Principal Investigator
Barbara Knowlton, Ph.D.,
knowlton@psych.ucla.edu
knowlton@psych.ucla.edu
Barbara received her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Stanford University where she studied the neural circuit supporting eyeblink conditioning in Richard Thompson’s lab. She went on to do a post-doc at UC San Diego with Larry Squire, investigating memory systems involved in category learning. Since joining the UCLA faculty in 1995 she has studied the neural basis of habits, skills, and episodic memory.
Graduate Students
Alex Gordon
agordon212@gmail.com
agordon212@gmail.com
Henri De Guzman henrideguzman@gmail.comHenri is a fourth-year student studying the neural mechanisms of learning and memory using both human and non-human animal models of behavior combined with modern neuroscience techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging or optogenetics. His interests include habit formation, addiction, and psychiatric illness, with particular interest in the neural processes of the basal ganglia
Corinna Franco corfran001@g.ucla.eduCorinna is a fourth-year graduate student interested in understanding the neural mechanisms of learning and memory, focusing on habit learning, aging, stress, and diversity/representation, through various imaging methods (e.g. fMRI, diffusion). She is currently exploring the relationships between early life stress, acute stress, and habit learning among young adults, with future plans to examine these relations across the lifespan.
Stephanie Wert stephaniewert@g.ucla.eduStephanie is a third-year cognitive neuroscience graduate student studying the neural mechanisms of learning, memory, and decision making. She is interested in using neuroimaging, brain stimulation, and eye-tracking techniques to elucidate causal mechanisms behind these functions in humans.
Sonya Ashikyan SonyaAshikyan@ucla.eduSonya is a second-year cognitive neuroscience graduate student investigating the neural correlates of consciousness, reasoning, memory, and language. She utilizes human neuroimaging, neuromodulation, and animal models for both basic and clinical topics.
Donni Staley dstaley@g.ucla.eduDonni is a second-year cognitive neuroscience graduate student interested in the cognitive and neural mechanisms behind learning and memory. Her current research focuses on prospective memory in both healthy and clinical populations. Her clinical work involves collaborating with UCLA Health’s Operation Mend to elucidate the factors contributing to prospective memory deficits in treatment-seeking veterans. In healthy populations, she is investigating more basic research questions like the effects of value in both event and time based prospective memory.
Alumni (2012 – 2020)
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Name |
Current Position |
Current Institution |
|---|---|---|
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Natasha Fourquet |
Assistant Professor |
Northern Virginia Community College |
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Tara Patterson |
Post-doc fellow, Dept. of Psychiatry |
UCLA Medical Center |
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Renee Shimizu |
Post-doc fellow |
Teledyne Scientific and Imaging |
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Michael Cohen |
Post-doc fellow, Dept. of Psychology |
University of Pennsylvania |
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Michael Vendetti |
Usability Researcher |
Oracle Corporation |
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Dana Wagshal Waltzman |
Behavioral Scientist |
Centers for Disease Control |
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Chien-Ho Lin |
Adjunct Assistant Professor |
National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan |
|
Joseph Hennessee |
Post-doctoral Fellow |
University of Texas at Dallas |
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Alex Siegel |
Post-doctoral Fellow |
University of Southern California |
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Vaibhav Thakur |
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