Grant: Canada Research Chairs
Queen's University
$100,000.00
Cognitive Neuroimaging
FY 2023-24
Summary
Poppenk¿s research builds on his findings of functional distinctions between anterior and posterior
hippocampus to explore how constructs of gist and detail memory, respectively, might explain the
important contribution of these brain regions. This work could have utility in better clinical planning
and patient support; and in the courtroom, where imperfect eyewitness memories are often the
only available evidence. Poppenk will also use his new neuroimaging methods for tracking thought
to measure memory¿s role in how we think. His work will help understand and mitigate causes of
mind-wandering, and may reveal novel neural biomarkers for mental health disorders.
Program
Canada Research Chairs
Recipient
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
CRC-2018-00166
Name nom
Poppenk, Jordan
Department département
Psychology - Queen's University
Organization id
29
Institution établissement
Queen's University
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2023
Competition year année de concours
2018
Award amount
100000
Program id
CRC
Program name en
Canada Research Chairs
Program name fr
Chaires de recherche du Canada
Group en
DISCOVERY RESEARCH
Group fr
RECHERCHE AXÉE SUR LA DÉCOUVERTE
Committee code
9998
Committee name en
Canada Research Chair Selection Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des Chaires de recherche du Canada
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
10000
Research subject group en
The field of research available
Research subject group fr
The field of research available
Research subject en
Le domaine de recherche disponible
Research subject fr
Le domaine de recherche disponible
Field of research list codes
RDF10610;RDF30104
Field of research list names en
Zoology;Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects
Field of research list names fr
Zoologie;Neurosciences, aspects médicaux et physiologiques et de la santé
Application title
Cognitive Neuroimaging
Keyword
psychology
cognitive neuroscience
individual differences
; human memory
forgetting
mind-wandering
hippocampus
; neuroanatomy
functional magnetic resonance imaging ; (fMRI)
multivariate statistical analysis
Application summary
Poppenk¿s research builds on his findings of functional distinctions between anterior and posterior
hippocampus to explore how constructs of gist and detail memory, respectively, might explain the
important contribution of these brain regions. This work could have utility in better clinical planning
and patient support; and in the courtroom, where imperfect eyewitness memories are often the
only available evidence. Poppenk will also use his new neuroimaging methods for tracking thought
to measure memory¿s role in how we think. His work will help understand and mitigate causes of
mind-wandering, and may reveal novel neural biomarkers for mental health disorders.
