Ken Paller

Ken Paller, PhD is Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. His research has focused on human memory, consciousness, and related issues. He also directs Northwestern’s Training Program in the Neuroscience of Human Cognition. His studies of memory disorders have demonstrated preserved implicit memory in amnesia, linked memory deficits with poor sleep in people with age-related memory decline, and shown that mindfulness training can be helpful for Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers. Other studies from his lab demonstrated that sensory processing during sleep can reinforce prior learning, providing novel evidence on sleep’s role in memory. Publications are available on his lab website.