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2000

Research Interests

I am interested in cognition and its neural correlates. Specifically, I am interested in using fMRI and TMS to investigate how memory processes are functionally organized, such as cerebellar contributions to working memory. Other interests include studying deficits in compromised patient populations and neurological diseases in children.

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Cerebellar contributions to working memory and sensory acquisition using TMS and fMRI.

Raghavachari S, Kahana MJ, Rizzuto DS, Caplan JB, Kirschen MP, Burgeois B, Madsen JR, and Lisman JE. (2001). Gating of human theta oscillations by a working memory task. Journal of Neuroscience, 21(9): 3175-3183.

Kirschen MP., Kahana MJ., Sekuler R., and Burack B. (2000). Optic flow helps humans learn to navigate through synthetic environments. Perception, Vol. 29, 801-818.

Caplan JB., Kahana MJ., Sekuler R., Kirschen M. and Madsen JR (2000). Task dependence of human theta: the case for multiple cognitive functions. Neurocomputing, Vol. 32-33: 659-665

Kahana M, Sekuler R, Caplan J, Kirschen M, Madsen J (1999). Human theta oscillations exhibit task dependence during virtual maze navigation. Nature, Vol. 399: 781-784.

Fine EM, Kirschen MP, Peli E (1996). The necessary field of view to read with an optimal stand magnifier. Journal of the American Optometric Association, 67(7): 382-388.

Kirschen M. P., Chen, S. H. A., Schraedley-Desmond P., & Desmond J. E. (2005). Load and practice dependent increases in cerebro-cerebellar activation in verbal working memory: An fMRI study. Neuroimage, 24, 462-472.

Related Abstracts

Raghavachari S, Kahana MJ, Rizzutto, DS, Caplan JB, Kirschen MP, Madsen JR, Lisman JE. (2000). Human theta oscillations are gated by working memory task. Published in the Transactions of the Society for Neuroscience, November 2000.

Sekuler R, Kahana M, Kirschen M (1999). Optic flow helps humans navigate synthetic environments [ARVO Abstract]. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 40(4): Abstract Number 4198.

Madsen J, Kirschen M, Caplan J, Sekuler R, Kahana M. (1999). Task-related theta activity from intracranial recordings during virtual maze navigation. (Presented at the November 1999 meeting of Congress of Neurological Surgeons).

Caplan J, Kahana M, Sekuler R, Kirschen M, Madsen J. (1999). The role of theta oscillations in human spatial cognition: evidence from intracranial recordings. Published in the Transactions of the Society for Neuroscience, November 1999.

Raghavachari S, Caplan J, Kirschen M, Kahana M, Madsen J, Lisman J. (1999). The Sternberg task evokes theta oscillations in human intracranial recordings. Published in the Transactions of the Society for Neuroscience, November 1999.

Kahana MJ, Sekuler R, Madsen JR, Kirschen MP, Caplan J (1998). Wayfinding in a virtual, 3D environment: Behavioral and electrophysiological effects of optic flow and distinctive landmarks. Published in the Transactions of the Society for Neuroscience, November 1998.

Kirschen, M, Fine E, Peli E (1995). The optimal field of view with a fiber optic reading magnifier. Transactions of the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Optometry.