Michael R. Foy
Professor of Psychology | Psychological Science Loyola Marymount University
Biography
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
Stanford University
Post-Graduate Studies
Kent State University
Ph.D
Graduate Studies
Kent State University
M.S.
Graduate Studies
University of California, Irvine
B.S.
Undergraduate Studies
Areas of Expertise
Accomplishments
Fellow
Association for Psychological Science
Fellow
Western Psychological Association
Courses
Brain and Behavior
Brain and Behavior
Behavioral Neuroscience
Behavioral Neuroscience
Clinical Neuroscience
Clinical Neuroscience
Articles
Psychological/behavioral interventions for emerging adults with chronic pain
Frontiers in Pain ResearchFoy, J.G., Kechichian, S., Foy, M. & Ziadni, M. (2024). Psychological/behavioral
interventions for emerging adults with chronic pain, Frontiers in Pain Research. doi:
10.3389/fpain.2024.1253700
Dynamic changes in EEG power spectral densities during NIH-Toolbox Flanker, dimensional change card sort test and episodic memory tests in young adults
Frontiers in Human NeuroscienceFoy, J.G. & Foy, M.R. (2020). Dynamic changes in EEG power spectral densities during NIH-Toolbox Flanker, dimensional change card sort test and episodic memory tests in young adults, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2020.00158
Impaired cerebellar plasticity and eye-blink conditioning in calpain-1 knock-out mice
Neurobiology of Learning and MemoryHeysieattalab, S.M., Lee, K-H., Liu, Y., Wang, Y.L., Foy, M.R., Bi, X. & Baudry, M. (2020). Impaired cerebellar plasticity and eye-blink conditioning in calpain-1 knock-out mice, Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2019.02.005
Conditioned taste aversion
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral PsychologyFoy, M.R. & Foy, J.G. (2017). Conditioned taste aversion, Reference Module inNeuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology. (pp. 1-8). Elsevier Inc. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.02599-2
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. doi: 10.1037/bne0000124
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.
