Northwestern University  offers world-class advanced training in neuroscience via its Interdepartmental Neuroscience (NUIN) PhD program.

NUIN is anchored in the Feinberg School of Medicine (FSM) on NU’s Chicago campus, the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences (WCAS), the McCormick School of Engineering, and the School of Communication on the Evanston campus, as well as the Children’s Memorial Research Center (CMRC) in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago.  NUIN is a highly interdisciplinary and collaborative program with numerous and diverse foci of research excellence.  Emphasis is based on clinically relevant as well as basic research.

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Web Information

Feinberg School of Medicine: http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences: http://www.weinberg.northwestern.edu/

McCormick School of Engineering: http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/

School of Communication: communication.northwestern.edu/departments/csd/about

Children’s Memorial Research Center: http://www.childrensmrc.org/sub-specialities-of-pediatrics/

Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, founded in 1859, attracts talented individuals to its faculty, staff, and student body through its cutting-edge research initiatives, superb clinical affiliates, global outlook, and innovative curriculum. Located in the heart of Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, Feinberg has built a national reputation for excellence through a strong history of collaborative, interdisciplinary medical education and research, and along with ...

Professor of Psychology, Northwestern University Director, Cognitive Neuroscience Program and the Training Program in the Neuroscience of Human Cognition Fellow, Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center Editor (memory section) of Neuropsychologia

My research focuses on understanding human memory functions and their implementation in the brain. Multiple techniques for measuring brain activity are combined using a Cognitive Neuroscience approach that respects the complexity of cognition as well as the detailed organization of the brain.

Web Information

Department webpage: http://faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/~paller/

Cognitive Neuroscience Lab website: http://pallerlab.psych.northwestern.edu/

Neuropsychologia webpage: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/neuropsychologia/

Scholar’s Profile: http://www.scholars.northwestern.edu/expert.asp?u_id=1792

New Reddit Journal of Science: reddit.com/r/science/comments/2ini0s/scienceamaseries_im_ken_paller_a_cognitive/

Contact Information

Email: kap@northwestern.edu

Phone: 847/467-3370

Address: 210 Cresap Department of Psychology 2029 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60208-2710

Research

Paller’s research focuses on understanding human memory functions and their implementation in the brain. Multiple techniques for measuring brain activity are combined using a Cognitive Neuroscience approach that respects the complexity of cognition as well as the detailed organization of the brain.

A central type of memory currently under study is conscious recollection, which is associated with memory for facts and events. This is the experience most people would associate with remembering. Another type of memory, perceptual priming, is generally measured as a facilitation in performance on implicit memory tests — in these tests subjects are not necessarily aware that memory is being ...