priming using sandwich masking, e.g, semantic priming of faces, extending our work with repetition priming, Henson et al, 2008; Kouider et al, 2008).
6. Experiments on the role of medial temporal and prefrontal cortices in consolidation vs retrieval interference (Wixted, 2004, Annual Review of Psychology).
7. Further methodological development of analysis of MEG/EEG data, particularly in relation to Bayesian methods for multimodal integration (Henson et al., 2011).