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Seth L. Shipman, B.A.
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Seth Shipman graduated from Wesleyan University in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts in Neuroscience and Behavior. At the Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, he strives to develop valuable clinical skills and further his research background while working on projects involving functional imaging and immersive virtual reality. Eventually, he plans to pursue a PhD in Neuroscience.
Roles and Responsibilities include:
- Collection and analysis of event-related functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) data using UNIX based Mathworks© Matlab 6.0 and Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM99 and SPM2).
- Analysis of fMRI data using Independent Component Analysis (ICA).
- Collection and analysis of behavioral data involving computer-simulated virtual worlds and spatial memory in both healthy and clinical populations
Objectives/Interests in Neuropsychiatry:
- Application of virtual spatial memory tests to psychiatric groups with hippocampal abnormalities, as well as healthy populations
- Furthering the use of virtual reality as an investigative tool for human research as well as a diagnostic tool for clinical psychology
- Examining the effects of drugs of abuse and their treatments on memory processes and brain activity
- Determining and analyzing the effects of gender and aging on memory processes, especially spatial memory and navigation
- Identifying the neural correlates of Schizophrenia, Alzheimer's Disease, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Current Projects:
- Study of spatial navigation using a virtual Morris Water Maze and 8-arm radial maze.
- Independent Components Analysis (ICA) of fMRI data relating to spatial orientation and navigation.
- Examination of the effects of cocaine on conditioned place preference in virtual navigation.
- Study of the effects of Post-traumatic stress disorder on hippocampal-dependent learning and memory.
- Examination of hippocampal function in people with schizophrenia using fMRI.
- fMRI examination of the role of the hippocampus in associative memory.
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