College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Michelle Voss
Assistant Professor
Office:
223 SLP
Office Phone:
319-335-2057
Fax Number:
319-335-0191
Curriculum Vitae:
Lab Website
Research Interests
Cognitive neuroscience approach to studying the aging brain and cognition, expertise, and learning and memory; effects of health behaviors on brain structure and function; systems-level approach to functional MRI; brain structure-function relationships
Primary Research Area
Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience
Training Areas
Research Group
Representative Publications
Voss, M.W., Prakash, R.S., Erickson, K.I., Basak, C., Chaddock, L., Kim, J.S., Alves, H., Heo, S., Szabo, A., White, S.M., Wojcicki, T.R., Mailey, E.L., Gothe, N., Olson, E.A., McAuley, E., & Kramer, A.F. (2010). Plasticity of brain networks in a randomized intervention trial of exercise training in older adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, in special issue entitled, Interventions for aging brains and minds, 2, 1-17.
Voss, M.W., Prakash, R.S., Erickson, K.I., Boot, W.R., Basak, C., Neider, M.B., Simons, D.J., Fabiani, M., Gratton, G., & Kramer, A.F. (2012). Effects of training strategies implemented in a complex videogame on functional connectivity of attentional networks. NeuroImage, 59(1), 138-148.
Voss, M.W., Vivar, C., Kramer, A.F., van Praag, H. (2013) Bridging animal and human models of exercise-induced brain plasticity. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 17(10), 525-544.
Voss, M.W., Weng, T.B., Burzynska, A.Z., Wong, C.N., Cooke, G.E., Clark, R., Fanning, J., Awick, E., Gothe, N.P., Olson, E.A., McAuley, E., Kramer, A.F. (2016). Fitness, but not physical activity, is related to functional integrity of brain networks associated with aging. NeuroImage, 131, 113-125.