Michael R. Foy

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 (4)

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 (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 (6)

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

Foy, 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 Memory

Heysieattalab, 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 Psychology

Foy, 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 Neuroscience

Foy, 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 Disease

Foy, 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 Memory

Foy, M.R. (2011). Ovarian hormones, aging and stress on hippocampal synaptic plasticity, Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 95, 134-144.