Scholarship and Biography

I adopt a Cognitive and Social Neuroscience approach to the study of memory across different cultures and age groups. My research employs behavioral as well as neuroimaging (fMRI; EEG/ERP) methods and the study of patients (aMCI) to investigate these questions.

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Honors

APA Division of Adult Development and Aging Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research
American Psychological Association (United States, Washington D.C.) - APA, 2004
Dissertation Research Award
American Psychological Association (United States, Washington D.C.) - APA, 2004
Travel award to attend pre-APS workshop on "Opportunities for Advancing Behavioral and Social Research on Aging: An Introduction for Psychological Scientists"
Association for Psychological Science (United States, Washington D.C.) - APS, 2008
Research Grant
American Federation for Aging Research (United States, New York) - AFAR, 2008-2010
Fulbright Scholar Award, Istanbul, Turkey
Fulbright Association (United States, Washington D.C.), 2010-2011
Travel award to attend the APS conference, 2013
Women in Cognitive Science, 2012-2013
Scholarship to attend ERP Bootcamp
University of California, Davis (United States, Davis) - UCD, 2014
Principal Investigator, Grant
Alzheimer's Association (United States, Chicago), 2014-2017
Travel award for the Tools of the Trade Workshop: Human Neuroimaging Methods and Best Practices
Scientific Research Network on Decision Neuroscience & Aging, 2017
Fellow
Association for Psychological Science (United States, Washington D.C.) - APS, 2019
Elected to Governing Board
Psychonomic Society (United States, Madison), 2019
Chair of Governing Board
Psychonomic Society (United States, Madison), 2023

Organizational Affiliations

Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Brandeis University

Affiliated Faculty, Neuroscience Program, Brandeis University

Affiliated Faculty, Benjamin and Mae Volen National Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University

Chair, Department of Psychology, Brandeis University

Education

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ph.D.
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
M.A.
Boston University
B.A.