Derek Huffman

Colby College

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Colby College

Computer Science Department

Psychology Department

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Derek Huffman

Colby College

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cognitive science cognitive neuroscience neuroscience cognition spatial cognition psychology experimental psychology memory studies behavioral sciences systems neuroscience applied cognitive psychology spatial reasoning psychological science brain organization central nervous system computational neuroscience visual science behavioural process neurophysiology neuroanatomy affective neuroscience developmental cognitive neuroscience behavioral research information visualization brain circuitry brain mapping human cognition cognitive psychology neurodynamics explicit memory human memory implicit memory spatialtemporal reasoning human hippocampus spatial representations neurolinguistics spinal cord global networks neurorehabilitation active control educational psychology behavioral decision making brain mechanisms feedback loop neuroimaging modality path planning ai planning planning practices task performance experimental decision making experimental analysis of behavior brain imaging computational models working memory visual processing visual pathways perception system language comprehension semantic processing spatial theory spatial science cognitive electrophysiology novel synthesis modality-independent network large-scale spatial environments spatial navigation memory experiments goal-oriented representations human spatial memory body-based cues large-scale environments spatial representation grid coding learning-dependent evolution large-scale virtual environments relative directions task

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Experimentally-Induced Encoding Variability Influences Mnemonic Discrimination: Evidence From Human Behavioral Data and Global Matching Models. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2026)

psychological sciencehuman memoryglobal matching modelspsychologyhuman behavioral dataexplicit memorybehavioral experimentsmemory studiesbehavioral researchapplied cognitive psychologycognitive scienceexperimental psychologysocial cognitionbehavioral sciencescognitionimplicit memorybehavioural processmemorycognitive neuroscience

Living Off the Grid: Spatial Representations Show Systematic Non-Euclidean Distortions Regardless of Their Age and How Measured. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2026)

spatial theoryspatial analysisspatial reasoningvisual perceptiondigital earthinformation visualizationdata and information visualizationgeographyspatialtemporal reasoningspatial sciencesystematic non-euclidean distortionsgeographical information sciencespatial representationsspatial cognitionvisualizationstatistics

Snap Back to Reality: Comparing Real-World Spatial Memory in the “Wild” vs. in the Lab. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2026)

graphic interfacepsychological sciencespatial reasoningreal worldspatialtemporal reasoningvisual perceptionmemory studiesspatial memoryapplied cognitive psychologycognitive sciencespatial cognitionsnap backexperimental psychologydesigncognitionmemorycognitive neurosciencehuman-computer interactionmemory systems

All Eyes on the Hippocampus: The Primate Hippocampus as a Visually-Guided Cognitive Graph. eScholarship (California Digital Library) (2025)

visual perceptioninformation visualizationvisual processinganimal cognitionmemory studiescognitive neuroscienceneurosciencebrain organizationprimate hippocampusneurodynamicsvisual pathwaysvisually-guided cognitive graphvisual systemapplied cognitive psychologycognitive sciencecomputational neurosciencevisual sciencecognition

Another Brick in the Wall? a Null Effect of Boundaries on Spatial Memory Judgments in a Novel, Highly Immersive, First-Person Object-Placement Task. eScholarship (California Digital Library) (2025)

first-person object-placement taskspatial reasoningmemoryvisual perceptionspatial memory judgmentsmemory studiesa null effectvirtual realityapplied cognitive psychologycognitive scienceperception systemspatial cognitionpsychologycognition

Computational Models Suggest That Human Memory Judgments Exhibit Interference Due to the Use of Overlapping Representations.. Psychological Review (2025)

cognitive sciencepsychological sciencecomputational modelsmemoryexperimental psychologyexplicit memorymemory studiescognitive neurosciencehuman memoryapplied cognitive psychologylanguageworking memorycognition

False Memories as a Function of Language Proficiency: Differences Between Semantic and Phonological Processing. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review (2025)

implicit memoryphonologycognitive sciencesecond language acquisitionmemorylanguage comprehensionfalse memoriessemantic processinglanguage proficiencylanguage acquisitionmemory studiesphonological processinglanguage processing in the brainlanguagepsycholinguisticslanguage learning

Mobile Eeg Suggests That Alpha-Band Oscillations Support the Retrieval of the Egocentric Direction of Landmarks Around a Navigator. eScholarship (California Digital Library) (2025)

behavioural processalpha-band oscillations supportegocentric directionmobile eegsystems neurosciencecognitive electrophysiologyanimal cognitioncognitive neuroscienceneurosciencehuman braineeg signal processingcognitive sciencespatial cognitionsensorimotor transformationsvisual science

An In-Depth Exploration of the Interplay Between Fmri Methods and Theory in Cognitive Neuroscience. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education (2024)

Derek Huffman

fmri methodsbrain imagingcognitive neuroscienceneuroscienceneuroimaging

Goal-Oriented Representations in the Human Hippocampus During Planning and Navigation. Nature Communications (2023)

Jordan Crivelli-DeckerAlex ClarkeSeongmin A. ParkDerek J. HuffmanErie D. BoormanCharan Ranganath

human hippocampussystems neurosciencehuman cognitioncognitive neuroscienceneurosciencepath planningai planninggoal-oriented representationsnavigationcognitive scienceplanning practicesneuropsychologyspatial cognitionpsychologycognition