Simon Henin, PhD
Research Scientist · NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Memory & Neuromodulation Lab · NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
I am a cognitive neuroscientist studying how the brain builds, stores, and retrieves memories. My work centers on the hippocampus and its interactions with distributed cortical networks, examined through direct recordings from the human brain.
Working at the intersection of basic and translational neuroscience, we use epilepsy monitoring as a window into memory-relevant neural dynamics—with the long-term goal of developing sensitive measures of memory function for clinical populations.
Memory, Oscillations & the Human Brain
Our laboratory uses intracranial recordings in epilepsy patients to study neural mechanisms underlying memory encoding, consolidation, and retrieval. A central theme is how rhythmic neural activity—particularly hippocampal theta oscillations—coordinates information flow across brain regions during naturalistic experience.
Hippocampal Memory Mechanisms
How the hippocampus binds and retrieves episodic memories across time, and how oscillatory dynamics gate plasticity during encoding and sleep-dependent consolidation.
Eye Movements & Neural Oscillations
Investigating saccade-locked theta oscillations in spatial navigation and memory retrieval using simultaneous high-resolution iEEG and eye tracking.
Naturalistic Paradigms
Designing ecologically valid tasks—free viewing, narrative listening, spatial exploration— to study memory as it unfolds under real-world-like conditions.
Memory Assessment & Dysfunction
Developing sensitive, ecologically valid measures of memory function in clinical populations, including patients with epilepsy and other neurological conditions affecting memory.
Recent Publications
- 2025
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2025
Brain Communications 7(3), fcaf219 · doi:10.1093/braincomms/fcaf219
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2021
Science Advances 7(8), eabc4530 · doi:10.1126/sciadv.abc4530
- 2021
- 2019
Full publication list on Google Scholar.
Get in Touch
We welcome inquiries from prospective graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and potential collaborators interested in human memory, intracranial electrophysiology, or clinical neuroscience.
The Memory & Neuromodulation Lab is located within NYU Langone's NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center. We work closely with neurosurgery and epileptology colleagues to conduct research with patients.