Dr. Burwell received her doctorate in Experimental and Biological Psychology from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1992. Her postdoctoral training in neuroanatomy and electrophysiology was at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La jolla, CA, and at the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience at The State University of New York at Stony Brook. She has been at Brown since 1996, first in the Department of Psychology and now in the Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, which she chaired from 2019-2022. She has a secondary appointment in the Department of Neuroscience. Dr. Burwell trained graduate students in the Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, and Neuroscience Graduate Programs. She was formerly the Editor-in-Chief of the APA journal, Behavioral Neuroscience, and was a member of the APA Council of Editors. Dr. Burwell is an elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her research was funded by NSF, NIMH, and DARPA.
Rebecca Burwell (Research at Brown)
Optogenetic modulation of memory
Psychology Graduate Program
Neuroscience Graduate Program
Mammalian Brain Knows Where It's At
Center for Vision Research
Carney Institute for Brain Science
Electrical Synapses Help the Brain's Master Clock Tick
| Yang FC, Burwell RD. "Neuronal Activity in the Rat Pulvinar Correlates with Multiple Higher-Order Cognitive Functions." Vision (Basel, Switzerland), vol. 4, no. 1, 2020. |
| Heimer-McGinn VR, Poeta DL, Aghi K, Udawatta M, Burwell RD. "Disconnection of the Perirhinal and Postrhinal Cortices Impairs Recognition of Objects in Context But Not Contextual Fear Conditioning." Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 37, no. 18, 2017, pp. 4819-4829. |
| Scaplen KM, Ramesh RN, Nadvar N, Ahmed OJ, Burwell RD. "Inactivation of the Lateral Entorhinal Area Increases the Influence of Visual Cues on Hippocampal Place Cell Activity." Frontiers in systems neuroscience, vol. 11, 2017, pp. 40. |
| Burwell, Rebecca D, Templer, Victoria L. "Jamais vu all over again." Nature Neuroscience, vol. 20, no. 9, 2017, pp. 1194-1196. |
| Hwang, Eunkyu, Willis, Bailey S., Burwell, Rebecca D. "Prefrontal connections of the perirhinal and postrhinal cortices in the rat." Behavioural Brain Research, 2017. |
| Baxter, Mark G., Burwell, Rebecca D. "Promoting transparency and reproducibility in Behavioral Neuroscience: Publishing replications, registered reports, and null results." Behavioral Neuroscience, vol. 131, no. 4, 2017, pp. 275-276. |
| Yang, Fang-Chi, Jacobson, Tara K., Burwell, Rebecca D. "Single neuron activity and theta modulation in the posterior parietal cortex in a visuospatial attention task." Hippocampus, vol. 27, no. 3, 2017, pp. 263-273. |
| Tomás Pereira, Inês, Agster, Kara L., Burwell, Rebecca D. "Subcortical connections of the perirhinal, postrhinal, and entorhinal cortices of the rat. I. afferents." Hippocampus, vol. 26, no. 9, 2016, pp. 1189-1212. |
| Agster, Kara L., Tomás Pereira, Inês, Saddoris, Michael P., Burwell, Rebecca D. "Subcortical connections of the perirhinal, postrhinal, and entorhinal cortices of the rat. II. efferents." Hippocampus, vol. 26, no. 9, 2016, pp. 1213-1230. |
| Ho JW, Poeta DL, Jacobson TK, Zolnik TA, Neske GT, Connors BW, Burwell RD. "Bidirectional Modulation of Recognition Memory." Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 35, no. 39, 2015, pp. 13323-35. |
| Gallagher M, Burwell R, Burchinal M. "Severity of spatial learning impairment in aging: Development of a learning index for performance in the Morris water maze." Behavioral Neuroscience, vol. 129, no. 4, 2015, pp. 540-8. |
