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Chad Woodruff , Ph.D., Assistant Professor  
Post-doctoral fellowship, Department of Neurobiology of Behavior, University
of California, Irvine - 2003-2005
Ph.D. – University of New Mexico - 2003
M.S. – University of New Mexico – 1999
BFA – University of Oklahoma – 1993
Professional Interests

My research interests lie in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention, Memory and Social Processing. In particular I conduct research into visual attention, episodic memory and the roles these cognitive mechanism play in social processes such as self-identity, theory of mind, ethics and racism/prejudice. I investigate these processes with the use of functional brain measures such as Electroencephalography (my primary tool), Magnetoencephalography and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Further, I am interested in applying brain measures of social cognitive processes to disorders such as Autism and Alzheimer’s disease. I am currently running experiments in visual attention, episodic memory, motor imagery and am putting together a project to measure changes in the mirror neuron system related to the efficacy of social skills training in people with autism.

 
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 Woodruff CC, Uncapher M, Rugg MD (2006). Neural correlates of differential retrieval orientation: Sustained and item-related components. Neuropsychologia, 44(14), 3000-3010.
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 Woodruff CC, Hayama H, Rugg MD (2006). Electrophysiological dissociation of the neural correlates of recollection and familiarity. Cognitive Brain Research, 1100(1), 125-35.
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 Aine C, Woodruff C, Knoefel J, Adair J, Hudson D, Qualls C, Bockholt C, Kovacevic S, Cobb W, Padilla D, Hart D, Stephen J (2006). Aging: Compensation or maturation. Neuroimage, 32(4), 1891-1904.
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 Martin T, McDaniel M, Guynn M, Houck J, Woodruff C, Bish J, Moses S, Jackson J, Dubravko K, Tesche C (2006). MEG Reveals Different Contributions of Motor Cortex and Cerebellum to Simple Reaction Time Following Temporally-structured Cues. Human Brain Mapping, 27(7), 552-561.
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 Woodruff CC, Johnson J, Uncapher M, Rugg M (2005). Content-specificity of the neural correlates of recollection. Neuropsychologia, 43(7), 1022-1032.
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 Kovacevic S, Qualls C, Adair JC, Hudson D, Woodruff CC, Knoefel J, Lee RR, Stephen JM, Aine CJ (2005). Age-related effects on superior temporal gyrus activity during an auditory oddball task.
Neuroreport. Jul 13;16(10):1075-9.
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 Aine C, Adair J, Knoefel J, Hudson D, Qualls C, Kovacevic S, Woodruff CC, Cobb W, Padilla D, Lee R, Stephen J (2005). Temporal dynamics of age-related differences in auditory incidental verbal learning. Cognitive Brain Research, 24(1): 1-18.
 

Undergraduate and Graduate Courses:

Psychology 101 – Introduction to Psychology
Psychology 350 – Physiological Psychology
Psychology 650 – Physiological Psychology
Psychology 432 – Psychophysiology of Drugs and Behavior

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