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Christopher Madan

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science

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Biography

Christopher R. Madan is an Assistant Professor in the School of Psychology at the 糖心原创 in Nottingham, UK. He completed his PhD in Psychology at the University of Alberta in 2014, including a visiting scientist position at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf and followed by a postdoctoral research fellowship at Boston College. His research combines cognitive psychology approaches with neuroimaging techniques (fMRI, EEG) and computational modelling. He is particularly interested in investigating factors that make some experiences more memorable than others-including emotion, motivation, and pre-existing semantic knowledge-and how these influences can manifest in future decisions. He also specializes in characterizing inter-individual differences in brain morphology, particularly with respect to aging, dementia, and cognitive abilities.

Dr. Madan received a 2021 Early Career Award from the Psychonomic Society and a 2017 Rising Star award from the Association for Psychological Science. He is a Fellow of the Psychonomic Society and AdvanceHE and has been elected to the membership of the Memory Disorders Research Society. He is currently an associate editor for Behavior Research Methods and a consulting editor for Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, along with other editorial roles, particularly with the Journal of Open Source Software and Collabra: Psychology. Dr. Madan has published over 150 journal articles and four books: An Introduction to Matlab for Behavioural Researchers (2014, Sage), Memories that Matter (2024, Routledge), and the book series Academia and the World Beyond (2021, Springer), .

Expertise Summary

I study memory using a combination of cognitive psychology, neuroimaging, and computational modeling methods. I am particularly interested in investigating factors that make some experiences more memorable than others-including emotion, motivation, and pre-existing semantic knowledge-and how these influences can manifest in future decisions. I also specialize in characterizing inter-individual differences in brain morphology, particularly with respect to healthy aging and mental health conditions.

Memory for past experiences can be used to inform future behavior. However, not all experiences are equally informative for future behavior-in part because some experiences are more memorable than others. Although many factors can influence memorability, it is well known that both emotion and reward influence memory. Their effects are often studied independently, but in my own work, I seek to advance our understanding of these distinct effects on memory, but also to investigate commonalities in their effects, with the goal of understanding domain-general modulation of memory for motivationally salient information. Although biases can provide insight into the functional role of memory, how these biases manifest in decision-making further demonstrate their importance.

I conduct research across a variety of topics, including emotional memory, risky decision-making, and embodied cognition. I study these topics using behavioral paradigms, as well as fMRI, EEG, and structural MRI. Additionally, some studies involve computational modeling--either in the form of advanced statistical methods and machine learning, or through the development of specific models designed to distinguish between particular theoretical hypotheses. For more details on projects explicitly designed for methods development, see .

