Neuroscience Faculty Members at York

York University has nearly 40 neuroscience faculty members, mainly housed in the departments of Psychology, Kinesiology and Health Sciences, and Biology. These investigators use diverse approaches to neuroscience, including computational modeling, event-related potentials, brain imaging (fMRI, PET, MEG), animal neurophysiology, psychophysics, kinematics, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and molecular and cellular techniques. This occurs mainly at York, as well as through extensive local and international collaborations with hospitals and other universities.

Neuroscience Diploma Program Faculty Members

Name and Rank	Department	Neuroscience Area	Research Interests
Adler, S. A. Associate Prof.	Psychology	Developmental/ Visual Perception	Mechanisms of attention, perception, memory and eye movements in infancy
Andrews, K. Associate Prof.	Philosophy and Cognitive Science	Animal cognition and Folk Psychology	Comparative Cognition, Moral Psychology, Social Cognition
Allison, R. Associate Prof.	Psychology	Visual Perception	Stereopsis, depth perception and eye movements
Bialystok, E. Professor	Psychology	Cognition and neuropsychology	Language and cognitive development in children
Crawford, D.A. Assistant Prof.	Kinesiology	Developmental/Molecular Biology	Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying developmental disorders
Crawford, J.D. Professor	Psychology	Visual-motor control	Eye-hand coordination, 3-D gaze and trans-saccadic integration
DeSouza, J. Assistant Prof.	Psychology	Visual-motor control	Eye–hand neural pointing mechanisms and relation to attention
Donaldson. L.W. Associate Prof.	Biology	Molecular and structural biology	Structure-function studies of synaptic signalling proteins
Elder, J. Associate Prof.	Psychology	Visual Perception	Neural mechanisms of contour perception
Fallah, M. Assistant Prof.	Kinesiology	Visual Perception	Neural mechanisms of attention and object processing
Gage, W Assistant Prof.	Kinesiology	Neuromuscular control/biomechanics	Neural control of balance and gait
Goel, V. Associate Prof.	Psychology	Cognition and neuropsychology	fMRI, lesion studies, thinking, reasoning, problem solving, decision making, emotions
Hamadeh, M. Assistant Prof.	Kinesiology	Neuromuscular/Molecular biology	Nutrition interventions on functional, disease and molecular outcomes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS; aka Lou Gehrig's)
Harris, L. Professor	Psychology	Visual-motor control	Neural mechanisms involved in eye and head movements
Heinrichs, W. Professor	Psychology	Cognition and neuropsychology	Neural mechanisms underlying schizophrenia
Henriques, D. Assistant Prof.	Kinesiology	Visual-motor control	Neural mechanisms of multisensory eye, head, and limb movements
Hoffman, K. Assistant Prof.	Psychology	Visual perception	Neural dynamics of face and voice processing
Kubiseski, T. Assistant Prof.	Biology	Molecular Biology	Genetic and molecular mechanisms involved in the development and function of the nervous system
Mar, R. Assistant Prof.	Psychology	Social cognition	Neural basis of empathy and personality
McGregor, I Associate Prof.	Psychology	Social cognition	EEG activity related to zealous extremism
Murray, R. Assistant Prof.	Psychology	Visual perception	Perception of 2-D and 3-D shapes
Murtha, S. Associate Prof.	Psychology	Cognition and neuropsychology	Neural mechanisms of attention and memory
Park, N. Associate P rof.	Psychology	Visual-motor control	Memory and action in cognitive impairment
Rich, J. Associate Prof.	Psychology	Cognition and neuropsychology	Memory in normal and abnormal aging
Rivest, J. Associate Prof.	Psychology	Cognition and neuropsychology	Neural correlates of perceptual systems and disorders
Rosenbaum, S. Assistant Prof.	Psychology	Cognition and neuropsychology	Neural mechanisms of remote spatial and episodic memory
Schneider, K. Associate Prof.	Biology	Visual Perception	Neural mechanisms and phenomonology of attention and perception
Sergio, L. Associate Prof.	Kinesiology	Visual-motor control	Neural mechanisms of visually guided reaching in parietal and precentral cortex
Siu, M. Professor	Biology	Molecular Biology	Bioanalytical and biophysical mass spectrometry; proteomics; neurooncology
Steel, C. Professor	Biology	Neuroendocrinology	Neurobiology and endocrinology of circadian systems in the brain and endocrine glands
Steeves, J. Assistant Prof.	Psychology	Visual Perception	Neural mechanisms controlling face processing
Till, C. Assistant Prof.	Psychology	Developmental/Cognition and Neuropsychology	Neural correlates of cognitive decline; Neurotoxicology
Unniappan, S. Assistant Prof.	Biology	Neuroendocrine/Molecular Biology	The influence of neuroendocrine factors on neural mechanisms
Wilcox, L. Associate Prof.	Psychology	Visual Perception	The neural substrate of stereopsis
Wilkinson, F. Professor	Psychology	Visual Perception	Psychophysics and fMRI studies of object and face perception and visual changes in migraine and aging
Wilson, H. Professor	Biology	Visual Perception	Psychophysics of form vision and motion perception
Womelsdorf, T. Assistant Professor	Biology	Cognition/Visual Perception	Cognitive Neuroscience, Attention, Decision Making, Learning, Animal Physiology
Zoidl, G. Professor	Biology/ Psychology	Molecular Biology	Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Visual System, Synaptic Plasticity, Learning and Memory, Imaging, Transgenic Animals, Electrophysiology, Functional Genomics, Neurological Disorders

Neuroscience at York

Neuroscience Faculty Members at York

Neuroscience Diploma Program Faculty Members