Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students
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Alyssa Barba (Senior)
I'm majoring in psychology, with an emphasis in biopsychology, and minoring in philosophy. I practice and study Buddhist meditation, specifically, mindfulness and Tibetan Buddhist visualization techniques. Working in Dr. Leung's lab has encouraged me to think more about the retentive qualities inherent in classical interpretations of mindfulness and their relation to working memory. I'm particularly interested in how meditation impacts the brain and how these healing techniques can be applied in a therapeutic context.
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Renee Hartig (Junior)
My contribution to Dr. Leung's lab involves running spatial working memory tasks on human subjects using a technique called electroencephalogram, or EEG. Learning how to analyse the data for event-related potential waveforms one can work toward answering a specific cognitive neuroscience question. As a senior I look forward to beginning graduate school and becoming involved with projects pertaining to behavioral analysis and neuronal communication, specifically the networking pathways affecting neurotransmitter release.
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Andrew Peeling (Junior)
I am a currently a Junior at Stony Brook University, and am currently working towards a B.S. in psychology. I find the biological aspects of psychology very interesting, and working in this lab has provided me with the opportunity to further investigate the biological properties that surround our everyday thoughts, feeling, memories and emotions. My wish is to pursue a career in medicine as well as continuing research within this field of study.
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Ashley Guadalupe (Senior)
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Pavitra Srinivasan (Senior)
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Erin McCaffrey (Junior)
I am interested in investigating the behavioral and neural correlates of working memory processes such as selection and interference resolution. I am currently conducting research examining the neural correlates of WM selection and updating in the context of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).
I am a third year graduate student in BioPsych. I am interested in the neural correlates of working memory, studied through fMRI techniques. Before coming to Stony Brook, I did a MPhil at the University of Hong Kong in neurolinguistics and my BSc at the University of York in psychology.
I'm a 2nd year PhD student in the biopsych program. I came to SBU after obtaining my B.A. from the University of Rochester. I'm currently studying the neural correlates of spatial working memory in human subjects. Our experiments measure event-related potentials (ERPs) as well as neural oscillations with EEG. I plan to continue my graduate work by studying the neural processes associated with self-control and addiction. I hope to better understand how cognitive processes such as working memory are linked to self-control. I also hope to study how the neural circuitry underlying these cognitive functions is altered during self-control failure and during addictions.