Alexander Barnett, University of Toronto

Research

default mode network EEG Episodic Memory Event Cognition eye-tracking fMRI hippocampus prior knowledge

Latest papers

Leveraging the resting brain to predict memory decline after temporal lobectomy.
Epilepsia · 2023
Applications of Resting-State Functional MR Imaging to Epilepsy.
Neuroimaging clinics of North America · 2017 · first author
Distinct hippocampal functional networks revealed by tractography-based parcellation.
Brain structure & function · 2016

All 5 publications

Latest funding

Leveraging cognitive event-processing approaches to better assess speech-comprehension difficulties in age-related hearing loss
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$837,676
Exploring how the human brain uses prior domain knowledge to guide memory and cognition of complex, dynamic events
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$12,500
Exploring how the human brain uses prior domain knowledge to guide memory and cognition of complex, dynamic events
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$76,000

All 3 grants and awards

5 publications.

01

Leveraging the resting brain to predict memory decline after temporal lobectomy.

Audrain S, Barnett A, Mouseli P, McAndrews MP

Epilepsia2023

DOI: 10.1111/epi.17767 PMID: 37643922

02

Applications of Resting-State Functional MR Imaging to Epilepsy.

Barnett A, Audrain S, McAndrews MP

Neuroimaging clinics of North America2017First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2017.06.002 PMID: 28985938

03

Distinct hippocampal functional networks revealed by tractography-based parcellation.

Adnan A, Barnett A, Moayedi M, McCormick C, Cohn M, McAndrews MP

Brain structure & function2016

DOI: 10.1007/s00429-015-1084-x PMID: 26206251

04

Social inference deficits in temporal lobe epilepsy and lobectomy: risk factors and neural substrates.

Cohn M, St-Laurent M, Barnett A, McAndrews MP

Social cognitive and affective neuroscience2015

DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsu101 PMID: 25062843

05

Advantages of sentence-level fMRI language tasks in presurgical language mapping for temporal lobe epilepsy.

Barnett A, Marty-Dugas J, McAndrews MP

Epilepsy & behavior : E&B2014First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.01.010 PMID: 24534479

Leveraging cognitive event-processing approaches to better assess speech-comprehension difficulties in age-related hearing loss

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Herrmann, Björn

Keywords: Aging; Cognitive Neuroscience; Hearing Loss; Memory; Neuroimaging; Speech Perception

$837,676

Exploring how the human brain uses prior domain knowledge to guide memory and cognition of complex, dynamic events

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Barnett, Alexander

$12,500

Exploring how the human brain uses prior domain knowledge to guide memory and cognition of complex, dynamic events

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Barnett, Alexander

Keywords: episodic memory; event cognition; fmri; eye-tracking; eeg; hippocampus; default mode network; prior knowledge

$76,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Melanie Cohn

Department of Psychology

2 shared papers, latest 2016

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: default mode network Dear Professor Barnett, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Leveraging the resting brain to predict memory decline after temporal lobectomy." (2023), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Exploring how the human brain uses prior domain knowledge to guide memory and cognition of complex, dynamic events" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]