Julie Higgins

Dr. Julie Higgins received her BA in psychology and English from Cornell University. She received her MS, MPhil., and PhD in cognitive psychology from Yale University. Her graduate work was funded by a graduate research fellowship from the National Science Foundation and by a university dissertation fellowship from Yale University. Dr. Higgins did her postdoctoral training in cognitive neuroscience at Yale University before coming to Manhattanville University. Dr. Higgins' research focuses on memory and how our cognitive abilities are influenced by normal aging and by age-related dementias, such as Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Higgins maintains an active research laboratory at Manhattanville University where undergraduate students have the opportunity to work on both collaborative and independent research projects. Dr. Higgins’ courses in cognition explore how we think, remember, make decisions, pay attention, and interpret sensory information about the world. Additionally, these courses explore how the brain is involved in cognition. She also teaches core courses, such as Research Methods in Psychology and Fundamentals of Psychology.