Michelle Hampson, PhD

Research Scientist of Diagnostic Radiology and Psychiatry

Contact

Address:
Yale University, School of Medicine
Magnetic Resonance Research Center
TAC, N121, 300 Cedar Street
New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8043
United States

Email: michelle.hampson@yale.edu
Telephone: (203) 737-5994
Fax: (203) 785-6534

Education

PhD Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University, 2000

Please click here for Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

I am interested in the development and application of new functional imaging paradigms that examine brain function at the systems level. In the last few years, I have been investigating temporal correlations in functional MR signals between brain areas to determine whether those correlations can provide information regarding functional brain connections. More recently, I have begun relating behavioural variables to the strength of specific brain connections to gain insight into the functional relevance of those connections. In addition, I have been examining event-related brain activations using a correlation-based alternative to conventional, event-related protocols that does not require knowledge of the time of occurrence of different events. Finally, I am working to develop protocols for biofeedback of real-time fMRI data. I am interested in continuing a research program focused on the application of these methods, and the development of new imaging methods, to address questions in clinical and cognitive neuroscience.

Selected Publications

1. Hampson, M., Driesen, N.R., Skudlarski, P., Gore, J.C., Constable, R.T. 2006. Brain connectivity related to working memory performance. The Journal of Neuroscience, 26(51): 13338-13343.
2. Hampson, M., Tokoglu, F., Sun, Z. Schafer, R., Skudlarski, P., Gore, J.C., Constable, R.T., 2006. Connectivity-behaviour analysis reveals that functional connectivity between left BA39 and Broca's area varies with reading ability. NeuroImage, 31: 513-519.
3. Hampson, M., Olson, I.R., Leung, H.C., Skudlarski, P., Gore, J.C. 2004. Changes in functional connectivity of MT/v5 with visual motion input. NeuroReport, 15(8): 1315-9.
4. Hampson, M., Peterson, B., Skudlarski, P., Gatenby, C. and Gore, J. 2002. Detection of functional connectivity using temporal correlations in MR images. Human Brain Mapping, 15: 247-262.
5. Hoffman, R.E., Anderson, A.W., Varanko, M., Gore, J.C., Coric, V., Hampson, M. Time course of regional brain activation associated with onset of auditory/verbal hallucinations. British Journal of Psychiatry, In press
6. Hoffman, R., Hampson, M. Wu, K., Anderson, A., Gore, J., Buchanan, R.J., Constable, T. Hawkins, K., Sahay, N., Krystal, J.H., 2007. Probing the pathophysiology of auditory hallucinations by combining functional magnetic resonance imaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation. Cerebral Cortex, 17: 2733-2743.

For a further list of Hampson's publications, please see PubMed.