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Hourieh Hayati

Ph.D. Student, Applied Psychology and Prevention Science

Pronouns
She/her
College
Fine Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Department
Psychology
Office
Coburn Hall 4th Floor

Expertise

I study cognitive executive functions and neural activity by using Electroencephalography (EEG), especially, designing and conducting experiments to investigate the relationship between neural activity, memory, attention, and eyewitness testimony.

Research Interests

  • Cognitive Executive Functions –Memory
  • Eye Tracking Technique
  • Child Sexual Abuse
  • EEG/ERP Signal Recording and Processing
  • Neural Investigation of Memory
  • Designing and Conducting Experiments to Investigate the effects of Face Recognition process and Attention on Eyewitness Testimony

Education

  • Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Engineering-Bioelectric; Shahrood University of Technology; Iran
  • Master of Arts, Cognitive Science-Cognitive Psychology; Allameh Tabataba'i University; Iran

Biosketch

My doctoral research and teaching interests focus on brain/neural activity and cognitive functions, especially memory. The focus of my research is to study and model human memory errors using neuroimaging techniques and brain signal recording.