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  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Neal J. Cohen is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research contributions focus predominantly on neuroscience and medicine, with particular attention to cognitive neuroscience and related subfields.

The primary areas of study in which they have published include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Within these fields, their subfield specializations involve:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Biochemistry

Their main research topics cover a range of subjects including:

  • Memory Processes and Influences
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
  • Fatty Acid Research and Health
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Elasticity and Material Modeling

Neal J. Cohen's recent publications illustrate the breadth of their scientific interests and the scope of their expertise. Some examples include:

  • Semantic Memory and the Hippocampus: Revisiting, Reaffirming, and Extending the Reach of Their Critical Relationship (2020), published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Standard-space atlas of the viscoelastic properties of the human brain (2020), published in Human Brain Mapping
  • Mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 transmission at a large public university (2022), published in Nature Communications
  • Magnetic Resonance Elastography of Human Hippocampal Subfields: CA3-Dentate Gyrus Viscoelasticity Predicts Relational Memory Accuracy (2020), published in Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Relational Memory at Short and Long Delays in Individuals With Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (2020), published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Frequently appearing publication venues associated with their work include:

  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Nutrition
  • Human Brain Mapping
  • Nature Communications

Neal J. Cohen has collaborated extensively with a number of researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Hillary Schwarb
  • Charles H. Hillman
  • Arthur F. Kramer
  • Michael R. Dulas
  • Melissa C. Duff

In recognition of their contributions to the scientific community, Neal J. Cohen was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Catastrophic interference in connectionist networks: the sequential learning problem

    Michael McCloskey;Neal J. Cohen

  • Preserved learning and retention of pattern-analyzing skill in amnesia: dissociation of knowing how and knowing that

    Neal J. Cohen;Larry R. Squire;Larry R. Squire

  • Memory, amnesia, and the hippocampal system

    Neal J. Cohen;Howard Eichenbaum

  • Cardiovascular fitness, cortical plasticity, and aging

    Stanley J. Colcombe;Arthur F. Kramer;Kirk I. Erickson;Paige Scalf

  • Ageing, fitness and neurocognitive function.

    Arthur F. Kramer;Sowon Hahn;Neal J. Cohen;Marie T. Banich

  • From Conditioning to Conscious Recollection

    Howard Eichenbaum;Neal J. Cohen

  • Aerobic Fitness Reduces Brain Tissue Loss in Aging Humans

    Stanley J. Colcombe;Kirk I. Erickson;Naftali Raz;Andrew G. Webb

  • Two functional components of the hippocampal memory system

    Howard Eichenbaum;Tim Otto;Neal J. Cohen

  • The hippocampus—what does it do?

    Howard Eichenbaum;Tim Otto;Neal J. Cohen

  • Hemispheric Specialization in Human Dorsal Frontal Cortex and Medial Temporal Lobe for Verbal and Nonverbal Memory Encoding

    William M Kelley;Francis M Miezin;Kathleen B McDermott;Randy L Buckner

  • A neuroimaging investigation of the association between aerobic fitness, hippocampal volume, and memory performance in preadolescent children

    Laura Chaddock;Kirk I. Erickson;Ruchika Shaurya Prakash;Jennifer S. Kim

  • Attentional control in the aging brain: insights from an fMRI study of the stroop task.

    Michael P. Milham;Kirk I. Erickson;Marie T. Banich;Arthur F. Kramer

  • Can We Reconcile the Declarative Memory and Spatial Navigation Views on Hippocampal Function

    Howard Eichenbaum;Neal J. Cohen

  • The relative involvement of anterior cingulate and prefrontal cortex in attentional control depends on nature of conflict.

    M.P Milham;M.T Banich;A Webb;V Barad

  • Amnesia is a Deficit in Relational Memory

    Jennifer D. Ryan;Robert R. Althoff;Stephen Whitlow;Neal J. Cohen

  • fMRI Studies of Stroop Tasks Reveal Unique Roles of Anterior and Posterior Brain Systems in Attentional Selection

    Marie T. Banich;Michael P. Milham;Ruthann Atchley;Neal J. Cohen

  • Eye-movement-based memory effect: a reprocessing effect in face perception.

    Robert R. Althoff;Neal J. Cohen

  • The Long and the Short of It: Relational Memory Impairments in Amnesia, Even at Short Lags

    Deborah E. Hannula;Daniel Tranel;Neal J. Cohen;Neal J. Cohen

  • Hippocampal system and declarative (relational) memory: Summarizing the data from functional neuroimaging studies

    Neal J. Cohen;Jennifer Ryan;Caroline Hunt;Lorene Romine

  • The role of the hippocampus in flexible cognition and social behavior.

    Rachael D Rubin;Patrick Dk Watson;Melissa C Duff;Neal J Cohen

  • Learning and memory

    Daniel L. Alkon;David G. Amaral;Mark F. Bear;Joel Black

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur F. Kramer
Arthur F. Kramer Northeastern University
Charles H. Hillman
Charles H. Hillman Northeastern University
Howard Eichenbaum
Howard Eichenbaum Boston University
Daniel Tranel
Daniel Tranel University of Iowa
Melissa C. Duff
Melissa C. Duff Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Aron K. Barbey
Aron K. Barbey University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Larry R. Squire
Larry R. Squire University of California, San Diego
Marie T. Banich
Marie T. Banich University of Colorado Boulder
Lauren B. Raine
Lauren B. Raine Northeastern University
Michael P. Milham
Michael P. Milham Child Mind Institute

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