University of Pittsburgh

Erickson, Kirk

Erickson, Kirk

Assistent Professor, Department of Psychology
PhD, University of Illinois

Primary Program: Biological and Health Program
All programs: Biological and Health Program, Cognitive Program, Cognitive Neuroscience Concentration Program

Contact

3107 Sennott Square
412-624-4533
Fax: 412-624-4428
kiericks@pitt.edu

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Research Interests: Aging; factors and mechanisms of cognitive impairment; factors that promote healthy aging including physical activity, intellectual engagement, vitamin supplementation, hormone supplementation; the influence of genetics on brain and cognition; translating molecular neuroscience to cognitive neuroscience; neuroplasticity and learning related changes in brain and behavior.

Accepting Graduate Students: No

Selected Publications

  • Kennedy, KM, Erickson, KI, Rodrigue, KM, Voss, MW, Colcombe, SJ, Kramer, AF, Raz, N. (in press). Age-related differences in brain volume: Manual volumetry vs. voxel-based morphometry. Neurobiology of Aging.
  • Erickson, KI, Prakash, RS, Voss, MW, Chaddock, L, Hu, L, Morris, KS, White, SM, Wojcicki, TR, McAuley, E, Kramer, AF. (in press). Aerobic fitness is associated with hippocampal volume in elderly humans. Hippocampus.
  • Erickson, KI, Prakash, RS, Kim, JS, Sutton, BP, Colcombe, SJ, Kramer, AF. (2009). Top-down attentional control in spatially coincident stimuli enhances activity in both task-relevant and task-irrelevant regions of cortex. Behavioral Brain Research, 197(1): 186-97.
  • Erickson, KI, Kramer, AF. (2009). Exercise effects on cognitive and neural plasticity in older adults. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 43(1): 22-4.
  • Erickson, KI, Kim, JS, Suever, BL, Voss, MW, Francis, BM, Kramer, AF. (2008). Genetic contributions to age-related decline in executive function: a 10-year longitudinal study of COMT and BDNF polymorphisms. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2(11): 1-9.

Honors and Awards

  • Paul D. Doolen Scholarship for the Study of Aging (2003-2004)
  • NIMH Cognitive Psychophysiology Training grant (2001; 2004)
  • Beckman Institute Predoctoral Fellowship (2002-2003)

Graduate Student Advisees

  • Miller, Destiny
  • Weinstein, Andrea
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