| Burwell RD. "The neural bases of cognition and behavior." Behavioral Neuroscience, vol. 129, no. 1, 2015, pp. 1. |
| Tomás Pereira, Inês, Burwell, Rebecca D. "Using the spatial learning index to evaluate performance on the water maze." Behavioral Neuroscience, vol. 129, no. 4, 2015, pp. 533-539. |
| Jacobson TK, Ho JW, Kent BW, Yang FC, Burwell RD. "Automated visual cognitive tasks for recording neural activity using a floor projection maze." Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, no. 84, 2014, pp. e51316. |
| Scaplen KM, Gulati AA, Heimer-McGinn VL, Burwell RD. "Objects and landmarks: Hippocampal place cells respond differently to manipulations of visual cues depending on size, perspective, and experience." Hippocampus, vol. 24, no. 11, 2014, pp. 1287-1299. |
| Agster KL, Burwell RD. "Hippocampal and subicular efferents and afferents of the perirhinal, postrhinal, and entorhinal cortices of the rat." Behavioural Brain Research, vol. 254, 2013, pp. 50-64. |
| Beaudin, S. A., Singh, T., Agster, K. L., Burwell, R. D. "Borders and Comparative Cytoarchitecture of the Perirhinal and Postrhinal Cortices in an F1 Hybrid Mouse." Cerebral Cortex, vol. 23, no. 2, 2012, pp. 460-476. |
| Sills JB, Connors BW, Burwell RD. "Electrophysiological and morphological properties of neurons in layer 5 of the rat postrhinal cortex." Hippocampus, vol. 22, no. 9, 2012, pp. 1912-22. |
| Wang, Jing, Wagner, Fabien, Borton, David A, Zhang, Jiayi, Ozden, Ilker, Burwell, Rebecca D, Nurmikko, Arto V, van Wagenen, Rick, Diester, Ilka, Deisseroth, Karl. "Integrated device for combined optical neuromodulation and electrical recording for chronic in vivo applications." J. Neural Eng., vol. 9, no. 1, 2012, pp. 016001. |
| Furtak SC, Ahmed OJ, Burwell RD. "Single neuron activity and theta modulation in postrhinal cortex during visual object discrimination." Neuron, vol. 76, no. 5, 2012, pp. 976-88. |
| Gastelum ED, Guilhardi P, Burwell RD. "The effects of combined perirhinal and postrhinal damage on complex discrimination tasks." Hippocampus, vol. 22, no. 10, 2012, pp. 2059-67. |
| Wang J, Ozden I, Diagne M, Wagner F, Borton D, Brush B, Agha N, Burwell R, Sheinberg D, Diester I, Deisseroth K, Nurmikko A. "Approaches to optical neuromodulation from rodents to non-human primates by integrated optoelectronic devices." 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, vol. 2011, 2011, pp. 7525-8. |
| Casten KS, Gray AC, Burwell RD. "Discrimination learning and attentional set formation in a mouse model of Fragile X." Behavioral Neuroscience, vol. 125, no. 3, 2011, pp. 473-9. |
| Wang J, Borton DA, Zhang J, Burwell RD, Nurmikko AV. "A neurophotonic device for stimulation and recording of neural microcircuits." 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, vol. 2010, 2010, pp. 2935-8. |
| Agster, Kara L., Burwell, Rebecca D. "Cortical efferents of the perirhinal, postrhinal, and entorhinal cortices of the rat." Hippocampus, vol. 19, no. 12, 2009, pp. 1159-1186. |
| Furtak SC, Cho CE, Kerr KM, Barredo JL, Alleyne JE, Patterson YR, Burwell RD. "The Floor Projection Maze: A novel behavioral apparatus for presenting visual stimuli to rats." Journal of Neuroscience Methods, vol. 181, no. 1, 2009, pp. 82-8. |
| Burwell RD, Furtak SC. "Recognition memory: can you teach an old dogma new tricks?." Neuron, vol. 59, no. 4, 2008, pp. 523-525. |
| Furtak, Sharon C., Wei, Shau-Ming, Agster, Kara L., Burwell, Rebecca D. "Functional neuroanatomy of the parahippocampal region in the rat: The perirhinal and postrhinal cortices." Hippocampus, vol. 17, no. 9, 2007, pp. 709-722. |
