Virtual Reality
Laboratory - Current Projects
- Study of spatial navigation using a virtual Morris Water
Maze and 8-arm radial maze.
- Effects of Alzheimer's disease, normal aging, and
Schizophrenia on driving behavior using a virtual driving simulator.
- Investigation of fMRI correlates of memory, error
monitoring, and emotion in Individuals with Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder.
- fMRI Examination of memory processes disturbed in patients with
Alzheimer's Disease or Schizophrenia.
- Independent Components Analysis (ICA) of fMRI data
relating to spatial orientation and navigation.
- Examination of hippocampal
function in people with schizophrenia using fMRI.
- Depth electrode recording of EEG
in patients with epilepsy during virtual navigation.
- Microdialysis of glutamate
concentrations in patients with epilepsy during virtual navigation.
- Examination of the effects of THC and/or alcohol on
virtual navigation.
- fMRI examination of the role of the hippocampus in
associative memory.
- Examination of the effects of estrogen therapy on
virtual navigation and cognition.
- Investigating the effects of chemotherapy on spatial
memory and cognition.
- The effects of Post-traumatic stress disorder on
hippocampal-dependent learning and memory.
- Training monkeys to navigate through virtual mazes and
environments.
