My research is focused on understanding the functional and neural basis of two dimensions of memory functioning that lie at the opposite ends of the awareness spectrum. The first is implicit memory, or alterations in behavior that are not dependent on explicit awareness of a prior processing event. The second is metamemory: specifically, what is the basis for self-reflective evaluations of memory performance and how do these evaluations guide efforts at memory retrieval. The basic approach I have employed within each of these areas is to test well founded cognitive theories using several complimentary research methodologies including, (a) task dissociations in neurologically damaged patients and healthy controls, (b) human electro and magneto encephalographic recordings (EEG and MEG), (c) functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), and (d) the multimodal integration of fMRI and MEG.

Dr. Logan Trujillo is a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA. Dr. Trujillo holds degrees in mathematics (BS), physics (MS) and psychology (BS, MA, PhD) from the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. His research interests include the cognitive neuroscience of human perception, learning, memory, attention, and consciousness, as studied via behavioral, electroencephalographic (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) techniques. Dr. Trujillo investigates both the normal performance of these cognitive functions and the changes in these functions with sleep deprivation.

I'm a second year graduate student in the Cognition area of the Department of Psychology. I received a BA in Biochemistry (2002) from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts and an MA in Psychology (2004) from Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts. My research focuses on using both structural and functional MRI to explore neural changes associated with the normal aging process. I'm currently working on a project to explore metamemory, or the monitoring and awareness of one's memory ability, in various domains of declarative memory. In addition to the specific tasks that explore memory monitoring functions. I also use diffusion tensor imaging, cortical thickness, gray matter volumes, and other structural measures to fully explore age-related changes.

I graduated from St. Olaf College with my BA in psychology and history in May of 2008. My area of interest lies in the general realm of non-conscious decision-making. At the moment I am working on an fMRI study looking at the neural correlates of overturning preconceived attitudes of morality. From this study I will go on to research how a very short interaction with another person may be altered in terms of morality and issues of trust. I would also like to pursue research on how a person's particular subculture (e.g., religious, political, etc) has the ability to initiate reckless inflexibility in that person and the neural correlates of this "inflexible" mind.

I graduated from the University of Texas, Austin in December of 2008 with a B.A. in psychology. My primary research interest focuses on neural mechanisms of language processing in the healthy brain. In addition, I am interested in the role of short-term memory in language and structural and functional variations in the brain for individuals with learning disabilities. I am currently working on a study investigating auditory processing in individuals with dyslexia using event-related potentials (ERPs). This study aims to correlate reading difficulty with a deficit in auditory processing. Future research will incorporate functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to further study regions of the brain associated with language processing in individuals with dyslexia.