Yunglin (Elaine) Gazes, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scientist

P & S Box 16
The Taub Institute
630 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212-342-1088
Fax: 212-342-1838
E-mail: yl2107@columbia.edu
Ongoing Research:
- Investigate neuronal changes in aging with fMRI and DTI data via
- Multivariate statistical techniques
- Tractography
- Using fMRI to investigate the neural basis of cognitive tasks including:
- Dual-task tracking
- Speed-accuracy tradeoff
Representative Publications
Gazes, Y., Rakitin, B. C., Habeck, C., Steffener, J., & Stern, Y. (In Press). Age differences of multivariate network expressions during task-switching and their associations with behavior. Neuropsychologia.
Gazes, Y., Rakitin, B. C., Steffener, J., Habeck, C., Butterfield, B., Basner, R., Ghez, C., & Stern, Y. (2012). Dual-tasking alleviated sleep deprivation disruption in visuomotor tracking: An fMRI study. Brain and Cognition, 78(3), 248-256.
Blumen*, H.M., Gazes*, Y., Habeck, C., Kumar, A., Steffener, J., Rakitin, B.C., & Stern, Y. (2011). Neural Networks Associated with the Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff: Evidence from the Response Signal Method. Behavioural Brain Research, 224(2), 397-402.
Gazes, Y., Rakitin, B. C., Steffener, J., Habeck, C., Butterfield, B., Ghez, C., & Stern, Y. (2010). Performance degradation and altered cerebral activation during dual performance: Evidence for a bottom-up attentional system. Behavioural Brain Research, 210(2), 229-239.