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Dr. James R Hinman is an Assistant Professor affiliated with the Department of Psychology and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, operating within the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. His research bridges cognitive neuroscience with computational approaches to understand spatial cognition and memory mechanisms.
Research Focus:
- Spatial cognition and navigation
- Learning & memory systems
- Electrophysiology of hippocampal networks
- Autism-related neural representation of social landscapes
Publication Trends: Recent work emphasizes egocentric boundary coding, retrosplenial cortex function, and hierarchical neural dynamics in spatial mapping. Collaborative studies with Michael E. Hasselmo explore cortical-subcortical interactions in freely behaving rats using advanced imaging and recording techniques.
Laboratory Activities: The Hinman Lab employs high-density electrophysiology and calcium imaging to study neural coding in social contexts, including autism models. Current projects analyze population coding in hippocampus, entorhinal cortex, and striatum.
