Dr. Eric Eich

Biography

Eric Eich is a Professor Emeritus and Distinguished University Scholar at the University of British Columbia, specializing in cognitive psychology. He obtained his PhD from the University of Toronto in 1979, where he researched under notable supervisors including Endel Tulving and Fergus Craik. Eich became the Director of the Behavioral Studies Laboratory at the University of California, Irvine, in the early 1980s, establishing connections with the Departments of Psychology and Anesthesiology at UCLA. He joined the University of British Columbia in 1983 as an NSERC University Research Fellow and later served as Head of the Psychology Department from 2004 to 2010. His research is primarily focused on the interplay between cognitive and emotional processes, investigating areas such as mood congruence and mood dependence in learning and memory, as well as memory impairments associated with bipolar affective illness. Additionally, he has explored cognitive correlates of dissociative identity disorder and the differences between first-person and third-person perspectives in memory recall. Eich has published extensively in the field and has served as an associate editor for 'Cognition & Emotion' and as a member of the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Techniques for Enhancement of Human Performance. His teaching and research contributions have earned him several accolades, including a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2018 and recognition as a Distinguished University Scholar at UBC in 2004.

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