Faculty of Science

Dr Benjamin J Griffiths

Assistant Professor, School of Psychology 

benjamin.griffiths@nottingham.ac.uk

Memory is integral to almost everything we do; it tells us who we are, what we have accomplished, and what we want from the future. So, it is no surprise that when it fails us, it contributes to some of the most challenging neurological and mental health issues in society today (including dementia, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder).

 My research focuses on understanding the fundamental neural mechanisms that allow us to form new memories and relive past ones in vivid detail, and what happens when these processes go wrong. I use a variety of neuroimaging and neuromodulatory techniques to do this, with the ultimate goal of finding new methods to restore and augment our ability to remember. 

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N3Centre Research Interests

Understanding neural mechanisms; Developing novel forms of neurotechnology

 

 

Key Publications

  • Griffiths, B. J., Schreiner, T., Schaefer, J., Vollmar, C., Kaufmann, E., Quach, S., Remi, J., Noachtar, S., & Staudigl, T. (2024). Electrophysiological signatures of veridical head direction in humans. Nature Human Behaviour, 8, 1334-1350

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  • Griffiths, B. J., & Jensen, O. (2023). Gamma oscillations and episodic memory. Trends in Neurosciences, 46(10), 832-846. 

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  • Griffiths, B. J., Zaehle, T., Repplinger, S., Schmitt, F. C., Voges, J., Hanslmayr, S., & Staudigl, T. (2022). Rhythmic interactions between the mediodorsal thalamus and prefrontal cortex precede human visual perception. Nature Communications, 13, 3736. 

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  • Griffiths, B. J., Mayhew, S. D., Mullinger, K. M., Jorge, J., Charest, I., Wimber, M., & Hanslmayr, S. (2019). Alpha/beta power decreases track the fidelity of stimulus-specific information. eLife, 8, e49562.  doi: 10.7554/eLife.49562

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  • Griffiths, B. J., Parish, G., Roux, F., Michelmann,et al. (2019). Directional coupling of slow and fast hippocampal gamma with neocortical alpha/beta oscillations in human episodic memory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(43), 21834-21842. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1914180116. 

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  • Madan, C. R. (2021). Age-related decrements in cortical gyrification: Evidence from an accelerated longitudinal dataset. European Journal of Neuroscience, 53(5), 1661-1671. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15039

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Faculty of Science

The University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD