Curriculum Vitae PDF - Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience

Aidan James Horner
Academic Positions:
2011 - present:
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience,
University College London, UK.
Supervisor: Prof. Neil Burgess
2010 - 2011:
Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia
Research, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.
Supervisor: Prof. Emrah Duzel
2010 - 2011:
Honorary Research Associate,
University College London, UK.
2010:
Postdoctoral Investigator Scientist, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit,
Cambridge, UK.
Supervisor: Prof. Rik Henson
2008:
Visiting Scholar, Stanford Memory Laboratory, Stanford University, USA.
Supervisor: Prof. Anthony Wagner
Institute
of
Cognitive
Neuroscience,
Education:
2006 – 2010:
PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, MRC Cognition
and Brain Sciences Unit, UK.
Supervisor: Prof. Rik Henson Advisor: Prof. John Duncan
2005 – 2006:
MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience (distinction), The University of York, UK.
Supervisor: Prof. Timothy Andrews
2002 – 2005:
BSc (Hons) in Psychology (first), The University of York, UK.
Supervisor: Dr. Philip Quinlan
Awards:
2013:
2012:
2nd EPS Frith Prize – Early Career Award for exceptional doctoral research
Award for best conference talk - MEGUK Annual Conference
Grants & Studentships:
2013:
2012:
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2010:
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2006:
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2004:
EPS Small Grant – Episodic contributions to repetition priming - £2500
Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience Fellow - competitive selection
Brain Travel Grant – attendance at SICN - £800
UCLA Advanced Neuroimaging Summer Programme - competitive selection
Visceral Mind neuroanatomy course - Bangor - competitive selection
Brain Travel Grant – attendance at the 16th CNS Annual Meeting - £800
EPS Study Visit Grant (Visiting Scholar - Stanford University) - £1200
MRC postgraduate studentship (PhD) - fees and stipend
York Alumni Fund Postgraduate Studentship (MSc) - fees and stipend
York Neuroimaging Centre Undergraduate Research Bursary - £1000
EPS Undergraduate Research Bursary - £2000
Research papers:
Horner, A.J., & Burgess, N. (2014) Pattern completion in multielement event engrams, Current
Biology, 24(9), 988-992.
Henson, R.N., Eckstein, D., Waszak, F., Frings, C., & Horner, A.J. (2014) Stimulus-response
bindings in priming, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 18(7), 376-384.
Kaplan, R., Horner, A.J., Bandettini, P.A., Doeller, C.F., & Burgess, N. (2014) Human hippocampal
processing of environmental novelty during spatial navigation, Hippocampus, 24(7), 740750.
Bird, C., Berens, S.C., Horner, A.J., Franklin, A. (2014) Categorical encoding of color in the brain,
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(12), 4590-4595.
Jafarpour, A., Fuentemilla, L., Horner, A.J., Penny, W., & Duzel, E. (2014) Replay of
representational snapshots during recollection, Journal of Neuroscience, 34(1), 242-248.
Horner, A.J., & Burgess, N. (2013) The associative structure of memory for multi-element events.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 142(4), 1370-1383.
Jafarpour, A.,* Horner, A.J.,* Fuentemilla, L., Penny, W. & Duzel, E (2013) Decoding oscillatory
representations and mechanisms in memory, Neuropsychologia, 51(4), 772-780. * Joint first
authorship
Guitart-Masip, M., Barnes, G., Horner, A.J., Dolan, R.J., & Duzel, E. (2013) Synchronization of
hippocampal and prefrontal rhythms in human decision-making, Journal of Neuroscience,
33(2), 442-451.
Horner, A.J., Gadian, D., Fuentemilla, L., Jentschke, S., Vargha-Khadem, F. & Duzel, E., (2012) A
rapid item-initiated hippocampus-dependent neural signature of context memory in humans.
Current Biology, 22(24), 2369-2374.
Shtyrov, Y., Smith, M., Horner, A.J., Henson, R.N., Nathan, P., & Pulvermüller, F., (2012) Attention
to language: Novel MEG paradigm for registering involuntary language processing in the brain.
Neuropsychologia, 50(11), 2605-2616.
Horner, A.J. (2012) Focussing on the frontal cortex (invited peer commentary on journal article
“Repetition Priming and Repetition Suppression: A case for enhanced efficiency through neural
synchronization”), Cognitive Neuroscience, 3(3-4), 246-247.
Horner, A.J., & Henson, R.N., (2012) Incongruent abstract stimulus-response bindings result in
response interference: fMRI and EEG evidence from visual object classification priming, Journal
of Cognitive Neuroscience, 24(3), 760-773.
Horner, A.J., & Henson, R.N., (2012) Priming, response learning and repetition suppression, In
N.M. Seel (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning, Springer.
