Norman M. White

Professor Emeritus
 

Stewart Biological Sciences Bldg.
Room N8/3, 398-6082
norman.white at mcgill.ca

Research Areas

Behavioral Neuroscience

Research Summary

Prof. White is interested in the hypothesis that there are several more-or-less independent memory systems in the mammalian brain.  He is testing this idea and its implications on the behavioral and physiological levels using lesions, brain stimulation and drug injections of basal ganglia, limbic system and related areas.  In addition to the cognitive capacities of these systems, he is interested in how each is affected by reinforcement and motivational variables.  He is also attempting to apply these multiple memory systems concepts to understanding the effects of addictive drugs on behavior

Selected References

White, N. M. Some highlights of research on the effects of caudate nucleus lesions over the past 200 years. Behavioural Brain Research, 2009, 199, 3-23. 

White, N. M. Multiple memory systems in the brain: cooperation and competition. In H.B.Eichenbaum (Ed.), Memory Systems, vol 3 of Byrne,J (Ed.), Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference (pp. 9-46). Oxford: Elsevier (2008).

Gaskin, S. & White, N. M.  Unreinforced spatial (latent) learning is mediated by a circuit that includes dorsal entorhinal cortex and fimbria-fornix.  Hippocampus, 2007, 17, 586-594.
 

Updated: June 2012
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