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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
364B Davie Hall
feyzadik@unc.edu

Feyza is studying 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.


Fokina, Iuliia
Advisor: Dr. Peter Gordon
350 Davie Hall
fokina@unc.edu

 



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.


Kaya, Samet
Advisor: Dr. Neil Mulligan
343 Davie Hall
samet@unc.edu

 

 


Kesan, James
Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Arnold
343 Davie Hall
jkesan@unc.edu

 

 


Kung, Fanting
Advisor: Dr. Peter Gordon
304A Davie Hall
fanting@live.unc.edu

Fanting studies language processing, particularly its underlying mechanisms.


Lynch, Saleena
Advisor: Dr. Joseph Hopfinger
350 Davie Hall
sllynch@unc.edu

 

 


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
304A 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 Hall
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
Howell Hall
msungseo@email.unc.edu

Min Sung studies memory and aging.

 

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

Yining studies psycholinguistics, language comprehension, and development.

 

Zhao, Yuyao
Advisor: Dr. Jessica Cohen
364A Davie Hall
yuyzhao@unc.edu