Scott Moffat

Scott Moffat is a Professor of Psychology at Georgia Institute of Technology, affiliated with the School of Psychology. He holds a Ph.D. in Psychobiology & Clinical Neuropsychology from the University of Western Ontario (1998). His research focuses on the cognitive neuroscience of aging, particularly the interplay between hormonal systems (e.g., cortisol, testosterone, insulin) and spatial cognition, navigation, and brain aging. He employs neuroimaging (fMRI/PET), behavioral assessments, and biochemical assays to study these topics. A key innovation is his use of virtual reality environments to evaluate spatial memory in older adults.

Research interests emphasize stress physiology, including cortisol’s role in hippocampal atrophy and Alzheimer’s risk, testosterone’s impact on cognitive aging, and insulin’s effects on neural function. His work highlights individual differences in cognitive aging and the biological mechanisms underlying such variability. He has published extensively on spatial navigation strategies, age-related neural changes, and the application of virtual technologies for cognitive assessment.

Labs/Teams: Director of the Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging Lab at Georgia Tech’s Center for Advanced Brain Imaging. His lab investigates brain-behavior relationships in aging using multimodal neuroimaging and endocrine measures.