Selected Publications

  • MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., SPETCH, MARCIA L., MACHADO, FERNANDA M. D. S., MASON, ALICE and LUDVIG, ELLIOT A., 2021. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 32(5), 743-754
  • PALOMBO, DANIELA J., TE, ALESSANDRA A., CHECKNITA, KATHERINE J. and MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., 2021. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 32(7), 1104-1114
  • MADAN CR, FUJIWARA E, CAPLAN JB and SOMMER T, 2017. NeuroImage. 156, 14-28
  • MCDONOUGH, IAN M. and MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., 2021. NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING. 98, 185-196
  • MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., SPETCH, MARCIA L., MACHADO, FERNANDA M. D. S., MASON, ALICE and LUDVIG, ELLIOT A., 2021. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 32(5), 743-754
  • MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., 2021. NEUROINFORMATICS.
  • NANKOO, JEAN-FRANCOIS, MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., MEDINA, OMAR, MAKEPEACE, TYLER and STRIEMER, CHRISTOPHER L., 2021. CEREBELLUM.
  • HRYBOUSKI, STANISLAU, CRIBBEN, IVOR, MCGONIGLE, JOHN, OLSEN, FRASER, CARTER, RAWLE, SERES, PETER, MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R. and MALYKHIN, NIKOLAI V., 2021. Investigating the effects of healthy cognitive aging on brain functional connectivity using 4.7 T resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging BRAIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION. 226(4), 1067-1098
  • FUJIWARA, ESTHER, MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., CAPLAN, JEREMY B. and SOMMER, TOBIAS, 2021. Emotional arousal impairs association memory: roles of prefrontal cortex regions LEARNING & MEMORY. 28(3),
  • MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R. and SINGHAL, ANTHONY, 2021. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 11,
  • MCDONOUGH, IAN M. and MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., 2021. NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING. 98, 185-196
  • MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., 2021. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 53(5), 1661-1671
  • BRYSBAERT, MARC, BAKK, ZSUZSA, BUCHANAN, ERIN M., DRIEGHE, DENIS, FREY, ANDREAS, KIM, EUNSOOK, KUPERMAN, VICTOR, MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., MARELLI, MARCO, MATHOT, SEBASTIAAN, SVETINA VALDIVIA, DUBRAVKA and YAP, MELVIN, 2021. BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS. 53(1), 1-3
  • MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., 2021. Exploring word memorability: How well do different word properties explain item free-recall probability? PSYCHONOMIC BULLETIN & REVIEW. 28(2), 583-595
  • WARDELL, VICTORIA, ESPOSITO, CHRISTIAN L., MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R. and PALOMBO, DANIELA J., 2021. BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS. 53(2), 507-517
  • MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., 2021. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 54(4), 5229-5234
  • PALOMBO, DANIELA J., TE, ALESSANDRA A., CHECKNITA, KATHERINE J. and MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., 2021. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 32(7), 1104-1114
  • WEARN, ALFIE R., NURDAL, VOLKAN, SAUNDERS-JENNINGS, ESTHER, KNIGHT, MICHAEL J., MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., FALLON, SEAN-JAMES, ISOTALUS, HANNA K., KAUPPINEN, RISTO A. and COULTHARD, ELIZABETH J., 2021. NEUROIMAGE. 238,
  • CHEN, YVONNE Y., LAMBERT, KATHRYN J. M., MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R. and SINGHAL, ANTHONY, 2021. HUMAN MOVEMENT SCIENCE. 78,
