James M. Hyman, PhD

James M. Hyman, PhD, received his PhD in psychology from Boston University, where he examined how hippocampal oscillations control neural network activity. As a postdoctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia, he studied information coding in anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). Hyman has made several notable discoveries on the topics of hippocampal-cortical theta interactions, contextual and temporal representations in ACC ensembles, multiple neural prediction error signals in rodent ACC, and ACC driven recall of long-term memories. His team researches how coordinated neural activity underlies our ability to learn new information, recall past memories, and dynamically incorporate new and old information for optimal decision making, as well as how these processes are affected by Alzheimer’s disease, Type 2 diabetes, and how different pathologies affect neural communication related to higher level cognition. Hyman’s work is funded by the National Institutes On Aging and the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences.