Erika Nyhus Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience Bowdoin College Biography Publications Institution JoVE Articles Erika Nyhus Erika Nyhus is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley, a Ph.D from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and completed postdoctoral training at Brown University.Dr. Nyhus’ expertise in studying memory processes with electroencephalography (EEG) began as an undergraduate when she was a research assistant in the laboratory of Dr. Robert Knight. Her doctoral research with Dr. Tim Curran combined behavioral measures and EEGs and her postdoctoral research with Dr. David Badre used simultaneous EEG and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to understand the neural processes underlying recognition memory and cognitive control.Dr. Nyhus joined the faculty at Bowdoin College in 2013. Her research program focuses on human executive function and memory using behavioral and EEG methods. Specifically, she is interested in how neural oscillations provide a mechanism for interaction among brain regions during memory retrieval. Publications Increases in Theta Oscillatory Activity During Episodic Memory Retrieval Following Mindfulness Meditation Training Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. Month, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31551738 MAO-A Phenotype Effects Response Sensitivity and the Parietal Old/New Effect During Recognition Memory Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. Month, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29487517 Brain Networks Related to Beta Oscillatory Activity During Episodic Memory Retrieval Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 02, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 28984525 Individual Differences in EEG Correlates of Recognition Memory Due to DAT Polymorphisms Brain and Behavior. 12, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 29299388 Incorporating an ERP Project into Undergraduate Instruction Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education : JUNE : a Publication of FUN, Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience. Month, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27385925 Genetic Variation in the Serotonin Transporter Gene Influences ERP Old/new Effects During Recognition Memory Neuropsychologia. Nov, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26423665 FMRI and EEG Predictors of Dynamic Decision Parameters During Human Reinforcement Learning The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience. Jan, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25589744 Combining Behavior and EEG to Study the Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Episodic Memory Erika Nyhus1,2, William A. Engel2, Tomas Donatelli Pitfield2, Isabella M.W. Vakkur2 1Department of Psychology, Bowdoin College, 2Program in Neuroscience, Bowdoin College JoVE 61247 Neurosciences
Combining Behavior and EEG to Study the Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Episodic Memory Erika Nyhus1,2, William A. Engel2, Tomas Donatelli Pitfield2, Isabella M.W. Vakkur2 1Department of Psychology, Bowdoin College, 2Program in Neuroscience, Bowdoin College JoVE 61247 Neurosciences