| Furtak, Sharon C., Wei, Shau-Ming, Agster, Kara L., Burwell, Rebecca D. "Functional neuroanatomy of the parahippocampal region in the rat: the perirhinal and postrhinal cortices." Hippocampus, vol. 17, no. 9, 2007, pp. 709-22. |
| Kerr KM, Agster KL, Furtak SC, Burwell RD. "Functional neuroanatomy of the parahippocampal region: The lateral and medial entorhinal areas." Hippocampus, vol. 17, no. 9, 2007, pp. 697-708. |
| Theroux S, Pereira M, Casten KS, Burwell RD, Yeung KC, Sedivy JM, Klysik J. "Raf kinase inhibitory protein knockout mice: expression in the brain and olfaction deficit." Brain Research Bulletin, vol. 71, no. 6, 2007, pp. 559-67. |
| Burwell RD, Saddoris MP, Bucci DJ, Wiig KA. "Corticohippocampal Contributions to Spatial and Contextual Learning." Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 24, no. 15, 2004, pp. 3826-3836. |
| Bucci DJ, Burwell RD. "Deficits in attentional orienting following damage to the perirhinal or postrhinal cortices." Behavioral Neuroscience, vol. 118, no. 5, 2004, pp. 1117-22. |
| Long, Michael A, Jutras, Michael J, Connors, Barry W, Burwell, Rebecca D. "Electrical synapses coordinate activity in the suprachiasmatic nucleus." Nature Neuroscience, vol. 8, no. 1, 2004, pp. 61-6. |
| Burwell RD, Bucci DJ, Sanborn MR, Jutras MJ. "Perirhinal and postrhinal contributions to remote memory for context." Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 24, no. 49, 2004, pp. 11023-8. |
| Burwell RD, Hafeman DM. "Positional firing properties of postrhinal cortex neurons." Neuroscience, vol. 119, no. 2, 2003, pp. 577-88. |
| Bucci DJ, Saddoris MP, Burwell RD. "Contextual fear discrimination is impaired by damage to the postrhinal or perirhinal cortex." Behavioral Neuroscience, vol. 116, no. 3, 2002, pp. 479-88. |
| Rapp PR, Deroche PS, Mao Y, Burwell RD. "Neuron number in the parahippocampal region is preserved in aged rats with spatial learning deficits." Cerebral Cortex, vol. 12, no. 11, 2002, pp. 1171-9. |
| Burwell RD. "Borders and cytoarchitecture of the perirhinal and postrhinal cortices in the rat." The Journal of Comparative Neurology, vol. 437, no. 1, 2001, pp. 17-41. |
| Bucci DJ, Phillips RG, Burwell RD. "Contributions of postrhinal and perirhinal cortex to contextual information processing." Behavioral Neuroscience, vol. 114, no. 5, 2000, pp. 882-94. |
| Burwell RD. "The parahippocampal region: corticocortical connectivity." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 911, 2000, pp. 25-42. |
| Burwell RD, Amaral DG. "Cortical afferents of the perirhinal, postrhinal, and entorhinal cortices of the rat." The Journal of Comparative Neurology, vol. 398, no. 2, 1998, pp. 179-205. |
| Wiig KA, Burwell RD. "Memory impairment on a delayed non-matching-to-position task after lesions of the perirhinal cortex in the rat." Behavioral Neuroscience, vol. 112, no. 4, 1998, pp. 827-38. |
| Burwell RD, Amaral DG. "Perirhinal and postrhinal cortices of the rat: interconnectivity and connections with the entorhinal cortex." The Journal of Comparative Neurology, vol. 391, no. 3, 1998, pp. 293-321. |
| Burwell RD, Shapiro ML, O'Malley MT, Eichenbaum H. "Positional firing properties of perirhinal cortex neurons." Neuroreport, vol. 9, no. 13, 1998, pp. 3013-8. |
| Rapp PR, Burwell RD, West MJ. "Individual differences in aging: implications for stereological studies of neuron loss." Neurobiology of aging, vol. 17, no. 3, 1996, pp. 495-6; discussion 500. |
