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Hauður Freyja Ólafsdóttir is an Assistant Professor at the Donders Centre for Neuroscience at Radboud University. Her research primarily focuses on elucidating the neuronal mechanisms underlying learning and memory, with a particular focus on episodic memory and its one-shot memory aspect. She adopts an ontogenetic approach, investigating the developmental timeline of neuronal representations and the mechanisms implicated in mature memory, highlighting how these gradually unfold during the early postnatal period. Ólafsdóttir is interested in the role early life experiences play in memory maturation, utilizing state-of-the-art neuronal recording methods to study neuronal activity in the developing rodent brain. Her work explores the maturation of hippocampal functional representations and inter-regional communication in tandem with emerging memory capabilities. Furthermore, she examines the impact of early life experiences through advanced behavioral analysis methods. Her research is curiosity-driven, with potential implications for understanding memory-related disorders, including neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism and schizophrenia, as well as neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease. Ólafsdóttir's commitment to bridging the gap between animal and human research enhances the comparative potential of her findings.
Donders Centre for Neuroscience • Nijmegen
Research on neuronal mechanisms underlying learning and memory.
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