Research Description

My overarching research interest involves investigating multiple memory systems in the brain. Specifically, I am interested in further elucidating the role of the hippocampus and medial temporal lobes in these multiple memory systems, with a particular interest in hippocampal contribution to memory at short time period intervals. Additionally, I conduct research on how these neural processes change across the lifespan, ranging from hippocampal development in children to the changes associated with healthy aging as well as in pathological conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease. Lastly, I investigate what role physical fitness interacts with these neural processes across the lifespan, assessing its contribution to neuronal development in children, and its neuroprotective effects as people age.

Education

• BS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Recent Publications

Egner, T., Monti, J.M., Trittschuh, E.H. Wieneke, C.A. Hirsch, J., & Mesulam, M.M. (2008). Neural integration of top-down spatial and feature based information in visual search. Journal of Neuroscience, 28 (24), 6141-6151.

Mohanty, A., Egner, T., Monti, J.M., & Mesulam, M.M. (2009). Search for a threatening target triggers limbic guidance of spatial attention. Journal of Neuroscience, 29 (34), 10563-10572.

Monti, J.M., Weintraub, S., & Egner, T. (2010) Differential age related decline in conflict-driven task-set shielding from emotional versus non-emotional distracters. Neuropsychologia, 48 (6),1697-1706.

Summerfield, C., Trittschuh, E.H., Monti, J.M., Mesulam, M.M., & Egner, T. Neural repetition suppression reflects fulfilled perceptual expectations. (2008). Nature Neuroscience, 11 (9), 1004-1006.