Nicholas Hindy

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Education

Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Pennsylvania

B.A. in Psychology, Cornell University

Research Interests

I research how students learn neuroanatomy through networks and connectivity and develop evidence-based tools to support that learning (Show Me the Brain!!). My work bridges cognitive neuroscience (memory transformation, reactivation) and educational data science, developing software, curricula, and classroom experiments that enhance retention, transfer, and scientific reasoning.

Courses Taught

• PSYC 214: Behavioral Neuroscience
• PSYC 220: Research Methods
• PSYC/BIOL 352: Systems and Integrative Neuroscience
• PSYC 464: Advanced Laboratory in Behavioral Neuroscience

Selected Publications

Hindy, N. C., Bishara, A. J., & Pani, J. R. (2025). Described neural connections enhance classroom learning of neuroanatomy. Anatomical Sciences Education, 18(7), 642–656. https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.70051

Abdelkawy, A., Farag, A., Alkabbany, I., Ali, A., Foreman, C., Tretter, T., & Hindy, N.C. (2024). Measuring student behavioral engagement using histogram of actions. Pattern Recognition Letters, 186, 337–344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patrec.2024.11.002

Alkabbany, I., Ali, A., Foreman, C., Tretter, T., Hindy, N.C., & Farag, A. (2023). An experimental platform for real-time student engagement measurements from video in STEM classrooms. Sensors, 23(3), 1614. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23031614

Hindy, N.C., Avery, E.W., & Turk-Browne, N.B. (2019). Hippocampal-neocortical interactions sharpen over time for predictive actions. Nature Communications, 10, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12016-9

Hindy, N.C., Ng, F.Y., & Turk-Browne, N.B. (2016). Linking pattern completion in the hippocampus to predictive coding in visual cortex. Nature Neuroscience, 19, 665-667. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.4284