Graduate Students

Cascone, Arianna
Advisor: Dr. Jessica Cohen
124 Howell Hall
acascone@live.unc.edu

Arianna is a graduate student in the Neuroscience Curriculum, and she studies the neural underpinnings of response inhibition in children with and without ADHD.

Dik, Feyza Nur (Feyza)
Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Arnold
feyzadik@unc.edu

Feyza is stydying psycholinguistics and language processing.

Fackler, Nikki
Advisor: Dr. Peter Gordon
349 Davie Hall
nfackler@ad.unc.edu

Nikki studies the cognitive processes underlying language processing and comprehension.

Fiedler, Jennifer
Advisor: Dr. Kelly Giovanello
364B Davie Hall
jfiedler@unc.edu

Jenny combines behavioral and neuroimaging approaches to study various aspects of episodic memory in younger and older adults.

Gereau, Annabel
Advisor: Dr. Neil Mulligan
349 Davie Hall
agereau@unc.edu

Annabel studies the science of learning and instruction, with a specific focus in applying cognitive psychology to improve online learning environments.

Hedayati, Sepideh
Advisor: Dr. Joe Hopfinger
364B Davie Hall
sepidehh@unc.edu

Sepideh is interested in brain stimulation and its effects on cognitive functions, especially attention.

Imamoglu, Aslihan
Advisor: Dr. Kelly Giovanello
346 Davie Hall
aslihan@live.unc.edu

Aslihan studies memory and emotions, primarily focusing how different emotion regulation strategies influence recall performance.

Kung, Fanting
Advisor: Dr. Peter Gordon
364A Davie Hall
fanting@live.unc.edu

Fanting studies language processing, particularly its underlying mechanisms.

Mitchell, Mackenzie
Advisor: Dr. Jessica Cohen
346 Davie Hall
memitchell@unc.edu

Mackenzie studies the role of cognitive control networks in typical and atypical developmental populations.

Morgan, Hannah
Advisor: Dr. Joseph Hopfinger
350 Davie Hall
hlmorgan@live.unc.edu

Hannah studies the early mechanisms of involuntary and voluntary attention using fMRI, EEG, and eye tracking.

Powers, J. Annaliisa
Advisor: Dr. Neil Mulligan
346 Davie Hall
apowers8@live.unc.edu

Annaliisa studies the techniques and materials which can facilitate meaningful learning and bolster long-term memory.

Roy, Simantika
Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Arnold
364A Davie
roysim@unc.edu

Simantika is interested in investigating reference resolution using a statistical learning approach at the sentence and discourse level.

Seo, Min Sung
Advisor: Dr. Kelly Giovanello
364B Davie Hall
msungseo@email.unc.edu

Min Sung studies memory and aging.

Weatherford, Kathryn
Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Arnold
364B Davie Hall
kcweatherford@unc.edu

West, John
Advisor: Dr. Neil Mulligan
304 Davie Hall
johnwest@live.unc.edu

John studies factors that influence explicit memory, such as attention and emotion.

Woodburn, Mac
Advisor: Dr. Jessica Cohen
364B Davie Hall
mawoodbu@live.unc.edu

Mac studies cognitive and functional network development during childhood, in relation to typical and atypical trajectories.

Ye, Yining (Elaine)
Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Arnold
364A Davie Hall
yiningy2@email.unc.edu

Yining studies psycholinguistics, language comprehension, and development.