David Knight

Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham

David Knight received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Wisconsin in 2002, and he is currently a Professor of Psychology and Neurobiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Dr. Knight’s laboratory is focused on better understanding the neural substrates of human learning, memory, and emotion using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques that include functional MRI, diffusion tensor imaging, and magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Behavioral and MRI studies from the lab investigate questions that are important for understanding healthy, as well as dysfunctional, emotion processes. Recent work from his lab has investigated the neural circuitry that supports emotion regulation processes. Disruption of these processes appears to play an important role in the emotional dysfunction associated with mood and anxiety disorders. Studies from the Knight lab will help determine neural mechanisms that mediate susceptibility/resilience to stress and offer insights into the development of emotion-related disorders.

Poster(s):

• The N-back Task: Preliminary Evidence of Validity as a Functional Neuroimaging Paradigm in Adults with Chronic, Post-stroke, Cognitive Impairment