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Gregory West is an Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Montreal. His research focuses on visual attention, spatial memory, motor control, and neuroplasticity, utilizing techniques like fMRI, EEG, and Eyetracking.
- Roles: Researcher, Educator, Thesis Advisor
- Affiliations: CERNEC (Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognition), BRAMS (International Laboratory for Brain, Music, and Sound Research)
Research Interests: His work explores how action video gaming affects hippocampal integrity, spatial navigation strategies, and cognitive decline. He investigates links between perceptual competition and motor output efficiency, with implications for aging and neurological disorders.
Article Trends: Recent publications highlight gaming's impact on brain structure (hippocampal grey matter), attentional deployment in spatial learners, and neuroplasticity across developmental and aging populations. Subfields include oculomotor performance, risk-taking behavior, and electrophysiological markers of cognitive processes.
Teaching: Offers courses like PSY1006 - Scientific Methodology I, spanning programs in Psychology, Cognitive Sciences, and interdisciplinary studies.
Supervision: Directed 8 Master’s theses from 2019 to 2024, covering topics such as navigation strategies in aging, Parkinson’s disease cognition, and hippocampal memory systems.
Funding: Secured grants from NSERC, Canadian Foundation for Innovation, and Quebec research funds, focusing on video gaming, stress effects on cognition, and neuroplasticity mechanisms.
