Graduate Students
Eileen Kranz
ekranz@brandeis.edu
Eileen Kranz is a fourth-year Ph.D student in the Social/Developmental Psychology program and is interested in the possible mechanisms that mediate the association between personality and cognition across the lifespan. She graduated from The Catholic University of America where she studied psychology and music with a focus in cognitive aging. During her time there, she worked as a research assistant in James Howard Jr.’s Cognitive Aging Lab, where she collaborated on a study which examined the effects of musical expertise on implicit learning in old age.
Michael Polito
mpolito@brandeis.edu
Michael Polito is a second-year Ph.D. student with an interest in anxiety, aging, social relationships and psychophysiology. He graduated from SUNY Fredonia with a bachelor's degree in psychology. During his time there, he and a colleague conducted a study on how shyness could play a role in recall for a conversation with a stranger. He is currently interested in the relationship between subjective anxiety and the objective biomarkers of anxiety during cognitive testing.