| Burwell RD, Lawler CP, Gallagher M. "Mesostriatal dopamine markers in aged Long-Evans rats with sensorimotor impairment." Neurobiology of aging, vol. 16, no. 2, 1995, pp. 175-86. |
| Burwell RD, Witter MP, Amaral DG. "Perirhinal and postrhinal cortices of the rat: a review of the neuroanatomical literature and comparison with findings from the monkey brain." Hippocampus, vol. 5, no. 5, 1995, pp. 390-408. |
| Burwell RD, Gallagher M. "A longitudinal study of reaction time performance in Long-Evans rats." Neurobiology of aging, vol. 14, no. 1, 1993, pp. 57-64. |
| Gallagher M, Burwell R, Burchinal M. "Severity of spatial learning impairment in aging: development of a learning index for performance in the Morris water maze." Behavioral Neuroscience, vol. 107, no. 4, 1993, pp. 618-26. |
| Whealin JM, Burwell RD, Gallagher M. "The effects of aging on diurnal water intake and melatonin binding in the suprachiasmatic nucleus." Neuroscience Letters, vol. 154, no. 1-2, 1993, pp. 149-52. |
| Burwell RD, Whealin J, Gallagher M. "Effects of aging on the diurnal pattern of water intake in rats." Behavioral and neural biology, vol. 58, no. 3, 1992, pp. 196-203. |
| Gallagher M, Burwell RD, Kodsi MH, McKinney M, Southerland S, Vella-Rountree L, Lewis MH. "Markers for biogenic amines in the aged rat brain: relationship to decline in spatial learning ability." Neurobiology of aging, vol. 11, no. 5, 1990, pp. 507-14. |
| Gallagher M, Burwell RD. "Relationship of age-related decline across several behavioral domains." Neurobiology of aging, vol. 10, no. 6, 1989, pp. 691-708. |
Completed grants
Yang FC, Dokovna LB, Burwell RD. Functional Differentiation of Dorsal and Ventral Posterior Parietal Cortex of the Rat: Implications for Controlled and Stimulus-Driven Attention. Cereb Cortex. 2021 Sep 20:bhab308. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhab308. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34546356.
Trettel SG, Agster KL, Burwell RD. Perirhinal and Postrhinal Damage Have Different Consequences on Attention as Assessed in the Five-Choice Serial Reaction Time Task. eNeuro. 2021 Sep 23;8(5):ENEURO.0210-21.2021. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0210-21.2021. PMID: 34475265; PMCID: PMC8462067.
Peng X, Burwell RD. Beyond the hippocampus: The role of parahippocampal-prefrontal communication in context-modulated behavior. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2021 Nov;185:107520. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2021.107520. Epub 2021 Sep 16. PMID: 34537379.
Estela-Pro VJ, Burwell RD. The anatomy and function of the postrhinal cortex. Behav Neurosci. 2021 Dec 16. doi: 10.1037/bne0000500. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34914422
Bucci DJ, Phillips RG, Burwell RD. Contributions of postrhinal and perirhinal cortex to contextual information processing. Behav Neurosci. 2021 Jun;135(3):313-325. doi: 10.1037/bne0000436. PMID: 34264687
Ghosh M., Shanahan, B., Furtak, S.C., Mashour, G.A., Burwell, R.D., Ahmed, O.J. (2020) Instantaneous amplitude and shape of postrhinal theta oscillations differentially encode running speed, Behavioral Neurosci. 2020 Dec;134(6):516-528. doi: 10.1037/bne0000416.
Yang, F-C & Burwell, R.D. (2020). Neuronal Activity in the Rat Pulvinar Correlates with Multiple Higher-Order Cognitive Functions. Vision (Basel) 4(1). pii: E15. doi: 10.3390/vision4010015
Bounds, H.A., Poeta, D.L. Klinge, P.M., Burwell, R.D. (2019) Paw-Print Analysis of Contrast-Enhanced Recordings (PrAnCER): A low-cost, open-access automated gait analysis system for assessing motor deficits, J Vis Exp. 2019 Aug 12;(150). doi: 10.3791/59596. PMID: 31449248.
