Dr. Paola Castelli

Former Graduate Student
Ph.D., Psychology, University of California, Davis
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My research interests focus on two main areas of study: memory development and psychology & law. I am interested in children's memory accuracy, particularly in mechanisms underlying the formation and rejection of false memories. I am currently collaborating on projects investigating developmental trends in the use of metacognitive-based strategies to reject false events. For my doctoral dissertation, I am analyzing the role of familiarity and criterion shift in the emergence of the "revelation effect" and the different developmental trends that could be expected in susceptibility to this phenomenon.

  Dr. Kristen Lyons

Former Graduate Student
Phd. Psychology
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One of the major factors underlying memory development is age-related improvements in children's ability to monitor and regulate their memory processes. My research primarily examines the development of these processes in early and middle childhood. Currently, for my dissertation research, I am investigating the emergence and early development of this capacity, by investigating preschoolers' ability to monitor and regulate their thinking in multiple cognitive domains (e.g., memory, perception, language). Additional research interests include the neural correlates of encoding and retrieval processes in children and metamemory development in children with traumatic brain injury.

  Dr. Kepa Paz-Alonso

UC Berkely Post-Doctoral Researcher
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I am a post-doc in Dr. Silvia Bunge's lab at the HWNI at UC Berkeley who actively collaborates with Dr. Simona Ghetti on developmental cognitive neuroscience studies of memory. My research interests lie in the neurodevelopmental correlates of recollection, false memories, and memory suppression, as well as the development of cognitive inhibitory-control processes. I have recently headed up a developmental fMRI study focused on true and false memories, and now I am conducting developmental behavioral and neuroimaging studies aimed at examining the effects of intentional retrieval-inhibition processes in long-term memory, and the effects of suppressing previously encountered memories on recognizing currently relevant memories.

  Pamela Gallego

Former Junior Specialist
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My research interests are in the area of cognitive development. In particular, I'm interested in furthering my understanding of cognitive functions such as memory and attention in children. Currently, I am investigating the neural correlates associated with false memories in children using fMRI. I received my BA and MA at York University, Canada.

  Clint Perry

Former Junior Specialist

  Nesrin Destan

Former Visiting Researcher
M.S. in Psychology, University of Bern, Switzerland, 2011
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I am interested in the development of memory, involving monitoring and control processes (metacognitive abilities) in children aged 5 to 7. I also investigate related cognitive processes like executive functions and the contribution of home environmental variables to memory development.