  • VAN HOOF, THOMAS J., SUMERACKI, MEGAN A. and MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., 2021. JOURNAL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION IN THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS. 41(1), 59-62
  • MACINTYRE, TADHG E., BECKMANN, JUERGEN, CALOGIURI, GIOVANNA, DONNELL, AOIFE A., JONES, MARC V., MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., ROGERSON, MIKE, BRICK, NOEL E., NIEUWENHUIJSEN, MARK and GIDLOW, CHRISTOPHER JAMES, 2020. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 11,
  • MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., 2020. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHOLOGIE EXPERIMENTALE. 74(3), 183-192
  • CARRADUS, ANDREW J., MOUGIN, OLIVIER, HUNT, BENJAMIN A. E., TEWARIE, PREJAAS K., GEADES, NICOLAS, MORRIS, PETER G., BROOKES, MATTHEW J., GOWLAND, PENNY A. and MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., 2020. NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING. 96, 246-254
  • MURTY, VISHNU P., GUTCHESS, ANGELA and MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., 2020. COGNITION. 205,
  • COLLANTONI, ENRICO, MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., MENEGUZZO, PAOLO, CHIAPPINI, IOLANNA, TENCONI, ELENA, MANARA, RENZO and FAVARO, ANGELA, 2020. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE. 9(3),
  • MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., KNIGHT, AUBREY G., KENSINGER, ELIZABETH A. and MICKLEY STEINMETZ, KATHERINE R., 2020. Affect enhances object-background associations: evidence from behaviour and mathematical modelling COGNITION & EMOTION. 34(5), 960-969
  • SPETCH, MARCIA L., MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., LIU, YANG S. and LUDVIG, ELLIOT A., 2020. ADDICTION. 115(9), 1719-1727
  • PERNET, CYRIL R. and MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., 2020. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 51(3), 695-705
  • CAPLAN JB, LEGGE EL, CHENG B and MADAN CR, 2019. Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006). 72(10), 2541-2553
  • MADAN CR, 2019. Brain informatics. 6(1), 5
  • CAPLAN JB, SOMMER T, MADAN CR and FUJIWARA E, 2019. Cognition & emotion. 33(8), 1745-1753
  • HRYBOUSKI S, MACGILLIVRAY M, HUANG Y, MADAN CR, CARTER R, SERES P and MALYKHIN NV, 2019. NeuroImage. 191, 568-586
  • KSANDER JC, KARK SM and MADAN CR, 2019. F1000Research. 7, 216
  • MADAN CR, LUDVIG EA and SPETCH ML, 2019. Behavioural processes. 160, 10-19
  • MACINTYRE, TADHG E., MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., BRICK, NOEL E., BECKMANN, JUERGEN and MORAN, AIDAN P., 2019. Imagery, Expertise, and Action: A Window into Embodiment HANDBOOK OF EMBODIED COGNITION AND SPORT PSYCHOLOGY. 625-650
  • PISKLAK, JEFFREY M., MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., LUDVIG, ELLIOT A. and SPETCH, MARCIA L., 2019. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-ANIMAL LEARNING AND COGNITION. 45(4), 431-445
  • CHAKRAVARTY, SUCHETA, FUJIWARA, ESTHER, MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., TOMLINSON, SARA E., OBER, ISHA and CAPLAN, JEREMY B., 2019. JOURNAL OF MEMORY AND LANGUAGE. 107, 25-39
  • MADAN CR, BAYER J, GAMER M, LONSDORF TB and SOMMER T, 2018. Frontiers in psychology. 8, 2368
  • MADAN CR and KENSINGER EA, 2018. The European journal of neuroscience. 47(5), 399-416
  • MADAN CR, 2018. Aging & mental health. 1-11 (In Press.)
  • WEINSTEIN Y, MADAN CR and SUMERACKI MA, 2018. Cognitive research: principles and implications. 3(1), 2
  • LUDVIG EA, MADAN CR, MCMILLAN N, XU Y and SPETCH ML, 2018. Journal of experimental psychology. General. (In Press.)
  • MACINTYRE TE, MADAN CR, MORAN AP, COLLET C and GUILLOT A, 2018. Progress in brain research. 240, 141-159
  • MADAN CR, SCOTT SME and KENSINGER EA, 2018. Emotion (Washington, D.C.). (In Press.)
