Michael Petrides
professor
Neurology and Neurosurgery
McGill University
Canada
Biography
Director, Neuropsychology/Cognitive Neuroscience Unit Montreal Neurological Institute & Hospital
Research Interest
Dr. Michael Petrides investigates the role of the frontal and parietal cortex in cognition. He demonstrated that lesions to the mid-dorsolateral frontal cortex disrupt particular aspects of working memory such as the capacity to monitor self-generated actions. In animal studies, Dr. Petrides has analyzed the nature of the impaired ability to monitor self-generated, intentional actions following damages to the mid-dorsolateral frontal cortex. He also studies the activity of single cells in this region to specify the neural computations that underlie monitoring within working memory.
Publications
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Cognitive control of vocalizations in the primate ventrolateral-dorsomedial frontal (VLF-DMF) brain network. Loh KK, Petrides M, Hopkins WD, Procyk E, Amiez C.
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Intrinsic functional architecture of the macaque dorsal and ventral lateral frontal cortex. Goulas A, Stiers P, Hutchison RM, Everling S, Petrides M, Margulies DS.
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The effect of cortical and subcortical lesions on spontaneous expression of memory-encoded and emotionally infused information: Evidence for a role of the ventral stream. Efthymiopoulou E, Kasselimis DS, Ghika A, Kyrozis A, Peppas C, Evdokimidis I, Petrides M, Potagas C.
