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Education
- Ph.D in Psychology, Cornell University, 2022 (Minor: Cognitive Science)
- M.A. in Psychology, Cornell University, 2018
- M.Sc. in Cognitive Neuroscience, Leiden University, 2013
- B.Sc. in Psychology, Leiden University, 2011 (Minor: Brain & Cognition)
Research Appointments
- 2014-2015: Research Assistant/Junior Researcher (Leiden University)
- Spring 2013: Research Trainee (Harvard University, Brigham & Women’s Hospital)
- Fall 2012: Visiting Student Research Collaborator (Princeton University)
- 2011: Research Assistant - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Leiden University)
Publications
Riley, E., Turker, H. B., Swallow, K., De Rosa, E., & Anderson, A. (2024). Nonlinear changes in pupillary attentional orienting responses across the lifespan. GeroScience, 46, 1017-1033
Richie-Halford, A. Cieslak, M., Ai, L., Caffarra, S., Covitz, S., Franco, A.R., Karipidis, I., Kruper, J., Milham, M., Avelar-Pereira, B., Roy, E., Sydnor, V.J., Yeatman, J.D., The Fibr Community Science Consortium, Satterthwaite, T.D., & Rokem, A. (2022). An analysis-ready and quality controlled resource for pediatric brain white-matter research, Scientific Data, 9, 616
Swallow, K. M., Broitman, A. W., Riley, E., & Turker, H. B. (2022). Grounding the attentional boost effect in events and the efficient brain., Frontiers in Psychology, 3842
Turker, H. B. & Swallow, K. M. (2022). Diffusion Decision Modeling of Intentional and Incidental Temporal Selection of Behaviorally Relevant Moments., Computational Brain & Behavior, 5, 302-325
Moyal, R., Turker, H. B., Luh, W.-M., & Swallow, K. M. (2022). Auditory target detection enhances visual processing and hippocampal functional connectivity, Frontiers in Psychology, _13, 891682
Turker, H. B., Riley, E., Luh, W.-M., Colcombe, S., & Swallow, K. M. (2021). Estimates of locus coeruleus function with functional magnetic resonance imaging are influenced by localization approaches and the use of multi-echo data. Neuroimage, 236, 118047.
Turker, H. B. & Swallow, K. M. (2019). Attending to Behaviorally Relevant Moments Enhances Incidental Relational Memory. Memory & Cognition, 47(1), 1-16. doi: 10.3758/s13421-018-0846-0
Book chapters:
Nolte, J., & Turker, H. B. (2023). Involving older adults in the data analysis process. In A. Urbania & A. Wanka (Eds.), Routledge international handbook of participatory approaches in ageaing research. Routledge, London
Nolte, J., & Turker, H. B. (2021). Teaching students how to effectively take notes. In K. Armstrong, L. Genova, J. W. Greenlee, & D. Samuel (Eds.), Teaching gradually: Practical pedagogy for graduate students, by graduate students. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing
Conference Posters & Presentations
Turker, H. B., Bulkin, D., & Smith, D. M. (2023). Medial Prefrontal Cortical Neurons Differentiate Match and Non-Match Cues in a Continuous Olfactory Match-to-Sample Task. Poster at Society for Neuroscience, Washington D.C.
Wu, W., Turker, H. B., Fang, J., Cleland, T. A., Linster, C., & Smith, D. M. (2023). Neuronal Responses in the Anterior Olfactory Nucleus During a Complex Odor Memory Task. Poster at Society for Neuroscience, Washington D.C.
Turker, H. B., Colcombe, S., & Swallow, K. M. (2022, April). Shared and Unshared Contributions of LC and VTA to Static Functional Connectivity. Poster at Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, California.
Nolte, J., & Turker, H. B. (2021, November). Involving older adults in the data analysis process. Talk at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (virtual).
Riley, E., Cicero, N., Turker, H. B., Swallow, K. M., De Rosa, E., & Anderson, A. (2021, June). Multimodal Evidence for the Use of Pupillary Responses for Evaluating Cognitive Aging in Locus Coeruleus. Poster at Organization for Human Brain Mapping (virtual).
