Katie Herdman

| Cognitive Neuroscience Lab

 
 

Katie Herdman

EDUCATION

Ph.D (in progress), Clinical Psychology, York University
M.A., Clinical Psychology, York University

Honours Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour (B.Sc.),
McMaster University

CURRENT RESEARCH

Spatial disorientation in new and old environments is prevalent following damage to the brain and can be debilitating to everyday life. To date, research has focused on the role of the hippocampus in recent spatial memory; less is known about the role of the hippocampus in remote spatial memory for environments learned long ago. I am interested in further characterizing patterns of intact and impaired spatial memory in patients with damage to the fornix or medial temporal lobe. By doing so, I hope to contribute to our understanding of the brain structures underlying spatial navigation in real-world environments.

PUBLICATIONS

MacDougall, A. G., McKinnon, M. C., Herdman, K. A., King, M. J., & Kiang, M. (2015). The relationship between insight and autobiographical memory for emotional events in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research, 226(1), 392-395.

Paleja, M., Girard, T. A., Herdman, K. A., & Christensen, B. K. (2014). Two distinct neural networks functionally connected to the human hippocampus during pattern separation tasks. Brain and Cognition, 92, 101-111. 

King, M.J., MacDougall, A.G., Ferris, S., Herdman, K.A., Bielak, T.,
Smith, J.R., Abid, M.A., & McKinnon, M.C. (2013). Impaired episodic memory for events encoded during mania in patients with bipolar disorder. Psychiatry Research, 205, 213-219.

Wilkins, L.K., Girard, T.A., King, J., King, M., Herdman, K.A., Christensen, B.K., & King, J. (2013). Spatial-memory deficit in schizophrenia under viewpoint-independent demands in the virtual courtyard task. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 35(10), 1082-1093.

Wilkins, L.K., Girard, T.A., Konishi, K., King, M., Herdman, K.A., King, J., Christensen, B., & Bohbot, V.D. (2013). Selective deficit in spatial memory strategies contrast to intact response strategies in patients with schizophrenia tested in a virtual navigation task. Hippocampus, 23 (11), 1015-1024.

King, M.J., MacDougall, A.G., Ferris, S., Herdman, K.A., & McKinnon, M.C. (2011). Episodic simulation of future events is impaired in patients with major depressive disorder. Psychiatry Research, 187, 465-467.

PRESENTATIONS (presenter underlined)

Herdman, K. A., Gilboa, A., Moscovitch, M., Winocur, G., & Rosenbaum, R. S. (April 2014). Impaired detailed and preserved schematic representations in remote spatial memory. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference, Boston, USA.

Herdman, K. A., Wilkins, L. K., Girard, T. A., King, M., King, J., Christensen, B. K., & Bohbot, V.D. (October 2012). A virtual reality investigation of spontaneous navigation strategies and spatial memory abilities in schizophrenia. Talk presented at the Society for Neuroscience Satellite Symposium entitled “Independence and interaction among multiple memory systems”. New Orleans, USA.

Herdman, K. A., Wilkins, L. K., Girard, T. A., King, M., King, J., Christensen, B. K., & Bohbot, V.D. (October 2012). Impaired spatial vs response learning in schizophrenia. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Conference, New Orleans, USA.

Paleja, M., Girard, T. A., Herdman, K. A., & Christensen, B. K. (October 2012). Neural networks involved in spatial and temporal pattern separation. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Conference, New Orleans, USA.

Paleja, M., Girard, T. A., Herdman, K.A., & Christensen, B. K. (July 2011). Pattern separation associated with reduced asymmetry in Dentate Gyrus activity in Schizophrenia. Poster presented at the International Brain Research Organization, Florence, Italy.

King, M. J., MacDougall, A. G., Williams, L. A., Ferris, S., Herdman, K. A., Bielak, T., Smith, J. R., Ziolkowski, N., Levine, B., & McKinnon, M. C. (June 2011). Autobiographical memory and prospection in recurrent mood disorders. Poster presented at the 72nd Annual Conference of the Canadian Psychological Association, Toronto, ON.

King, M. J., MacDougall, A. G., Williams, L-A., Ferris, S., Herdman, K. A., Bielak, T., Smith, J. R., Ziolkowski, N., Levine, B., & McKinnon, M. C. (May 2011). Autobiographical memory and prospection in recurrent mood disorders. Poster presented at the 66th Annual Conference of the Society for Biological Psychiatry, San Francisco, CA.

Christensen, B. K., King, J. P., Herdman, K. A., Patriciu, I., Bennett, P., & Sekuler, A. B. (April 2011). GABA-mediated orientation and motion tuning deficits in schizophrenia. Poster presented at the 23^rdAnnual Research Day, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON.

King, M. J., MacDougall, A. G., Ferris, S., Herdman, K. A., Bielak, T., Smith, J. R., Levine, B., & McKinnon, M. C. (May 2010). Autobiographical memory and future-oriented thinking in patients with mood disorders. Poster presented at the 65th Annual Conference of the Society for Biological Psychiatry, New Orleans, LA.

King, M. J., MacDougall, A. G., Ferris, S., Herdman, K. A., Bielak, T., Smith, J. R., Levine, B., & McKinnon, M. C. (March 2010). Autobiographical memory and future-oriented thinking in patients with mood disorders. Poster presented at the Rotman Research Institute Conference: “The Frontal Lobes”, Toronto, ON.

HONOURS & AWARDS

2014-2017: Doctoral Award: Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

2013-2014: Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology, Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities

2012-2013: Master’s Award: Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

2012-2013: York Graduate Scholarship, York University