People
Lab Members and Information
- Ph.D Students
- Masters Students
- Laboratory Manager
- Undergraduate Honor Students
- Undergraduate Research Assistants
- Lab Alumni
Principal Investigator
Angela Gutchess is a psychology professor at Brandeis University as well as a visiting scientist at the Martinos Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Charlestown. Her research interests include studying the interactions among aging, culture and cognition using behavioral and fMRI methods. The courses she teaches at Brandeis include Introduction to Psychology, Research Methods and Laboratory in Psychology, Social Neuroscience and Culture, and Human Memory. When not working, she enjoys volunteering through Boston Cares and traveling.
Margeaux Auslander is a second-year graduate student in the lab. She graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a bachelor's degree in psychology and a minor in philosophy. Her current work focuses on reality monitoring and control beliefs in older adults. She is also interested in aging and memory and is working with fMRI this next year. In her limited free time, Margeaux enjoys spending time with family and friends.
Brittany Cassidy is a first year Ph.D. student in the brain, body, and behavior program. In 2007, she received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Boston University and completed a statistics minor. She is interested in the neural correlates of social cognition and how these systems modify throughout the lifespan. Additionally, she is interested in using neuroimaging to study how culture affects cortical processes. In her free time, Brittany enjoys reading, running, and watching "Lost."
Hyeon-Nyeon Lee is a third-year Ph.D student and her broad interests include how age, culture and gender affect memory processes. For her current project, Hyeon is examining the effect of interdependence priming on associative memory in younger and older adults. Outside the lab, Hyeon is interested in sustainable living, nature, ecology and Buddhist philosophy.
Master's Students
Laboratory Manager
Undergraduate Honor Students
Ayala Hamami
is a psychology major and business minor hoping to continue on to
graduate school and ultimately become a therapist (and one day open her
own clinic). She was born in Israel, speaks fluent Hebrew and tutors
Brandeis students in the Hebrew department. In her free time she loves
to read, listen to music, and spend time with family and friends.
Maya Siegel
is a senior majoring in psychology with possible minors in Art History
and Peace Conflict and Coexistence Studies. When not in the lab she
enjoys participating in improv comedy, sewing, cooking and playing
lacrosse. She is also an active member of BEMCo and keeps the other lab
members safe from injury as a result.
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Sapir Karli is a junior double majoring in Health: Science, Society and Policy and Psychology. After graduating Brandeis, she plans on enrolling in medical school. During her free time, she enjoys spending time with friends, watching movies, and reading.
Leah Levy
is a senior double majoring in psychology, and women's and gender
studies. After graduating at Brandeis University, she hopes to go to graduate
school and eventually receive her Ph.D. in psychology. During her free
time, she enjoys watching movies, cooking, and spending time with
friends.
Michael Margolis is a sophomore this year at Brandeis University. This is his first year in Professor Gutchess' lab and he is thrilled to be joining such a neat group of people. Last year he worked in Professor Goode's biology lab. He is a
psychology major and plans on getting his Ph.D. in clinical psychology.
Becky Sokal is a senior majoring in neuroscience and biology. After graduation, she hopes to go to medical school; if that does not work out, she will continue her career as an ice-cream scooper in Waltham. When she is not busy working or studying, she enjoys playing the piano, listening to music and watching “House.”
Joe Polex Wolf is a junior majoring in neuroscience. After completing his undergraduate work, he hopes to enroll in medical school. During his free time, he enjoys socializing with other lab members.
Lab Alumni
Masters Students
- Megan Limbert (2008) "Aging Affects Memory for Valenced Character Information."
- Sarah Serbun (2009) "Memory for Object Details in Self- and Other-Referencing."
Lab Managers
- Jennifer Coleman (2008/2009) is a graduate student at Boston College getting a Master's in Mental Health Counseling.
Undergraduate Honors Students
- Ro'ee Gilron (2009), 'The Encoding of First Impressions into Memory: Contributions of ACC and dmPFC." Highest Honors in Neuroscience & Reis and Sowul Family Prize in Neuroscience.
- Allie Indeck (2009), "Can Cultural Priming in American-Jews Parallel Bicultural Differences in Cognitive Processes?" Highest Honors in Psychology & Elliot Aronson ’54 Prize for Excellence in Psychological Research. Currently a graduate student at the Yale School of Nursing.
- Raquel Bubar is a graduate student at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
- Gina Gotthilf
- Christine Hosey is a graduate student at the University of Chicago.
- Shirley Lo