Hwang, E., Willis, B.S., Burwell, R.D. (2018) Prefrontal connections of the perirhinal and postrhinal cortices in the rat. Behav. Brain Res. 354:8-21. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.07.032. PMCID: PMC6087504.
Yang, F-C, Jacobson T.K., Burwell R.D. (2017) Posterior parietal cells signal stimulus onset, spatial locations, and behavioral outcome during performance on a visuospatial attention task. Hippocampus. 2017 27(3):263-273. doi: 10.1002/hipo.22691. PMCID: PMC5644026
Heimer-McGinn VR, Poeta DL, Aghi K, Udawatta M, & Burwell RD. (2017) Disconnection of the perirhinal and postrhinal cortices impairs recognition of objects in context but not contextual fear conditioning. The Journal of Neuroscience, 37(18):4819–4829. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0254-17.2017. PMCID: PMC5426571.
Scaplen KM, Ramesh RN, Nadvar N, Ahmed OJ, Burwell RD. (2017) Inactivation of the lateral entorhinal area increases the influence of visual cues on hippocampal place cell activity." Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience 11 (2017): 40. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2017.00040. PMCID: PMC5447019.
Tomás Pereira, I., Agster, K.L., and Burwell, R. D. (2016). Subcortical connections of the perirhinal, postrhinal, and entorhinal cortices. I. Afferents. Hippocampus. 2016 Sep;26(9):1189-212. doi: 10.1002/hipo.22603. PMCID: PMC5070464.
Gallagher, M., Burwell, R., & Burchinal, M. (2015). Severity of spatial learning impairment in aging: Development of a learning index for performance in the Morris water maze. Behav. Neurosci., 129(4), 540-548. PMCID: PMC5640430.
Tomas Pereira, I., & Burwell, R. D. (2015). Using the spatial learning index to evaluate performance on the water maze. Behav. Neurosci., 129(4), 533-539. PMCID: PMC5077721.
Ho, J. W., Poeta, D. L., Jacobson, T. K., Zolnik, T. A., Neske, G. T., Connors, B. W., & Burwell, R. D. (2015). Bidirectional Modulation of Recognition Memory.J Neurosci, 35(39), 13323-13335. PMCID: PMC4588607
Agster, KL, Tomás Pereira, I., Saddoris, M.P., and Burwell, R. D. (2016). Subcortical connections of the perirhinal, postrhinal, and entorhinal cortices. II. Efferents. Hippocampus. 2016 Sep;26(9):1213-30. doi: 10.1002/hipo.22600. PMCID: PMC5070461.
Jacobson TK, Ho JW, Kent BW, Yang FC, Burwell RD. (2014) Automated visual cognitive tasks for recording neural activity using a floor projection maze. Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE. 2014 84 : e51316 .
Scaplen KM, Gulati AA, Heimer-McGinn VL, Burwell RD. (2014). Objects and landmarks: Hippocampal place cells respond differently to manipulations of visual cues depending on size, perspective, and experience. Hippocampus. Nov;24(11):1287-99. doi: 10.1002/hipo.22331.
Agster K.L., Burwell R.D. (2013) Hippocampal and subicular efferents and afferents of the perirhinal, postrhinal, and entorhinal cortices of the rat. Behav Brain Res. 2013 Oct 1;254:50-64.
Beaudin, S.A., Singh, T., Agster, K.L., and Burwell, R.D. (2013). Borders and Comparative Cytoarchitecture of the Perirhinal and Postrhinal Cortices in an F1 Hybrid Mouse. Cerebral cortex. Feb;23(2):460-76.
Futak, S.C., Ahmed, O.J., and Burwell, R.D. (2012). Single neuron activity and theta modulation in postrhinal cortex during visual object discrimination, Neuron 76, 976–988.
