Michelle Voss

Associate Professor

michelle-voss@uiowa.edu

Office:

274 PBSB

Office Phone:

319-335-2057

Fax Number:

319-335-0191

Curriculum Vitae:

Michelle_Voss_cv_merit_2022.pdf

Lab:

264 PBSB

Lab Phone:

319-353-2278

Lab Website

https://psychology.uiowa.edu/health-brain-cognition-lab

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

Voss, M.W., Jain, S.J. (2022). Getting fit to counteract cognitive aging: evidence and future directions. Physiology.

Sodoma, M., Cole, R., Sloan, T.J., Kent, J., Magnotta, V.A., Voss, M.W. (2021). Hippocampal Acidity and Volume Are Differentially Associated with Spatial Navigation in Older Adults. NeuroImage, 245:118682.

Lee, H. K., Kent, J. D., Wendel, C., Wolinsky, F. D., Foster, E. D., Merzenich, M. M., & Voss, M. W. (2020). Home-based, adaptive cognitive training for cognitively normal older adults: Initial efficacy trial. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 75(6), 1144-1154.

Voss, M.W., Weng, T.B, Narayana-Kumanan, K., Cole, R.C, Wharff, C., Reist, L., DuBose, L., Sigurdsson, G., Mills, J.A., Long, J.D., Magnotta, V.A., Pierce, G.L. (2020). Acute exercise effects predict training change in cognition and connectivity. Medicine and science in sports and exercise. Jan;52(1):131.

Voss, M.W., Soto, C., Yoo, S., Sodoma, M., Vivar, C., van Praag, H. (2019). Exercise and hippocampal memory systems. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 23(4), 318-333.

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.