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Scott Moffat is a Professor in the School of Psychology at Georgia Institute of Technology. He holds a Ph.D. in Psychobiology & Clinical Neuropsychology from the University of Western Ontario, earned in 1998. His research interests lie primarily in the areas of spatial cognition and cognitive aging, focusing on how cognitive and brain aging are influenced by neuroendocrinology. Moffat has dedicated his career to studying the effects of steroid hormones on behavior and brain function, contributing significantly to the field through studies on gonadal steroids and their impact on spatial cognition and interhemispheric communication. His work has also explored the cognitive and neurological effects of stress, particularly cortisol, in elderly populations. Moffat is at the forefront of research involving virtual environment technology to assess spatial memory in older adults, and he has completed numerous behavioral and neuroimaging studies investigating age-related changes in neural systems supporting human spatial memory.
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