Turker, H. B., Moyal, R., & Swallow, K. M. (2021, May). Drift Diffusion Modeling of Intentional and Incidental Temporal Selection of Behaviorally RelevantMoments. Poster at Vision Sciences Society, St. Pete Beach, Florida (virtual).
Turker, H. B. & Swallow, K. M. (2020, August). Diffusion Decision Modeling of Incidental Relational Memory for Behaviorally Relevant Moments. Poster at Context and Episodic Memory Symposium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (virtual).
Broitman, A. W., Turker, H. B., Swallow, K. M. (2020, August). Attending to Behaviorally Relevant Events Disrupts EEG Spectral Subsequent Memory Effects. Poster at Context and Episodic Memory Symposium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (virtual).
Turker, H. B., Riley, E., Luh, W.-M., Colcombe, S., & Swallow, K. M. (2020, June). Multi-echo fMRI and Localization Method Affect Functional Estimates of the Locus Coeruleus. Poster at Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Montreal, Canada (virtual).
Riley, E., Turker, H. B., Swallow, K., De Rosa, E., & Anderson, A. (2019, October). Measuring Age-Related Changes in Locus Coeruleus Intensity and its Relationship to Cognitive Aging. Poster at Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, Illinois
Broitman, A. W., Turker, H. B., & Swallow, K. M. (2019, May). The P300 Predicts Subsequent Biomarkers of Recollection and Familiarity. Poster at Context and Episodic Memory Symposium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Turker, H. B. & Swallow, K. M. (2018, November). Increasing Attention to Behaviorally Relevant Moments Facilitates Incidental Relational Memory. Poster at Object Perception, Attention, & Memory, New Orleans, Louisiana
Moyal. R., Turker, H. B., Phelps, A., Luh, W.-M., & Swallow, K. M. (2018, November). Behaviorally Relevant Events Modulate Hippocampal Representations and Functional Connectivity. Poster at Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, California.
Turker, H. B., Phelps, A., Moyal, R., Swallow, K. M. (2017, August). Auditory Targets Boost Contextual Memory and Increase Repetition Suppression in the Hippocampus. Poster presented at 13th International Conference for Cognitive Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Turker, H. B., Swallow, K. M. (2017, May). Relational memory is enhanced in the attentional boost effect. Poster presented at Vision Sciences Society, St. Pete Beach, Florida.
Swallow, K. M., Turker, H. B., Moyal, R., Li, G. (2016, November). Attending to auditory targets enhances visual perceptual processing in ventral visual cortex. Poster presented at Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, California.
Awards and Honors
- 2021: Significant Paper Award (Cornell University) for Turker et al. (2021)
- 2020: Exceptional Departmental Service Award (Cornell University)
- 2018: Colman Leadership Program (Cornell University)
- 2017: Cognitive Science Program Travel Award (Cornell University)
- 2015, 2019: SAGE Fellowship (Cornell University)
- 2014: Socrates - Dutch & Flemish Honor Society
- 2013: Outbound Study Grant (Leiden University)
- 2012: LUSTRA Fund (Leiden University)
- 2012: LUF International Study Fund (Leiden University)
Service and leadership
- 2019-2022: Graduate Student Ambassador (Cornell University)
- 2019-2021: Neisser Lecture Committee (Cornell University)
- 2019: T.A. Ryan Award Committee (Cornell University)
- 2017-present: Curatorial Assisant of the Wilder Brain Collection (Cornell University)
Teaching
Self-designed Courses
- Cornell University
- Fundamental Debates in Behavioral & Brain Sciences (seminar for first-year students focused on academic writing; Fall ‘20, Spring ‘21)
- Intro to Cognitive Science (6-week summer course)
- Leiden University
- Consciousness - Conflicts in research on goal-directed and habitual action control
- Cognitive Psychology
Teaching Assistant
- Cornell University
- Statistics and Research Design
- Intro to Cognitive Science (Guest lecture on situated cognition)
- Perception
- Intro to the Psychology of Language (Guest lecture on generalization of syntax and lexical categories)
- Intro to Social Psychology
- Community Outreach