Marty G. Woldorff
Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Overview
Dr. Woldorff's main research interest is in the cognitive neuroscience of attention. At each and every moment of our lives, we are bombarded by a welter of sensory information coming at us from a myriad of directions and through our various sensory modalities -- much more than we can fully process. We must continuously select and extract the most important information from this welter of sensory inputs. How the human brain accomplishes this is one of the core challenges of modern cognitive neuroscience. Dr. Woldorff uses a combination of electrophysiological (ERP, MEG) and functional neuroimaging (fMRI) methods to study the time course, functional neuroanatomy, and mechanisms of attentional processes. This multimethodological approach is directed along several main lines of research: (1) The influence of attention on sensory and perceptual processing; (2) Cognitive and attentional control mechanisms; (3) The role of attention in multisensory environments; (4) The interactive relationship between attention and reward; and (5) The role of attention in perceptual awareness.
Selected Grants
Neurobiology Training Program awarded by National Institutes of Health (Mentor). 2019 to 2024
Elucidating mechanisms underlying fluctuations of sustained attention and their influence on memory awarded by National Institutes of Health (Co-Sponsor). 2020 to 2023
A Phase II Study of an ApoE mimetic peptide to reduce Postoperative Delirium, Cognitive Dysfunction after Non-Cardiac Surgery in Older Adults awarded by Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (Co Investigator). 2018 to 2023
Cortical tracking of speech-specific temporal structure in familiar vs. foreign awarded by National Institutes of Health (Co Investigator). 2018 to 2022
Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Memory Reactivation awarded by National Institutes of Health (Principal Investigator). 2018 to 2020
The Modulatory Role of Reward on Attentional Brain Processes awarded by National Institutes of Health (Principal Investigator). 2006 to 2019
Basic predoctoral training in neuroscience awarded by National Institutes of Health (Training Faculty). 1992 to 2018
Path Toward MRI with Direct Sensitivity to Neuro-Electro-Magnetic Oscillations awarded by National Institutes of Health (Co Investigator). 2014 to 2018
A Compute Cluster for Brain Imaging and Analysis awarded by National Institutes of Health (Minor User). 2016 to 2017
Training in Fundamental &Translational Neuroscience awarded by National Institutes of Health (Training Faculty). 2005 to 2016
Pages
Demeter, Elise, et al. “Reward magnitude enhances early attentional processing of auditory stimuli.” Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci, vol. 22, no. 2, Apr. 2022, pp. 268–80. Pubmed, doi:10.3758/s13415-021-00962-1. Full Text
Siqi-Liu, Audrey, et al. “Neural Dynamics of Context-sensitive Adjustments in Cognitive Flexibility.” J Cogn Neurosci, vol. 34, no. 3, Feb. 2022, pp. 480–94. Pubmed, doi:10.1162/jocn_a_01813. Full Text
Berger, Miles, et al. “Postoperative changes in cognition and cerebrospinal fluid neurodegenerative disease biomarkers.” Ann Clin Transl Neurol, vol. 9, no. 2, Feb. 2022, pp. 155–70. Pubmed, doi:10.1002/acn3.51499. Full Text
Browndyke, Jeffrey N., et al. “Perioperative neurocognitive and functional neuroimaging trajectories in older APOE4 carriers compared with non-carriers: secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study.” Br J Anaesth, vol. 127, no. 6, Dec. 2021, pp. 917–28. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.bja.2021.08.012. Full Text Open Access Copy
Park, Joonkoo, et al. “Context-Dependent Modulation of Early Visual Cortical Responses to Numerical and Nonnumerical Magnitudes.” J Cogn Neurosci, vol. 33, no. 12, Nov. 2021, pp. 2536–47. Pubmed, doi:10.1162/jocn_a_01774. Full Text
Vo, Khoi D., et al. “Neural Dynamics of Conflict Control in Working Memory.” J Cogn Neurosci, vol. 33, no. 10, Sept. 2021, pp. 2079–92. Pubmed, doi:10.1162/jocn_a_01744. Full Text
Geib, B. R., et al. “Linking the Rapid Cascade of Visuo-Attentional Processes to Successful Memory Encoding.” Cereb Cortex, vol. 31, no. 4, Mar. 2021, pp. 1861–72. Pubmed, doi:10.1093/cercor/bhaa295. Full Text
de Haan, Tineke, et al. “Diminished Feedback Evaluation and Knowledge Updating Underlying Age-Related Differences in Choice Behavior During Feedback Learning.” Front Hum Neurosci, vol. 15, 2021, p. 635996. Pubmed, doi:10.3389/fnhum.2021.635996. Full Text
Bachman, Matthew D., et al. “Disruptions of Sustained Spatial Attention Can Be Resistant to the Distractor's Prior Reward Associations.” Front Hum Neurosci, vol. 15, 2021, p. 666731. Pubmed, doi:10.3389/fnhum.2021.666731. Full Text
Acker, Leah, et al. “Electroencephalogram-Based Complexity Measures as Predictors of Post-operative Neurocognitive Dysfunction.” Front Syst Neurosci, vol. 15, 2021, p. 718769. Pubmed, doi:10.3389/fnsys.2021.718769. Full Text