WILMA KOUTSTAAL, Ph.D.

S247 Elliott Hall, Department of Psychology
University of Minnesota
75 East River Road
Minneapolis, MN  55455-0344                                   

Telephone:  612-626-1966
Fax:  612-626-2079
Email:  kouts003@umn.edu
                                        

fMRI scan showing greater brain activation in
right occipito-temporal
cortex for different exemplar objects than for repeated identical objects
 
(Koutstaal et al., Neuropsychologia, 2001). 


RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory, Thinking, and Judgment

How does the human mind innovate and create using past and present knowledge?
What enhances--or impairs--our ability to optimally take advantage of our acquired
experience and learning?  My research and intellectual interests address these questions,
and aim to build new bridges from human memory to thinking.... (more)

RECENT FINDINGS:  Current Research Results

1. Flexible remembering and thinking 
2. Brain laterality differences in specific vs. abstract memory
3. Depression, confidence, and decision
4. Remembering details and aging

COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE LAB:  Research Projects, Graduate Students, Collaborators

PUBLICATIONS:  List of Published Papers (with abstracts of each)

CV:  Vitae in PDF and HTML Formats

TEACHING:  Current Courses

SCIENCE WATCH:  APA Monitor Online Article on Recent Research on Memory Inaccuracy

NEUROIMAGING CENTER:  University of Minnesota Center for Magnetic Resonance Research




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