Helene M. Sisti

“Research is a journey fueled by curiosity and perseverance, where the challenge of bridging passions — like sports and neuroscience — leads to the most rewarding discoveries.”

Dr. Sisti is a contributing author to the Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience, Human Brain Mapping, and Learning & Memory, among others. Her area of expertise is learning and neuroplasticity — a topic she has investigated using both cellular models and human brain imaging. Before joining the Norwich Faculty, she held teaching appointments at Rutgers University and Villanova University, where she taught Statistics, Motor Learning, and Biopsychology. She has served as a reviewer for several scholarly journals, including Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, Neurorehabilitation and Repair, and Attention, Perception & Psychophysics. In 2023, she served as guest Executive Editor of the Journal of Motor Behavior.

Between 2013 and 2015, she was a management consultant at Gap International. As a member of their Genius Institute, her team investigated how language impacts action using the company’s Breakthrough Methodology. ® She facilitated leadership conferences throughout the U.S., as well as in Australia and Dubai.

A consistent theme of her work over the past three decades is optimal human performance. What drives it? What sustains it? How do we empower others to achieve it? Students are actively involved in all aspects of scientific research: from ideation to publication.

Her research has resulted in multiple intramural and extramural awards, including Army Research Laboratory (DEVCOM ARL) Faculty Fellow, Center for Artificial Intelligence at Norwich University, Board of Fellows, Charles A. Dana Category I, Vermont Biomedical Research Network, NIH-INBRE and NSF I-Corps.

She has also served on the NIH Sensory-Motor Neuroscience Study Section. Review the most recent list of Dr. Sisti's peer reviewed publications.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Motor Control and Neuroplasticity Research Centre, KU Leuven, Belgium
Ph.D. Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University
M.Ed. Kinesiology, Temple University
B.A. Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College

Helene Sisti conducts research in optimal human performance and the neural mechanisms that drive it. Her research journey began when she was working on a master's degree in kinesiology / sport psychology. She was looking for a way to bridge my interest in sports with my interest in neuroscience. Sisti actively mentor students, advising that they explore, stay curious, be patient, persevere and do what is difficult. She collaborates with colleagues at Norwich and beyond, including National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies, University of Vermont, Dartmouth College, and Hasselt University in Belgium.  

PY 263 Perception
PY 299 Concussions In Sport
PY 313 Experimental Psychology (Quantitative Methods)
PY 344 Cognition
PY 398 Thesis Preparation
PY 498 Senior Thesis
 

Sisti, H. M., Beebe, A., Gabrielsson, E., & Bishop, M. (2024). Postmovement Beta Rebound in Real and Imagined Movement. Motor Control, 1(aop), 1-16.

Sisti, H. M., Beebe, A., Bishop, M., & Gabrielsson, E. (2022). A brief review of motor imagery and bimanual coordination. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 16, 1037410.

Sisti HM. Editorial Comment. J Mot Behav. 2023; 55(5):443. Epub 2023 Jul 11. PMID: 37433561.