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Adam C. Snyder, Ph.D.

Adam C. Snyder, Ph.D.

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Research Lab

ADAMS-lab

About Me

Faculty Appointments

Assistant Professor - Department of Neuroscience (SMD) - Joint

Credentials

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

Postdoctoral Fellow
Advisor: Byron M. Yu, Ph.D.
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 2015 - 2018

Postdoctoral Fellow
Advisor: Matthew A. Smith, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 2012 - 2015

Postdoctoral Fellow
Advisor: Sophie Molholm, Ph.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 2011 - 2012

Education

PhD | City University of NY, Graduate School & University Center. Neuroscience. 2011

BA | New York University. Languages/Linguistics. 2006

Awards

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship Award. 2020

NARSAD Young Investigator Award. 2019

Ripple Promising Investigator Research Award. 2015

Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition Outstanding Paper Award. 2015

NIH Pathway to Independence (K99/R00) Award. 2015

Neural Coding, Computation and Dynamics (NCCD) Travel Award. 2015

COSYNE Travel Award. 2014

NIH NRSA Individual Postdoctoral (F32) Fellowship. 2014 - 2015

SfN Postdoctoral Fellow Travel Award. 2013

NIH NRSA Institutional Postdoctoral (T32) Fellowship. 2012 - 2013

NIH National Graduate Student Conference Travel Fellowship. 2011

NIH NRSA Individual Predoctoral (F31) Fellowship. 2010 - 2011

CUNY Science Research Fellowship. 2007 - 2011

NYU Presidential Honors Scholarship. 2002 - 2006

Research

Our lab is focused on understanding the neural mechanisms of Attention Dynamics And Memory Systems. One essential challenge faced by the brain is a fundamental limitation on the amount of information that can be accessed, processed, stored or recalled from moment to moment. To address this challenge...
Our lab is focused on understanding the neural mechanisms of Attention Dynamics And Memory Systems. One essential challenge faced by the brain is a fundamental limitation on the amount of information that can be accessed, processed, stored or recalled from moment to moment. To address this challenge, humans and animals have evolved abilities to prioritize which pieces of information are processed based on context and goals. Disruptions of this crucial ability are implicated in nearly every neurological disease and disorder; frankly, everybody often wishes for an improved ability to handle the information needed to successfully navigate our complex daily lives.

We use electrophysiological methods (EEG, neural population recordings, electrical stimulation) and computational models to investigate the mechanisms of attention and memory and potential avenues for intervention. We employ approaches that measure neural activity across a wide range of scales, from the micrometer scale (neuronal population recordings) to the centimeter scale (scalp-recorded EEG).

Understanding how the brain operates across these scales simultaneously is a central challenge of contemporary neuroscience. Therefore, another pillar of our research program is to improve our basic understanding of how EEG signals and population spiking activity are related to each other. This is important not only for understanding attention and memory (in which disparate brain areas interact to control the information processing of small populations of neurons), but also for understanding other cognitive functions involving interactions across scales, such as learning, language, and decision-making.

Publications

Journal Articles

Scott H, Wimmer K, Pasternak T, Snyder AC

The European journal of neuroscience.. 2023 March 14 Epub 03/14/2023.

Sachse EM, Snyder AC

The European journal of neuroscience.. 2023 February 2 Epub 02/02/2023.

Johnston R, Snyder AC, Schibler RS, Smith MA

eNeuro.. 2022 May 19 Epub 05/19/2022.

Johnston R, Snyder AC, Khanna SB, Issar D, Smith MA

Cerebral cortex.. 2021 December 29 Epub 12/29/2021.

Snyder AC, Yu BM, Smith MA

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.. 2021 September 27 Epub 09/27/2021.

Umakantha A, Morina R, Cowley BR, Snyder AC, Smith MA, Yu BM

Neuron.. 2021 July 16 Epub 07/16/2021.

Cowley BR, Snyder AC, Acar K, Williamson RC, Yu BM, Smith MA

Neuron.. 2020 August 12 Epub 08/12/2020.

Khanna SB, Snyder AC, Smith MA

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.. 2019 June 539 (23):4511-4526. Epub 03/26/2019.

Snyder AC, Yu BM, Smith MA

Nature communications.. 2018 October 229 (1):4382. Epub 10/22/2018.

Snyder AC, Issar D, Smith MA

The European journal of neuroscience.. 2018 October 48 (7):2466-2481. Epub 02/13/2018.

Snyder AC, Smith MA

Current opinion in neurology.. 2018 February 31 (1):59-65. Epub 1900 01 01.

Bittner SR, Williamson RC, Snyder AC, Litwin-Kumar A, Doiron B, Chase SM, Smith MA, Yu BM

PloS one.. 2017 12 (8):e0181773. Epub 08/17/2017.

Snyder AC, Morais MJ, Smith MA

Journal of neurophysiology.. 2016 October 1116 (4):1807-1820. Epub 07/27/2016.

Zhou P, Burton SD, Snyder AC, Smith MA, Urban NN, Kass RE

PLoS computational biology.. 2015 October 11 (10):e1004549. Epub 10/14/2015.

Snyder AC, Smith MA

Journal of neurophysiology.. 2015 September 114 (3):1468-82. Epub 06/24/2015.

Snyder AC, Morais MJ, Willis CM, Smith MA

Nature neuroscience.. 2015 May 18 (5):736-43. Epub 03/23/2015.

Snyder AC, Morais MJ, Kohn A, Smith MA

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.. 2014 August 2034 (34):11222-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

Belyusar D, Snyder AC, Frey HP, Harwood MR, Wallman J, Foxe JJ

NeuroImage.. 2013 January 1565 :395-407. Epub 10/05/2012.

Snyder AC, Morais MJ, Smith MA

Frontiers in computational neuroscience.. 2013 7 :176. Epub 12/06/2013.

Snyder AC, Foxe JJ

Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior.. 2012 September 48 (8):1035-42. Epub 05/17/2011.

Snyder AC, Fiebelkorn IC, Foxe JJ

The European journal of neuroscience.. 2012 March 35 (6):960-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

Altschuler TS, Molholm S, Russo NN, Snyder AC, Brandwein AB, Blanco D, Foxe JJ

NeuroImage.. 2012 February 1559 (4):4074-85. Epub 10/21/2011.

De Sanctis P, Butler JS, Green JM, Snyder AC, Foxe JJ

Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.. 2012 2012 :1542-5. Epub 1900 01 01.

Foxe JJ, Yeap S, Snyder AC, Kelly SP, Thakore JH, Molholm S

European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience.. 2011 August 261 (5):331-9. Epub 12/14/2010.

Banerjee S, Snyder AC, Molholm S, Foxe JJ

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.. 2011 July 631 (27):9923-32. Epub 1900 01 01.

Fiebelkorn IC, Foxe JJ, Butler JS, Mercier MR, Snyder AC, Molholm S

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.. 2011 July 631 (27):9971-81. Epub 1900 01 01.

Krakowski AI, Ross LA, Snyder AC, Sehatpour P, Kelly SP, Foxe JJ

NeuroImage.. 2011 May 156 (1):373-83. Epub 01/26/2011.

Foxe JJ, Snyder AC

Frontiers in psychology.. 2011 2 :154. Epub 07/05/2011.

Snyder AC, Foxe JJ

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.. 2010 March 1730 (11):4024-32. Epub 1900 01 01.