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Felipe De Brigard, Fuchsberg-Levine Family Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies edit Most of my research focuses on the way in which memory and imagination interact. So far, I have explored ways in which episodic memory both guides and constrains episodic counterfactual thinking (i.e., thoughts about alternative ways in which past personal events could have occurred), and how this interaction affects the perceived plausibility of imagined counterfactual events. I also explore the differential contribution of episodic and semantic memory in the generation of different kinds of counterfactual simulations, as well as the effect of counterfactual thinking on the memories they derive from. In addition, my research attempts to understand how prior experience helps to constrain the way in which we reconstruct episodic memories. Finally, I am also interested in the role of internal attention during conscious recollection. To address these issues I use behavioral and functional magnetic resonance imaging techniques, as well as the conceptual rigor of philosophical analysis. Office Location: 203A West Duke Building Office Phone: (919) 660-3062 Email Address: Web Page: http://www.felipedebrigard.com
Education:
Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, 2011
M.A., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, 2007
M.A., Tufts University, 2005
A.B., Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Colombia), 2002
- Specialties:
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Cognitive Science
Philosophy of Mind
- Research Interests: Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science and Neuroscience; Neurophilosophy; Moral Psychology
- Most of my research focuses on the way in which memory and imagination interact. So far, I have explored ways in which episodic memory both guides and constrains episodic counterfactual thinking (i.e., thoughts about alternative ways in which past personal events could have occurred), and how this interaction affects the perceived plausibility of imagined counterfactual events. I also explore the differential contribution of episodic and semantic memory in the generation of different kinds of counterfactual simulations, as well as the effect of counterfactual thinking on the memories they derive from. In addition, my research attempts to understand how prior experience helps to constrain the way in which we reconstruct episodic memories. Finally, I am also interested in the role of internal attention during conscious recollection. To address these issues I use behavioral and functional magnetic resonance imaging techniques, as well as the conceptual rigor of philosophical analysis.
- Areas of Interest:
- Memory, Imagination, Attention, Consciousness, Counterfactual Thinking
Teaching (Spring 2024):
- PHIL 252.01, Philosophy and neuroscience
Synopsis
- Reuben-Coo 127, MW 10:05 AM-11:20 AM
- PHIL 797S.01, Dissertation seminar
Synopsis
- West Duke 204, Tu 01:25 PM-02:40 PM
- Recent Publications
(More Publications)
- Niemi, L; Washington, N; Workman, C; Arcila-Valenzuela, M; De Brigard, F. "The emotional impact of baseless discrediting of knowledge: An empirical investigation of epistemic injustice." Acta Psychologica 244 (April, 2024). [doi] [abs]
- Krasich, K; O'Neill, K; Murray, S; Brockmole, JR; De Brigard, F; Nuthmann, A. "A computational modeling approach to investigating mind wandering-related adjustments to gaze behavior during scene viewing.." Cognition 242 (January, 2024): 105624. [doi] [abs]
- Miceli, K; Morales-Torres, R; Khoudary, A; Faul, L; Parikh, N; De Brigard, F. "Perceived plausibility modulates hippocampal activity in episodic counterfactual thinking.." Hippocampus 34.1 (January, 2024): 2-6. [doi] [abs]
- Morales-Torres, R; De Brigard, F. "On the frequency and nature of the cues that elicit déjà vu and involuntary autobiographical memories.." Behavioral and Brain Sciences 46 (November, 2023): e370. [doi] [abs]
- Murray, S; Bermúdez, JP; De Brigard, F. "Moralization and self-control strategy selection.." Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 30.4 (August, 2023): 1586-1595. [doi] [abs]
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