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| PERSONAL
PROFILE |
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Please
refer to my personal website.
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| RESEARCH
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My
interests centre on the role of experience in how humans form new
memories. According to recent theoretical proposals, novel information
is a prerequisite for memory formation, and various biological
proposals involving the hippocampus have been forwarded to explain
this phenomenon. However, classical models document the opposite
memory phenomenon - that familiarity is needed to support encoding
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and evidence is available to support both accounts.
In an effort to understand this apparent paradox, my current Doctoral
work includes cognitive research comparing various types of memory
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familiar and novel materials. In addition, I am conducting functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) research to better understand the
neural underpinnings of memory for familiar and novel materials.
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| PUBLICATIONS |
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Poppenk,
J., Craik, F.I.M., McIntosh, A.R., & Moscovitch, M. Prior
experience modulates memory formation in the hippocampus. Submitted
(17 pp.).
Poppenk, J., Köhler, S., & Moscovitch, M. Revisiting
the novelty effect: When familiarity, not novelty, enhances memory.
Submitted (32 pp.).
Poppenk, J., Moscovitch, M., McIntosh, A.R., Ozcelik, E., &
Craik, F.I.M. Encoding the future: Successful processing of intentions
engages predictive brain networks. Submitted (26 pp.).
Poppenk, J., Walia, G., McIntosh, A.R., Joanisse, M., Klein,
D., & Köhler, S. Why is the meaning of sentences better remembered
than their form? An fMRI study on the role of novelty-encoding processes.
Hippocampus, 18, 909-18.
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| WORKS
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Poppenk,
J., & Moscovitch, M. Familiarity enhances memory by facilitating
deeper processing.
Poppenk, J., Talmi, D., Anderson, A., Moscovitch, M. &
McIntosh, A.R. Emotional memory encoding in the hippocampus is modulated
by attention-gated pathways from the amygdala.
Bowles, B., O'Neil, E, Poppenk, J., Mirsattari. S.M. &
Köhler, S. Direct fMRI evidence for preserved hippocampus functioning
after partial removal of anterior temporal lobe input structures.
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| ABSTRACTS
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Poppenk,
J.,
& Moscovitch, M. Familiarity enhances memory by facilitating deeper
processing. Abstract accepted for the 2009 annual meeting of the American
Psychological Association.
Poppenk, J., & Moscovitch, M. Enhanced by experience: Superior
source memory for familiar over novel scenes is associated with posterior
hippocampal activation at encoding. Abstract accepted for the 2009
annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society.
O'Neil, E, Cate, A., Poppenk, J., & Köhler, S. Distinct
patterns of functional connectivity between perirhinal cortex and
other cortical regions in recognition memory and perceptual discrimination.
Abstract accepted for the 2009 annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience
Society.
Poppenk, J., Köhler, S., & Moscovitch, M. (2008).
Revisiting the novelty effect: When familiarity, not novelty, enhances
memory. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society
for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science. London, Ontario.
Poppenk, J., Talmi, D., Moscovitch, M., Anderson, A., &
McIntosh, A.R. (2008). Functional connectivity analysis supports an
attention-gated dual pathway model. Poster presented at the annual
meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. San Francisco, California.
Bowles, B., O'Neil, E, Poppenk, J., Mirsattari. S.M. &
Köhler, S. (2008). Direct fMRI evidence for preserved hippocampus
functioning after partial removal of anterior temporal lobe input
structures. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive
Neuroscience Society. San Francisco, California.
Poppenk, J., Köhler, S., Moscovitch, M., & McIntosh,
A.R. (2007). Sentence novelty induces increased hippocampal-prefrontal
functional connectivity. Poster presented at the annual meeting of
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| INVITED
TALKS |
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Poppenk,
J.,
Moscovitch, M., Mcintosh, A.R., Ozcelik, O., & Craik, F.I.M.
(2008). How do we encode our intentions so that we'll remember them.
Presentation delivered at Ebbinghaus Empire. Toronto, Ontario.
Poppenk, J., Walia, G., Joanisse, M., Danckert, S., &
Köhler, S. (2006). Why is form information poorly remembered?
An fMRI study on the role of novelty-encoding processes. Talk delivered
at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. San
Francisco, California.
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| RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE |
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Graduate
Program of Doctoral
studies under Drs. Morris Moscovitch and Randy McIntosh focusing
on the effects of experience on cognition and the hippocampus, 2006-present
Summer scchool at the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathemeatics:
two-week workshop focusing on advanced methods in brain imaging,
2008.
