Robert M. Chapman
PhD, Brown University, 1960
Professor, Brain & Cognitive Sciences
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Contact Information
- Meliora 246
- Brain and Cognitive Sciences
- University of Rochester
- Rochester, NY 14627-0268
- (585) 275-8676 (office)
Office Hours
By appointment.
Research Overview
Information for potential research subjects
I work on visual information processing in humans and am concerned particularly with the question of how psychological processes depend upon underlying physiological mechanisms. The major research tool is the analysis of brain-evoked potentials and magnetic signals recorded from human subjects while they are performing specified tasks. Extensive use is made of computers to collect and analyze data. By using multivariate statistical analyses, relationships have been established between certain components of the brain's electrical and magnetic responses and characteristics of information processing operations such as stimulus relevance, expectancy, memory storage, and semantic meaning. We are currently studying these in aging and Alzheimer's disease.
Recent Publications
- Chapman, R.M., Nowlis, G.H., McCrary, J.W., Chapman, J.A., Sandoval, T.C., Guillily, M.D., Gardner, M.N., & Reilly, L.A. (2007). Brain event-related potentials: Diagnosing early-stage Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of Aging, 28(2), 194-201.
- Chapman, R.M. (1999). Function and content words evoke different brain potentials. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 22, 282-284.
- Silverstein, S.M., Bakshi, S., Chapman, R.M., & Nowlis, G. (1998). Perceptual organization of configural and nonconfigural visual patterns in schizophrenia: Effects of repeated exposure. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 3, 209-223.
- Chapman, R.M., & McCrary, J.W. (1995). EP component identification and measurement by principal components analysis. Brain and Cognition, 27, 288-310.
- Chapman, R.M. (1992). EEG/MEG and alpha activity: Current status of biomagnetic research. In M. Hoke, et al. (Ed.), Biomagnetism: Clinical Aspects. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers, pp. 25-31.
- Chapman, R.M (1989). The relative covariance method. In S.N. Erne and G.L. Romani (Eds.), Advances in Biomagnetism. Functional Localization: A Challenge for Biomagnetism, pp. 351-363. Singapore: World Scientific.
- Chapman, R.M., Modena, I., Narici, L., Pizzella, V., Romani, G.L., McCrary, J.W., & Garnsey, S. (1988). Electric and magnetic brain activity related to cognitive performance. In Electric and Magnetic Activity of the Central Nervous System: Research and Clinical Applications in Aerospace Medicine, 10.110.8. Paris: AGARD.
- Chapman, R.M., McCrary, J.W., & Chapman, J.A. (1981). Memory processes and evoked potentials. Canadian Journal of Psychology, 35, 201-212.
- Chapman, R.M., McCrary, J.W., Chapman, J.A., & Martin, J.K. (1980). Behavioral and neural analyses of connotative meaning: Word classes and rating scales. Brain and Language, 11, 319-339.
- Chapman, R.M., McCrary, J.W., Chapman, J.A., & Bragdon, H.R. (1978), Brain responses related to semantic meaning. Brain and Language, 5, 195-205.
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Research Support
For more than 25 years, my work has been supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and others.