Horner, A.J., & Henson, R.N., (2011) Stimulus-Response bindings code both abstract and specific
representations of stimuli: evidence from a classification priming design that reverses multiple
levels of response representations, Memory & Cognition, 39(8), 1457-1471.
Horner, A.J., & Henson, R.N., (2011) Repetition suppression in occipitotemporal cortex despite
negligible visual similarity: evidence for post-perceptual processing?, Human Brain Mapping,
32(10), 1519-1534.
Horner, A.J., & Henson, R.N., (2009) Bindings between stimuli and multiple response codes
dominate long-lag repetition priming in speeded classification tasks, Journal of Experimental
Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition, 35(3), 757-779.
Horner, A.J., & Andrews, T.J., (2009) Linearity of the fMRI response in category-selective regions
of the human visual cortex, Human Brain Mapping, 30(8), 2628-2640.
Horner, A.J., & Henson, R.N., (2008), Response learning, Priming and Repetition Suppression,
Neuropsychologia, 46, 1979-1991.
Teaching:
2014-present:
2014:
2014:
2013-2014:
2013-2014:
2013-2014:
2011-2012:
2011:
2010-2011:
2010-2011:
Lecturer for the ICN MATLAB for Cognitive Neuroscience course
Lecturer for UCL PALS “Introduction to the Neuroscience of Memory”
UCL-IMPRS Summer School experimental design workshop tutor
Supervision of MSc project: Nora Butkute
Supervision of BSc project: Ashley McFarlane
Supervision of BSc project: Aijing Wang
Supervision of BSc project: James Stanway
UCL-IMPRS Summer School tutor
Supervision of MSc project: Jiangyi Xia
Demonstrator at Birkbeck College: Research Methods and Statistics BSc module
Committee Memberships:
2012-2014:
2012-2014:
2008-2009:
2008-2009:
2007-2008:
2003-2004:
2003-2004:
2003-2004:
FIL Principals’ Committee – Fellows’ Representative
ICN Group Leaders’ Committee – Researcher Representative
MRC-CBU Imaging Management Committee – Student Representative
MRC-CBU Web Management Committee – Student Representative
MRC-CBU Unit Management Committee – Student Representative
York University Student Union Executive Committee – College Chairperson
Vanbrugh College Council – College Chairperson
Vanbrugh College Junior Common Room Committee – Chairperson
Public Engagement:
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2009:
2007:
Speaker at Cheltenham Literature Festival: “How to make the most of your
memory”
Speaker at Conisborough College OIBC symposium: “Brain and memory”
Presenter at Bing Bang Fair & Winchester Science Festival: “LOL The science of
laughter”
Speaker at Barbican Centre Wonder Season: “Art and Science on the Brain”
Speaker at Guerilla Science events at Secret Garden Party and Bestival festivals
Speaker at the Science Museum’s Dana Centre: “Forget me not”
Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, demonstrator at MRC-CBU stand
Expert checker for the Science Museum’s ‘Who Am I?’ exhibition
Speaker at Guerilla Science events at Secret Garden Party and Latitude festivals
Interactive workshop/practical demonstration, MRC-CBU Exploring Mind and
Brain, Cambridge Science Festival.
Methods & Programming Experience:
Experienced with fMRI, EEG/MEG & TMS. High-level user of MATLAB, scripting experiments and
behavioural analyses, batch scripting neuroimaging analyses (SPM) and scripting novel analysis
methods for fMRI and EEG/MEG.
Ad Hoc Reviews:
Science, Current Biology, Journal of Neuroscience, Neuropsychologia, Cognition,
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Hippocampus, Journal of
Experiment Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition, Journal of Cognitive
Psychology, Memory, Neuroimage, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Acta
Psychologica, Psychophysiology, British Journal of Psychology, Frontiers in
Psychology, International Journal of Psychophysiology, Israel Science Foundation.
Conference Abstracts (first-author only):
Horner, A.J., Lin, W-J., Bisby, J., & Burgess, N. Pattern completion for episodic events in the human
hippocampus, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., November 2014.
Horner, A.J., Lin, W-J., Bisby, J., & Burgess, N. Pattern completion for multi-element events in the human
hippocampus, British Association of Cognitive Neuroscience, York, September 2014.
Horner, A.J., & Burgess, N. Reinstatement of event elements in the neocortex following hippocampal pattern
completion, Experimental Psychology Society Meeting, Newcastle, July 2014.
Horner, A.J., & Burgess, N. Binding of independently encoded overlapping pairs into coherent multi-element
event engrams, Experimental Psychology Society Meeting, London, January 2014.
