Abby Meyer, Ph.D.
Dr. Meyer came to UNG in August of 2015 immediately following the completion of her graduate work at the University of Memphis. She formed a precocious love of psychology and human behavior from a very young age, but later discovered her love of neuroscience and neural circuits of memory systems after surviving a harrowing car accident in 2004. Her lack of memories for this event and her subsequent neurorecovery led her to study the pathways and processes that govern memory systems. In graduate school, Dr. Meyer pursued the field of behavioral toxicology in an attempt to further discover the factors that hinder neurodevelopment, memory processes, and executive functioning. Her student-driven research lab at UNG is actively working to continue to uncover the important links between what the brain is, what factors disrupt neurodevelopment, and what the brain is capable of.
I am interested in studying Neurological and Behavioral aspects of learning and memory in regard to acquisition, maintenance, and degradation. I feel that the best approach to studying this concept at a comprehensive level is to incorporate different fields of study to develop an approach that includes Developmental, Behavioral, and Cognitive Neuroscience. My research incorporates all of these aspects, as well as the impact of toxins and teratogens on neurodevelopment.