Sills, J.B., Connors, B.W., and Burwell, R.D. (2012). Electrophysiological and morphological properties of neurons in layer 5 of the rat postrhinal cortex. Hippocampus. Sep. 22(9):1912-22.
Gastelum, E.D., Guilhardi, P., and Burwell, R.D. (2012). The effects of combined perirhinal and postrhinal damage on complex discrimination tasks. Hippocampus. Oct. 22 (10):2059-67.
Wang, J., Wagner, F., Borton, D.A., Zhang, J., Ozden, I., Burwell, R.D., Nurmikko, A.V., van Wagenen, R., Diester, I., and Deisseroth, K. (2012). Integrated device for combined optical neuromodulation and electrical recording for chronic in vivo applications. J. Neural Eng 9, 016001.
Casten, K.S., Gray, A.C., and Burwell, R.D. (2011). Discrimination Learning and Attentional Set Formation in a Mouse Model of Fragile X. Behav. Neurosci. 125(3):473-9.
Jing, W., Wagner, F., Borton, D. A., Jiayi, Z., Ozden, I., Burwell, R. D., & Nurmikko, A. V., van Wagenen, R. (2011) Integrated Device for Combined Optical Neuromodulation and Electrical Recording for Chronic In Vivo Applications. J. Neuroengineering.
Jing, W., Borton, D. A., Jiayi, Z., Burwell, R. D., & Nurmikko, A. V. (2010). A neurophotonic device for stimulation and recording of neural microcircuits. Paper presented at the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE.
Furtak, S.C., Cho, C.E., Kerr, K.M., Barredo, J.L., Alleyne, J.E., Patterson, Y.R. & Burwell, R.D. (2009). The Floor Projection Maze: A novel behavioral apparatus for presenting visual stimuli to rodents, Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 181(1):82-8.
Burwell, R. D., & Agster, K. L. (2009). Anatomy of the Hippocampus and the Declarative Memory System. In J. H. Byrne (Ed.), Concise Learning and Memory: The Editor's Selection (pp. 189-208). London: Academic Press.
Agster, K.L. & Burwell, R. D. (2009) Cortical efferents of the perirhinal, postrhinal, and entorhinal cortices, Hippocampus. 19(12):1159-86.
Burwell, R. D., & Furtak, S. C. (2008). Recognition memory: can you teach an old dogma new tricks? Neuron, 59(4), 523-525.
Burwell, R.D. & Agster, K.L. (2008) Anatomy of the Hippocampus and the Declarative Memory System. In H. Eichenbaum (Ed.), Memory Systems. Vol. [3] of Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference, 4 vols.(J.Byrne Editor), pp. [47-66] Oxford: Elsevier.
Furtak SC, Wei SM, Agster KL, Burwell RD. (2007) Functional neuroanatomy of the parahippocampal region in the rat: The perirhinal and postrhinal cortices.Hippocampus. 2007, 17(9):709-722.
Theroux, S., Pereira, M., Casten, K.S., Burwell, R.D., Yeung, K.C., Sedivy, J.M., and Klysik, J. (2007). Raf kinase inhibitory protein knockout mice: Expression in the brain and olfaction deficit. Brain Research Bulletin. 71(6):559-67.
Kerr KM, Agster KL, Furtak SC, Burwell RD. (2007) Functional neuroanatomy of the parahippocampal region: The lateral and medial entorhinal areas. Hippocampus. 2007, 17(9):709-722.
Long, M. A., Jutras, M. J., Connors, B. W., & Burwell, R. D. (2005). Electrical synapses coordinate activity in the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Nat Neurosci, 8(1), 61-66.
Bucci, D. J.,& Burwell, R. D. (2004). Deficits in attentional orienting following damage to the perirhinal or postrhinal cortices. Behav Neurosci, 118(5), 1117-1122
Burwell, R. D., Saddoris, M. P., Bucci, D. J.,& Wiig, K.J. (2004). Corticohippocampal contributions to spatial and contextual learning. J Neurosci,24:3826-36.