  • MADAN CR, 2018. PeerJ. 6, e5176
  • HEARD A, MADAN CR, PROTZNER AB and PEXMAN PM, 2018. Behavior research methods. (In Press.)
  • LAKENS, DANIEL, ADOLFI, FEDERICO G., ALBERS, CASPER J., ANVARI, FARID, APPS, MATTHEW A. J., ARGAMON, SHLOMO E., BAGULEY, THOM, BECKER, RAYMOND B., BENNING, STEPHEN D., BRADFORD, DANIEL E., BUCHANAN, ERIN M., CALDWELL, AARON R., VAN CALSTER, BEN, CARLSSON, RICKARD, CHEN, SAU-CHIN, CHUNG, BRYAN, COLLING, LINCOLN J., COLLINS, GARY S., CROOK, ZANDER, CROSS, EMILY S., DANIELS, SAMEERA, DANIELSSON, HENRIK, DEBRUINE, LISA, DUNLEAVY, DANIEL J., EARP, BRIAN D., FEIST, MICHELE I., FERRELL, JASON D., FIELD, JAMES G., FOX, NICHOLAS W., FRIESEN, AMANDA, GOMES, CAIO, GONZALEZ-MARQUEZ, MONICA, GRANGE, JAMES A., GRIEVE, ANDREW P., GUGGENBERGER, ROBERT, GRIST, JAMES, VAN HARMELEN, ANNE-LAURA, HASSELMAN, FRED, HOCHARD, KEVIN D., HOFFARTH, MARK R., HOLMES, NICHOLAS P., INGRE, MICHAEL, ISAGER, PEDER M., ISOTALUS, HANNA K., JOHANSSON, CHRISTER, JUSZCZYK, KONRAD, KENNY, DAVID A., KHALIL, AHMED A., KONAT, BARBARA, LAO, JUNPENG, LARSEN, ERIK GAHNER, LODDER, GERINE M. A., LUKAVSKY, JIRI, MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., MANHEIM, DAVID, MARTIN, STEPHEN R., MARTIN, ANDREA E., MAYO, DEBORAH G., MCCARTHY, RANDY J., MCCONWAY, KEVIN, MCFARLAND, COLIN, NIO, AMANDA Q. X., NILSONNE, GUSTAV, DE OLIVEIRA, CILENE LINO, DE XIVRY, JEAN-JACQUES ORBAN, PARSONS, SAM, PFUHL, GERIT, QUINN, KIMBERLY A., SAKON, JOHN J., SARIBAY, S. ADIL, SCHNEIDER, IRIS K., SELVARAJU, MANOJKUMAR, SJOERDS, ZSUZSIKA, SMITH, SAMUEL G., SMITS, TIM, SPIES, JEFFREY R., SREEKUMAR, VISHNU, STELTENPOHL, CRYSTAL N., STENHOUSE, NEIL, SWIATKOWSKI, WOJCIECH, VADILLO, MIGUEL A., VAN ASSEN, MARCEL A. L. M., WILLIAMS, MATT N., WILLIAMS, SAMANTHA E., WILLIAMS, DONALD R., YARKONI, TAL, ZIANO, IGNAZIO and ZWAAN, ROLF A., 2018. NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR. 2(3), 168-171
  • MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., NG, ADRIAN and SINGHAL, ANTHONY, 2018. JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 30(3), 314-320
  • LUDVIG, ELLIOT A., MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., MCMILLAN, NEIL, XU, YAQIAN and SPETCH, MARCIA L., 2018. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-GENERAL. 147(12), 1905-1918
  • MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R. and KENSINGER, ELIZABETH A., 2018. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 47(5), 399-416
  • MADAN CR, FUJIWARA E, CAPLAN JB and SOMMER T, 2017. NeuroImage. 156, 14-28
  • MADAN CR, 2017. Frontiers in human neuroscience. 11, 405
  • MADAN CR and KENSINGER EA, 2017. Brain informatics. 4(2), 107-121
  • DU Y, MCMILLAN N, MADAN CR, SPETCH ML and MOU W, 2017. Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition. (In Press.)
  • NANKOO JF, MADAN CR, SAWALHA J, WYLIE DR, FRIEDMAN A, SPETCH ML and VUONG QC, 2017. Journal of vision. 17(6), 17
  • DONOFF CM, MADAN CR and SINGHAL A, 2017. Laterality. 1-21 (In Press.)
  • TOBIA MJ and MADAN CR, 2017. Physiological reports. 5(3),
  • KESHAVAN A, DATTA E, M MCDONOUGH I, MADAN CR, JORDAN K and HENRY RG, 2017. NeuroImage. (In Press.)
  • DU, YU, MCMILLAN, NEIL, MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., SPETCH, MARCIA L. and MOU, WEIMIN, 2017. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-LEARNING MEMORY AND COGNITION. 43(12), 1857-1871
  • TENNANT JP, DUGAN JM, GRAZIOTIN D, JACQUES DC, WALDNER F, MIETCHEN D, ELKHATIB Y, B COLLISTER L, PIKAS CK, CRICK T, MASUZZO P, CARAVAGGI A, BERG DR, NIEMEYER KE, ROSS-HELLAUER T, MANNHEIMER S, RIGLING L, KATZ DS, GRESHAKE TZOVARAS B, PACHECO-MENDOZA J, FATIMA N, POBLET M, ISAAKIDIS M, IRAWAN DE, RENAUT S, MADAN CR, MATTHIAS L, N脴RGAARD KJ脝R J, O'DONNELL DP, NEYLON C, KEARNS S, SELVARAJU M and COLOMB J, 2017. F1000Research. 6, 1151
