Nicholas Christopher-Hayes

Position Title

PhD Candidate

Education

PhD (in progress), Psychology, University of California, Davis
BA, Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Research Focus

My research interests primarily focus on the neural correlates of relational memory and attention.

Publications

Christopher-Hayes, N.J., Ghetti, S., (2025). Neurocognitive Risks of Asthma During Childhood. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 101564.

Christopher-Hayes, N.J., Haynes, S.C., Kenyon, N.J., Merchant, V.D., Schweitzer, J.B., Ghetti, S., (2024). Asthma and Memory Function in Children. JAMA Network Open 7, e2442803.

Christopher-Hayes, N.J., Embury, C. M., Wiesman, A.I., May, P.E., Schantell, M., Johnson, C.M., Wolfson, S.L., Murman, D.L., Wilson, T.W. (2023). Piecing it together: hippocampal subfield profiles relate to cognitive impairment along the Alzheimer's disease spectrum. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, Section Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias.

Picci, G., Christopher-Hayes, N.J., Petro, N.M., Taylor, B.K., Eastman, J.A., Frenzel, M.R., Wang, Y.-P., Stephen, J.M., Calhoun, V.D., Wilson, T.W. (2022). Amygdala and hippocampal subregions mediate outcomes following trauma during typical development: Evidence from high-resolution structural MRI. Neurobiology of Stress.

Christopher-Hayes, N.J., Lew, B.J., Wiesman, A.I., Schantell, M., O'Neill, J., May, P.E., Swindells, S., Wilson, T.W. (2021). Cannabis use impacts pre-stimulus neural activity in the visual cortices of people with HIV. Human Brain Mapping.

Wiesman, A.I., Christopher-Hayes, N.J., Wilson, T.W. (2021b). Stairway to memory: Left-hemispheric alpha dynamics index the progressive loading of items into a short-term store. NeuroImage 235, 118024.

Wiesman, A.I., Murman, D.L., Losh, R.A., Schantell, M., Christopher-Hayes, N.J., Johnson, H.J., Willet, M.P., Wolfson, S.L., Losh, K.L., Johnson, C.M., May, P.E., Wilson, T.W. (2021). Spatially resolved neural slowing predicts impairment and amyloid burden in Alzheimer‚Äôs disease. BRAIN.

Warren, D.E., Rangel, A.J., Christopher-Hayes, N.J., Eastman, J.A., Frenzel, M.R., Stephen, J.M., Calhoun, V.D., Wang, Y., Wilson, T.W. (2021). Resting‚Äêstate functional connectivity of the human hippocampus in periadolescent children: Associations with age and memory performance. Human Brain Mapping.

Teaching

PSY 135, Cognitive Neuroscience (TA)

PSY 131, Perception (TA)

PSY 130, Human Memory (TA)

PSY 103, Statistical Analysis of Psychological Data (TA)

PSY 146, The Development of Memory (TA)

Awards

Learning-Memory-Plasticity (LaMP) Program, NIH T32 MH112507, Role: Doctoral Student Trainee