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Derek A. Hamilton is affiliated with the University of New Mexico in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, notably Earth and Planetary Sciences, Neuroscience, and Medicine. They have contributed extensively to subfields such as Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Paleontology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Archaeology, and Atmospheric Science.

Their work covers a range of topics including archaeology and ancient environmental studies, prenatal substance exposure effects, geology and paleoclimatology research, memory and neural mechanisms, neonatal and fetal brain pathology, stress responses and cortisol, as well as studies on Pleistocene-era hominins and archaeology.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Multi-Proxy Characterisation of the Storegga Tsunami and Its Impact on the Early Holocene Landscapes of the Southern North Sea, 2020, Geosciences
  • The radiocarbon chronology and temporality of the megalithic cemetery of Los Millares (Almería, Spain), 2020, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
  • Genetic risk of dementia modifies obesity effects on white matter myelin in cognitively healthy adults, 2020, Neurobiology of Aging
  • Altered Hippocampal Place Cell Representation and Theta Rhythmicity following Moderate Prenatal Alcohol Exposure, 2020, Current Biology
  • A Massive, Late Neolithic Pit Structure associated with Durrington Walls Henge, 2020, Internet Archaeology

They have published books with Archaeopress Publishing Ltd eBooks, including Moel-y-Gaer (Bodfari): A Small Hillfort in Denbighshire, North Wales in 2022.

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Daniel D. Savage
  • Tim Kinnaird
  • Benjamin J. Clark
  • Suzy Davies
  • Jennifer T. Sneider

Their publications appear regularly in venues such as:

  • Alcohol
  • Archaeological Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society
  • Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Best Publications

  • Vestibular loss causes hippocampal atrophy and impaired spatial memory in humans

    Thomas Brandt;Franz Schautzer;Derek A. Hamilton;Roland Brüning

  • The Aging Hippocampus: Cognitive, Biochemical and Structural Findings

    Ira Driscoll;Derek A. Hamilton;Helen Petropoulos;Ronald A. Yeo

  • Reduced hippocampal volume and total white matter volume in posttraumatic stress disorder

    Gerardo Villarreal;Derek A Hamilton;Helen Petropoulos;Ira Driscoll

  • Virtual navigation in humans: the impact of age, sex, and hormones on place learning

    Ira Driscoll;Derek A. Hamilton;Derek A. Hamilton;Ronald A. Yeo;William M. Brooks

  • Transformation of the discriminative and eliciting functions of generalized relational stimuli.

    Michael J Dougher;Derek A Hamilton;Brandi C Fink;Jennifer Harrington

  • Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome are impaired at place learning but not cued-navigation in a virtual Morris water task.

    Derek A Hamilton;Piyadasa Kodituwakku;Robert J Sutherland;Daniel D Savage

  • Retrograde Amnesia After Hippocampal Damage: Recent vs. Remote Memories in Two Tasks

    Robert J. Sutherland;Michael P. Weisend;Dave Mumby;Robert S. Astur

  • Beyond Dizziness: Virtual Navigation, Spatial Anxiety and Hippocampal Volume in Bilateral Vestibulopathy.

    Olympia Kremmyda;Katharina Hüfner;Virginia L. Flanagin;Derek A. Hamilton

  • Dietary blueberry improves cognition among older adults in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

    Marshall G. Miller;Derek A. Hamilton;James A. Joseph;Barbara Shukitt-Hale

  • Spatial memory and hippocampal volume in humans with unilateral vestibular deafferentation.

    Katharina Hüfner;Derek A. Hamilton;Roger Kalla;Thomas Stephan

  • FRAMING SPATIAL COGNITION: NEURAL REPRESENTATIONS OF PROXIMAL AND DISTAL FRAMES OF REFERENCE AND THEIR ROLES IN NAVIGATION

    James J. Knierim;Derek A. Hamilton;Derek A. Hamilton

  • Behavioral flexibility in rats and mice: contributions of distinct frontocortical regions

    Derek A. Hamilton;Jonathan L Brigman

  • Structural and Functional Plasticity of the Hippocampal Formation in Professional Dancers and Slackliners

    Katharina Hüfner;Carolina Binetti;Derek A. Hamilton;Thomas Stephan

  • Human place learning in a virtual Morris water task: some important constraints on the flexibility of place navigation.

    Derek A Hamilton;Ira Driscoll;Robert J Sutherland

  • Prenatal exposure to moderate levels of ethanol alters social behavior in adult rats: relationship to structural plasticity and immediate early gene expression in frontal cortex.

    Derek A. Hamilton;Katherine G. Akers;James P. Rice;Travis E. Johnson

  • Spatial memory deficits in patients with chronic bilateral vestibular failure.

    Franz Schautzer;Derek Hamilton;Roger Kalla;Michael Strupp

  • Reduced area of the corpus callosum in posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Gerardo Villarreal;Derek A. Hamilton;David P. Graham;Ira Driscoll

  • Impairment on the hippocampal-dependent virtual Morris water task in schizophrenia.

    Faith M. Hanlon;Michael P. Weisend;Michael P. Weisend;Derek A. Hamilton;Aaron P. Jones

  • How do room and apparatus cues control navigation in the Morris water task? Evidence for distinct contributions to a movement vector.

    Derek A. Hamilton;Katherine G. Akers;Michael P. Weisend;Robert J. Sutherland

  • Sequential control of navigation by locale and taxon cues in the Morris water task

    Derek A. Hamilton;Cory S. Rosenfelt;Ian Q. Whishaw

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Sutherland
Robert J. Sutherland University of Lethbridge
Michael Strupp
Michael Strupp Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Michael P. Weisend
Michael P. Weisend Mind Research Network
Thomas Brandt
Thomas Brandt Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Vince D. Calhoun
Vince D. Calhoun Georgia State University
Ian Q. Whishaw
Ian Q. Whishaw University of Lethbridge
Hans J. Markowitsch
Hans J. Markowitsch Bielefeld University
Faith M. Hanlon
Faith M. Hanlon Mind Research Network
Stefan Glasauer
Stefan Glasauer Brandenburg University of Technology
Ronald A. Yeo
Ronald A. Yeo University of New Mexico

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