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Professor Maria Wimber is a faculty member in the School of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Glasgow. Her research focuses on understanding how the human brain reconstructs memories, with a particular emphasis on neural oscillations (e.g., theta rhythms) and the adaptive nature of memory. She employs techniques such as EEG, MEG, fMRI, and direct hippocampal recordings from epilepsy patients to study memory dynamics, interference, and reconsolidation.
Key achievements include receiving an ERC Starting Grant and a British Academy Fellowship. Her work is funded by grants from the ESRC, BBSRC, and Stiftelsen Olle Enkvist. She supervises postgraduate students like Stratos Koukouvinis and Christopher Postzich, and collaborates with researchers on projects involving neuroimaging tools like the Brain Time Toolbox.
Her research highlights how memory retrieval can both stabilize and disrupt competing memories, with findings published in journals like Nature Neuroscience and Current Biology. She explores mechanisms like theta phase separation, cortical pattern suppression, and the hippocampus's role as a 'switchboard' between perception and memory.
Recent studies include reconstructing visual memory trajectories and investigating how theta oscillations coordinate memory reactivation. Her lab's work bridges cognitive psychology and neuroscience, with implications for understanding memory disorders and cognitive aging.
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