Jim Porter received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology program from the University of Minnesota in 2013. He is a neuropsychologist, employed by Midwestern Neuropsychological Associates in Edina, Minnesota. Jim obtained B.A.s in Psychology and Art  from the University of Minnesota in 2006. As a student, he worked in the TriCAM Laboratory, directed by Prof. Angus MacDonald, before joining the Luciana Laboratory in 2007. Jim is an expert in methodological aspects of MRI data collection and analysis, including the analysis of resting state MRI data. He is interested in the neural underpinnings of cognition, emotion, and their interactions in healthy people and in those with psychopathology and has maintained a longstanding interest in adult neuropsychology.