Burwell, R. D., Bucci, D. J., Sanborn, M. R., & Jutras, M. J. (2004). Postrhinal and perirhinal contributions to remote memory for context. J Neurosci, 24(49), 11023-11028.
Burwell, R. D., & Hafeman, D.M., (2003). Positional firing properties of postrhinal cortex neurons. Neurosci, 119(2), 577-588.
Rapp, P. R., Deroche, P. S., Mao, Y., & Burwell, R. D. (2002). Neuron Number in the Parahippocampal Region is Preserved in Aged Rats with Spatial Learning Deficits. Cereb Cortex, 12(11), 1171-1179.
Bucci, D.J., Saddoris, M.P., & Burwell, R.D. (2002). Contextual fear discrimination is impaired by damage to postrhinal or perirhinal cortex. Behav Neurosci, 116(3), 479-488.
Burwell, R. D. (2001). The perirhinal and postrhinal cortices of the rat: Borders andcytoarchitecture. J Comp Neurol, 437(17-41).
Bucci, D. J., Phillips, R. G., & Burwell, R. D. (2000). Contributions of postrhinal and perirhinal cortex to contextual information processing. Behav Neurosci, 114(5), 882-894.
Burwell, R. D., Shapiro, M. S., O'Malley, M. T., & Eichenbaum, H. (1998). Positional firing properties of perirhinal cortex neurons. NeuroReport, 9, 3013-3018.
Burwell, R. D., & Amaral, D. G. (1998b). Perirhinal and postrhinal cortices of the rat: Interconnectivity and connections with the entorhinal cortex. J Comp Neurol, 391(3),293-321.
Burwell, R. D., & Amaral, D. G. (1998a). Cortical afferents of the perirhinal, postrhinal, and entorhinal cortices. J Comp Neurol, 398(2), 179-205.
Wiig, K. A., & Burwell, R. D. (1998). Memory impairment on a delayed-non-matching- to-position task following lesions of the perirhinal cortex in the rat. Behav Neurosci, 112(4), 828-838.
Gallagher, M., Burwell, R. D., & Burchinal, M. (1993). Severity of spatial learning impairment in aging: Development of a learning index for performance in the Morris water maze. Behav Neurosci, 107(4), 618-626.
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | PhD | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 1989 | MA | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, at SUNY Stony Brook, Electrophysiology | 1994-1996 | Stony Brook, NY, USA |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | Salk Institute for Biological Science, Functional Neuroanatomy | 1992-1994 | La Jolla, CA, USA |
President's Award for Excellence in Faculty Governance, Brown University, 2019
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Connors, Barry | L. Herbert Ballou University Professor Emeritus of Neuroscience, Professor Emeritus of Medical Science, Professor of Neuroscience (Research) |
| Klinge, Petra | Professor of Neurosurgery |
| Moore, Christopher | Associate Director of the Carney Institute of Brain Science, Professor of Neuroscience, Professor of Brain Science |
| Nurmikko, Arto | L. Herbert Ballou University Professor of Engineering, Professor of Physics |
| van 't Wout, Mascha | Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research) |
Academic Editor, Editorial Board, Vision.
| Masters in Clinical Psychology | UNC Chapel Hill | 1987-1989 |
| Chair. Brown University, 2019-2022 |
| Professor. 2006-Present |
| Associate Professor. Brown University, 2001-2006 |
| Assistant Professor. Brown University, 1996-2001 |
My teaching interests are in the theory, history, literature, and techniques of behavioral neuroscience, particularly the areas if memory and attention. I am also interested in increasing the numbers of individuals who are underrepresented in the field of neuroscience through teaching and mentoring.
Recently I have become interesting in blended learning. I "flipped" my course, Memory and the Brain. Students acquire content on their own through readings and my online lectures. Class comprises activities designed to increase mastery of the material as well as skills in reading, discussing, and presenting science.
| CLPS 1150 - Memory and the Brain |
| CLPS 1400 - The Neural Bases of Cognition |