  • MADAN CR, HARRISON T and MATHEWSON KE, 2017. Psychophysiology. 55(4),
  • MADAN CR, SHAFER AT, CHAN M and SINGHAL A, 2016. Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006). 70(4), 793-810
  • MADAN CR, LUDVIG EA and SPETCH ML, 2016. Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006). 70(10), 2048-2059
  • MADAN CR and KENSINGER EA, 2016. Neurobiology of aging. 50, 87-95
  • NANKOO JF, MADAN CR, SPETCH ML and WYLIE DR, 2016. Experimental brain research. 235(2), 401-406
  • MADAN CR and KENSINGER EA, 2016. NeuroImage. 134, 617-29
  • CHAN M, MADAN CR and SINGHAL A, 2016. Acta psychologica. 168, 20-6
  • CAPLAN JB and MADAN CR, 2016. Journal of cognitive neuroscience. 28(10), 1522-38
  • MADAN CR, 2016. F1000Research. 5, 1129
  • MADAN CR, CHEN YY and SINGHAL A, 2016. Frontiers in human neuroscience. 10, 360
  • HRYBOUSKI S, AGHAMOHAMMADI-SERESHKI A, MADAN CR, SHAFER AT, BARON CA, SERES P, BEAULIEU C, OLSEN F and MALYKHIN NV, 2016. NeuroImage. 133, 98-110
  • LEGGE EL, MADAN CR, SPETCH ML and LUDVIG EA, 2016. Animal cognition. 19(3), 581-91
  • TSOI M, TEITGE BD, MADAN CR and FRANCESCUTTI LH, 2016. F1000Research. 5, 1903
  • MADAN CR, 2015. F1000Research. 4, 466
  • PALOMBO DJ and MADAN CR, 2015. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 35(30), 10643-4
  • NANKOO JF, MADAN CR, WYLIE DR and SPETCH ML, 2015. Animal cognition. 18(4), 945-52
  • MADAN CR, 2015. F1000Research. 4, 19
  • MADAN CR and SPETCH ML, 2015. F1000Research. 3, 19
  • MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., SPETCH, MARCIA L. and LUDVIG, ELLIOT A., 2015. JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 27(8), 921-928
  • LUDVIG EA, MADAN CR and SPETCH ML, 2014. Journal of experimental psychology. General. 144(1), 24-9
  • MADAN CR and SINGHAL A, 2014. Cognitive processing. 16(2), 203-9
  • CAPLAN JB, MADAN CR and BEDWELL DJ, 2014. Psychonomic bulletin & review. 22(2), 483-91
  • LUDVIG EA, MADAN CR, PISKLAK JM and SPETCH ML, 2014. Biology letters. 10(8),
  • NANKOO JF, MADAN CR, SPETCH ML and WYLIE DR, 2014. Vision research. 107, 30-5
  • MADAN CR, 2014. Acta psychologica. 149, 45-51
  • MADAN CR and SINGHAL A, 2014. Journal of sports sciences. 32(14), 1351-6
  • NANKOO JF, MADAN CR, SPETCH ML and WYLIE DR, 2014. Experimental brain research. 232(6), 1843-53
  • MADAN CR, 2014. Frontiers in systems neuroscience. 8, 30
  • BARON DM, RAMIREZ AJ, BULITKO V, MADAN CR, GREINER A, HURD PL and SPETCH ML, 2014. Animal cognition. 18(1), 53-64
  • LUDVIG, ELLIOT A., MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R. and SPETCH, MARCIA L., 2014. JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DECISION MAKING. 27(2), 146-156
  • MADAN CR, LUDVIG EA and SPETCH ML, 2013. Psychonomic bulletin & review. 21(3), 629-36
  • MADAN CR and SINGHAL A, 2013. Journal of motor behavior. 45(2), 153-66
  • MADAN CR, 2013. Frontiers in systems neuroscience. 7, 59
  • MADAN CR and SINGHAL A, 2013. Frontiers in psychology. 3, 507
  • NANKOO JF, MADAN CR, SPETCH ML and WYLIE DR, 2012. Vision research. 72, 55-62
  • MADAN CR, FUJIWARA E, GERSON BC and CAPLAN JB, 2012. Frontiers in integrative neuroscience. 6, 61
  • MADAN CR and SPETCH ML, 2012. Acta psychologica. 139(2), 343-9
  • LEGGE EL, MADAN CR, NG ET and CAPLAN JB, 2012. Acta psychologica. 141(3), 380-90
  • MADAN CR and SINGHAL A, 2012. Consciousness and cognition. 21(3), 1563-70
  • MADAN CR and SINGHAL A, 2012. Cognitive processing. 13(3), 211-29
  • MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., CAPLAN, JEREMY B., LAU, CHRISTINE S. M. and FUJIWARA, ESTHER, 2012. JOURNAL OF MEMORY AND LANGUAGE. 66(4), 695-716
  • MADAN, CHRISTOPHER R., GLAHOLT, MACKENZIE G. and CAPLAN, JEREMY B., 2010. JOURNAL OF MEMORY AND LANGUAGE. 63(1), 46-63

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