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Department of Psychology
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Graduate Profiles

Christopher Madan
Teaching
  • Psyco 375 - Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience
Teaching Assistantships
  • Psyco 371 - The Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
  • Psyco 377 - Human Neuropsychology
  • Psyco 496 - Individual Research
  • Psyco 505 - Computational Memory Models
Research Interests
  • Human memory; emotion; reward; mental imagery; fMRI; mathematical modeling
Awards

  • 2012-2014 NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral
  • 2012-2013 Alberta Gambling Research Institute - Doctoral
  • 2011-2012 DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Scholarship - Doctoral
  • 2010-2011 Queen Elizabeth II - Doctoral
  • 2009-2010 CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master's
Selected Publications
  • Madan, C. R., Fujiwara, E., Gerson, B. C., & Caplan, J. B. (2012). High reward makes items easier to remember, but harder to bind to a new temporal context. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 6, 61.
  • Madan, C. R., Caplan, J. B., Lau, C. S. M., & Fujiwara, E. (2012). Emotional arousal does not enhance association-memory. Journal of Memory and Language, 66, 695-716.
  • Madan, C. R., & Singhal, A. (2012). Motor imagery and higher-level cognition: Four hurdles before research can sprint forward. Cognitive Processing, 13, 211-229.
  • Madan, C. R., & Spetch, M. L. (2012). Is the enhancement of memory due to reward driven by value or salience? Acta Psychologica, 139, 343-349.
  • Madan, C. R., Glaholt, M. G., & Caplan, J. B. (2010). The influence of item properties on association-memory. Journal of Memory and Language, 63, 46-63.