Elizabeth Buffalo

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITION:
• Assistant Professor of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine
• Core Faculty, Yerkes National Primate Research Center

EDUCATION:
• BA in Philosophy (Wellesley College)
• Visiting Student in Philosophy, Psychology, Physiology (St Hilda’s College, Oxford University)
• MA in Philosophy (University of California, San Diego)
• PhD in Neurosciences (University of California, San Diego)

AWARDS:
• Troland Research Award from the National Academy of Sciences

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Research in my laboratory is aimed at understanding the neuronal mechanisms that support learning and memory. Using neurophysiological techniques, we record simultaneously from multiple electrodes in the hippocampus and surrounding cortex in awake, behaving monkeys. We investigate how changes in neuronal activity correlate with the monkeys’ ability to learn and remember. We are particularly interested in the activity of neuronal networks that underlie learning and memory processes. To that end, we use spectral analysis techniques to investigate the role of oscillatory activity and neuronal synchronization in cognition.

HOME PAGE
http://research.yerkes.emory.edu/Buffalo/