Michael R. Foy 
Professor of Psychology | Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Biography
Michael Foy is a Professor of Psychology in the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts. Dr. Foy received his B.S. in Biology from the University of California at Irvine, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Neurobiology from Kent State University. Following his post-doctoral training in the Department of Psychology at Stanford University, he began his academic career at Loyola Marymount University.
Dr. Foy has taught multiple courses within the field of neuroscience, including brain and behavior, neuropsychology, psychobiology of aging, psychobiology of disease, learning and memory, and behavioral neuroscience.
He investigates the brain mechanisms and structures through which learning and memory occur. Dr. Foy has published scientific reports on changes in brain function in animals during conditioning, how behavioral stress influences synaptic plasticity (cellular model of memory), and the impact of sex hormones and aging on learning and memory processing. Current research involves an examination of EEG brain recordings during cognitive tasks in humans.
Education (3)
Kent State University: Ph.D, Post-Graduate Studies
Kent State University: M.S., Graduate Studies
University of California, Irvine: B.S., Undergraduate Studies
Areas of Expertise (5)
Biological Psychology
Hormone Action On Brain
Eeg Recording and Analysis
Neurobiology
Behavioral Neuroscience
Accomplishments (2)
Fellow (professional)
Association for Psychological Science
Fellow (professional)
Western Psychological Association
Courses (2)
Brain and Behavior
Brain and Behavior
Behavioral Neuroscience
Behavioral Neuroscience
Articles (4)
Conditioned taste aversion
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral PsychologyFoy, M.R. & Foy, J.G. (in press, 2017). Conditioned taste aversion, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology.
The search for the engram in eyeblink conditioning: A synopsis of past and present perspectives on the role of the cerebellum
Behavioral NeuroscienceFoy, M.R. & Foy, J.G. (2016). The search for the engram in eyeblink conditioning: A synopsis of past and present perspectives on the role of the cerebellum, Behavioral Neuroscience, 130, 547-552.
Estrogen, progesterone and hippocampal plasticity in rodent models
Animal Models of Alzheimer’s DiseaseFoy, M.R., Baudry, M., Brinton, R.D. & Thompson, R.F. (2011). Estrogen, progesterone and hippocampal plasticity in rodent models. In G. Casadesus (Ed), Animal Models of Alzheimer’s Disease. (pp. 109-127). IOS Press.
Ovarian hormones, aging and stress on hippocampal synaptic plasticity
Neurobiology of Learning and MemoryFoy, M.R. (2011). Ovarian hormones, aging and stress on hippocampal synaptic plasticity, Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 95, 134-144.