Program of Masters studies under Drs. Morris Moscovitch and Randy
McIntosh focusing on the neural correlates of superior memory for
novel items, 2005-2007
Undergraduate
Honours Thesis
with Dr. Stefan Köhler: “The neural substrates of the
verbatim effect for auditorily apprehended information: revealed
with fMRI,” 2004-5
NSERC Undergraduate Summer Research Award: Research Assistant in
a cognitive neuroscience laboratory for Dr. Stefan Köhler and
his M.A. candidates Carina Crupi and Stacey Danckert, 2004
Research Assistant for Dr. Stefan Köhler at the University
of Western Ontario, 2003
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| TEACHING
EXPERIENCE |
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Research
Mentor
Rajwant Sandhu,
Volunteer, 2008-2009
I-Zen Wang, Research Assistant, 2008
Cristina Savarino, Independent project student, 2007
Teaching
Assistant
Cognitive Neuroscience,
to Dr. Stefan Köhler (with guest lecture), 2008
Theories of Psychopathology and Psychotherapy, to Dr. Neil Rector,
2007
Introduction to Psychology, to Dr. Dax Urbszat, 2007
Introduction to Cognition, to Dr. Marlene Behrmann (with guest lecture),
2006
Introduction to Learning, to Dr. Franco Taverna (with guest lecture),
2006
Introduction to Psychology, to Dr. Martin Wall, 2005
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| EDUCATION |
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University of
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario (2006-present)
Ph.D. Psychology, in progress
Supervisors: Drs. Morris Moscovitch & Randy McIntosh
Doctoral thesis: What is the function of the hippocampal novelty
signal?
University of
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario (2005-2007)
Research interests: cognitive neuroscience, human memory, functional
connectivity, neuroimaging
M.A. Psychology, in progress
Supervisors: Drs. Morris Moscovitch & Randy McIntosh
Master’s thesis: Why is novel information better remembered?
A test of the novelty effect and associated mechanisms
University of
Western Ontario, London, Ontario (2001-5)
B.Sc. Psychology, 2005, with distinction
Supervisor: Dr. Stefan Köhler
Honours thesis: The neural substrates of the verbatim effect for
auditorily apprehended information: revealed with fMRI
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| AWARDS |
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Graduate
National Sciences
and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Postgraduate Scholarship
- Doctoral, research funding for graduate studies, 2007-2010
American Psychological Association, Psychological Science Superstars:
Datablitz!, convention abstract selected for featured APA presentation,
2009
Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Conference Travel
Grant, competitive graduate funding to offset conference expenses,
2009
Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, former Governor General of Canada,
Clarkson Laureate, award for meritorious public service by community
nomination, 2008
University of California, Los Angeles, Institute of Pure and Applied
Mathematics: summer school funding, accomodation and board for two
weeks of study, 2008
University of Toronto, Adel S. Sedra Distinguished Graduate Award
Finalist, funding bonus for finalist status in PhD student competition,
2008
University of Toronto, University of Toronto Fellowship, research
funding for graduate studies, 2006-2007
Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Graduate Students Present Award,
travel funding for top graduate abstracts, 2006
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, Ontario
Graduate Scholarship, research funding for graduate studies, 2005-2006
Undergraduate
University of
Western Ontario Psychology Department, W.J. McClelland Thesis Award,
awarded to the graduating Psychology student with the most outstanding
Undergraduate Honours Thesis, 2005
Millennium Foundation, National In–Course Millennium Scholarship,
award for academic performance and community leadership, 2003-2005
University Students’ Council, The Student Award of Merit, the
council’s highest award for academic and extracurricular excellence,
2005
University of Western Ontario, In–Course Scholarship, awarded
for academic achievement, 2004-2005
NSERC, Undergraduate Summer Research Award, awarded for academics
and research potential, 2004
University of Western Ontario Social Science Faculty, Dean’s
Honor List, for strong academic performance, 2001-5
University of Western Ontario, Academic Scholarship of Excellence,
awarded for admission average of 90%, 2001
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| MEMBERSHIPS |
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Canadian Society
for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science, 2008-present
Cognitive Neuroscience Society, 2005-present
Massey College (Junior Fellow), 2005-present
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| LANGUAGES |
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English native
speaker
Functional oral and written German
Some French reading comprehension
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