| IDENTIFICATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION |
| Last name: | Christoff |
First name: | Kalina |
| Address: | Department of Psychology
2136 West Mall
Vancouver (British Columbia)
V6T 1Z4 |
Fax: | (604) 822-6923 |
| BC academic affiliation: | University of British Columbia |
| Department: | Psychology |
| E-mail address: |
kchristoff@psych.ubc.ca |
BC research location(s): |
Vancouver Hospital & Health Sciences Centre (UBC Hospital)
University of British Columbia - Vancouver Campus |
| Web Page: |
http://www.christofflab.ca
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| Status: | Researcher |
| Last update: |
08/02/2010
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| TRAINING AND CREDENTIALS |
| Diploma / Credentials |
Specialty |
Year |
Institution |
| Postdoctorate |
Psychology |
2004 |
University of Cambridge |
| Postdoctorate |
Psychology |
2002 |
Stanford University |
| Doctorate (PhD) |
Psychology |
2001 |
Stanford University |
| Master's |
Cognitive Science |
1997 |
New Bulgarian University |
| Bachelor's |
Psychology |
1997 |
New Bulgarian University |
| Last update: |
29/09/2009
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| AREAS OF EXPERTISE |
| Area of research: |
Health sciences |
| Disciplines trained in: |
Psychology
Neurosciences |
| Research disciplines: |
Psychology
Neurosciences |
| Research topics: |
Cognition (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Depression (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Mood Disorders (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Learning and Memory (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction) |
| Fields of application: |
Biomedical Aspects of Human Health |
| Last update: |
08/02/2010
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| TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS |
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| Last update: |
08/02/2010
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| RESEARCH ACTIVITIES - Description used by investigators to specify their area of expertise. |
| Key words: |
reasoning, problem solving, functional neuroimaging, thinking, higher cognition, prefrontal cortex, memory, spontaneous mentation, real-time fMRI, cortical function |
| Research interests: |
Mechanisms of human thought, reasoning, and problem solving
Principles of prefrontal cortex function and organization
Clinical application of real-time fMRI for depression treatment
Methods for fMRI analysis |
| Last update: |
08/02/2010
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| RECENT AND REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS |
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Journal or book |
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City and publishing house |
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| LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES |
| Understand: |
Bulgarian, English, Russian |
| Read: |
Bulgarian, English, Russian |
| Write: |
Bulgarian, English |
| Speak: |
Bulgarian, English |
| Last update: |
08/02/2010
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