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Faculty Detail    
Name KRISTINA M VISSCHER
  
Campus Address CIRC 111D Zip 0021
Phone  (205) 934-0267
E-mail  kmv@uab.edu
Other websites http://www.neurobiology.uab.edu/Visscher_Lab/
     


Faculty Appointment(s)
Appointment Type Department Division Rank
Primary  Neurobiology  Neurobiology Professor
Secondary  Biomedical Engineering  Biomedical Engineering Assistant Professor
Secondary  Ophthalmology  Ophthalmology Assistant Professor
Secondary  Psychology  Psychology Assistant Professor
Secondary  Vision Sciences (Org-Ret)  Vision Sciences (Org-Ret) Assistant Professor
Center  Civitan International Research Center  Civitan International Research Center Professor
Center  Comprehensive Neuroscience Center  Comprehensive Neuroscience Center Professor
Center  Comprehensive Stroke Research Center  Comprehensive Stroke Research Center Professor
Center  Ctr for Clinical & Translational Sci  Ctr for Clinical & Translational Sci Professor
Center  Ctr for Dev Func Imaging (CDFI) (Org-Ret)  Ctr for Dev Func Imaging (CDFI) (Org-Ret) Professor
Center  Epilepsy Center  Epilepsy Center Professor
Center  Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute  Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute Professor
Center  Vision Science Research Center (Org-Ret)  Vision Science Research Center (Org-Ret) Professor

Graduate Biomedical Sciences Affiliations
Cell, Molecular, & Developmental Biology 
Medical Scientist Training Program 
Neuroscience 

Biographical Sketch 
1998 - BA in Physics from Carleton College 2004 - PhD in Neuroscience from Washington University in St. Louis 2004-2008 - Postdoctoral Fellow at Brandeis University 2008-2009 - Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University 2009-present - Assistant Professor at UAB



Research/Clinical Interest
Title
Cognitive Neuroscience
Description
How is it that we can process the same information in different ways at different times? Humans have a remarkable ability to process inputs from the environment flexibly. Our lab is interested in understanding what brain mechanisms underlie this ability. Evidence suggests that the brain’s state before a stimulus is presented may impact the way the stimulus is processed at the time and remembered in the future. We use a variety of tools to better understand this effect. We study human behavior and brain activity using precise behavioral measurements (including psychophysics and tracking of eye movement), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and electroencephalography (EEG).

Keywords
attention, memory, older adults, aging, training, ongoing activity, EEG, fMRI, human neuroscience