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Research Areas

We conduct research in the following areas.

Spatial Navigation

• Spiers,H.J., Maguire,E.A. (2007). A navigational guidance system in the human brain. Hippocampus 17(8), 618-626.
• Spiers,H.J. (2008). Keeping the goal in mind: Prefrontal contributions to spatial navigation. Neuropsychologia 46(7), 2106-2108.

Spatial Cognition

• Spiers,H.J., Maguire,E.A. (2008). The dynamic nature of cognition during wayfinding. Journal of Environmental Psychology 28(3), 232-249.
• Lee,A.C., Buckley,M.J., Pegman,S.J., Spiers,H., Scahill,V.L., Gaffan,D., Bussey,T.J., Davies,R.R., Kapur,N., Hodges,J.R., Graham,K.S. (2005). Specialization in the medial temporal lobe for processing of objects and scenes. Hippocampus 15(6), 782-797.

Memory and Amnesia

• Spiers,H.J., Maguire,E., Burgess,N. (2001). Hippocampal amnesia. Neurocase 7(5), 357-382.
• Spiers,H., Burgess,N., Hartley,T., Vargha-Khadem,F.,O'Keefe,J. (2001). Bilateral hippocampal pathology impairs topographical and episodic memory but not visual pattern matching. Hippocampus 11(6), 715-725.

Hippocampal - Prefrontal Interactions

• Simons,J., Spiers,H. (2003). Prefrontal and medial temporal lobe interactions in long-term memory. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 4 (8), pp.637-648.

Brain Dynamics of Real-world Behaviour

• Spiers,H.J., Maguire,E.A. (2007). Decoding human brain activity during real-world experiences. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 11(8), 356-365.
• Spiers,H.J., Maguire,E.A. (2006). Thoughts, behavior, and brain dynamics during navigation in the real world. NeuroImage 31(4), 1826-1840.

Hemispheric Lateralisation of Memory

• Spiers,H.J., Burgess,N., Maguire,E.A., Baxendale,S.A., Hartley,T., Thompson,P.J.,O'Keefe,J. (2001). Unilateral temporal lobectomy patients show lateralized topographical and episodic memory deficits in a virtual town. Brain 124(12), 2476-2489.
• Worsley C.L., Recce M., Spiers H., Marley J., Morris R.G. (2001) Path Intergration following Temporal Lobectomy in Humans. Neuropsychologia 39 452-464.