Horner, A.J., Gadian, D., Fuentemilla, L., Jentschke, S., Duzel, E., & Vargha-Khadem, F. Hippocampal volume
predicts source memory, but not item recognition, performance in individuals with a history of early
hypoxia-ischaemia, British Neuropsychological Society Meeting, London, November 2013.
Horner, A.J., The episodic nature of repetition priming, 2nd Frith Prize Lecture, Experimental Psychology
Society Meeting, Lancaster, April 2013.
Horner, A.J., & Burgess, N., The associative structure of memory for multi-element events, Experimental
Psychology Society Meeting, Lancaster, April 2013.
Horner, A.J., & Burgess, N., The associative structure of memory for multi-element events, British
Neuroscience Association Festival of Neuroscience, London, April 2013.
Horner, A.J., Gadian, D., Jentschke, S., Fuentemilla, L., Vargha-Khadem, F., & Duzel, E., A rapid
hippocampus-dependent item-memory signal that initiates context memory in humans, British
Neuroscience Association Festival of Neuroscience, London, April 2013.
Horner, A.J., Bisby, J., Kaplan, R., & Burgess, N., Both face- and word-sensitive fusiform regions show crossmodal repetition suppression for famous person identities, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting,
New Orleans, October 2012.
Horner, A.J., Gadian, D., Jentschke, S., Fuentemilla, L., Baldeweg, T., Mishkin, M., Duzel, E., & VarghaKhadem, F., Correlating hippocampal volume and event-related fields reveals a selective role for the
hippocampus in episodic context retrieval, MEGUK Annual Meeting, London, Jan 2012
Horner, A.J., Gadian, D., Jentschke, S., Fuentemilla, L., Baldeweg, T., Mishkin, M., Duzel, E., & VarghaKhadem, F., Hippocampal volume predicts source memory performance in individuals with a history of
early hypoxia-ischaemia, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington, November 2011.
Horner, A.J., & Henson, R.N., Stimulus-Response contributions to repetition priming: is attention necessary for
the encoding and retrieval of S-R bindings?, Experimental Psychology Society Meeting, London, Jan
2011.
Horner, A.J., & Henson, R.N., Perceptual and response components to repetition-related neural changes:
evidence from fMRI and EEG, 16th Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting,
Barcelona, June 2010.
Horner, A.J., & Henson, R.N., MR and MS priming: S-R learning contributions to priming at multiple levels of
stimulus and response representation, Experimental Psychology Society Meeting, York, July 2009.
Horner, A.J., & Henson, R.N., Delineating perceptual and conceptual contributions to repetition suppression
within occipital and temporal cortices, 16th Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San
Francisco, March 2009.
Horner, A.J., & Henson, R.N., Response learning and priming: Evidence for multiple levels of response
representation, Experimental Psychology Society Meeting, Cambridge, April 2008.
Horner, A.J., & Henson, R.N., Response learning contributions to priming and repetition suppression, 15th
Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, April 2008.
Horner, A.J., & Henson, R.N., Response learning contributions to priming and repetition suppression,
Experimental Psychology Society Meeting, London, Jan 2008.
Invited Talks:
Horner, A.J., Episodic memory, the hippocampus and pattern completion, Centre for Developmental
Cognitive Neuroscience, November, 2014.
Horner, A.J., Episodic memory, the hippocampus and pattern completion, CUBRIC, Cardiff University,
October, 2014.
Horner, A.J., Episodic memory, the hippocampus and pattern completion, Department of Psychology,
University of York, September, 2014.
Horner, A.J., Episodic memory, the hippocampus and pattern completion, School Seminar, School of
Psychology, Birmingham University, May, 2014.
Horner, A.J., Episodic memory, the hippocampus and pattern completion, Brain Meeting, Wellcome Trust
Centre for Neuroimaging, UCL, May, 2014.
Horner, A.J., The episodic nature of repetition priming, 2nd Frith Prize Lecture, Experimental Psychology
Meeting, Lancaster, April 2013.
Horner, A.J., The role of binding in repetition priming and episodic memory, Psychology Department,
Warwick University, November 2012.
Horner, A.J., Why priming is as much about action as it is about perception, Emotion Club, Wellcome Trust
Centre for Neuroimaging, UCL, September 2011.
Horner, A.J., What the heck is priming and what’s a shoebox got to do with it?, MRC Cognition and Brain
Sciences Unit, Cambridge, February 2010.
Horner, A.J., Retrieval of episodic “stimulus-response” bindings can drive repetition priming: evidence from
behaviour, fMRI and EEG, Institute for Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research, Otto-von-GuerickeUniversität Magdeburg, February 2010.
Horner, A.J., Response learning contributions to priming and repetition suppression, Stanford Memory
Laboratory, Stanford University, April 2008.
Memberships:
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Blog:
Twitter:
Experimental Psychology Society, British Psychology Society, Society for
Neuroscience.
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