Complex Memory Lab graduate student Ata Karagoz recently traveled to Providence, RI to share his research at the Multi-disciplinary Conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making (RLDM). In collaboration with Wouter Kool, Ata sought to examine how we construct cognitive maps of a given task and how we use these maps to guide goal-directed decisions. […]
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Ata Karagoz awarded CCSN fellowship
Complex memory lab graduate student Ata Karagoz has earned a Cognitive, Computational, and Systems Neuroscience (CCSN) fellowship for the 2023-2024 year. This competitive fellowship is awarded to students in their 3rd or 4th years of the CCSN pathway, an interdisciplinary graduate program in the McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience. Congratulations to Ata and the other […]
The CML at CEMS 2022
Complex Memory Lab graduate students Angelique Delarazan and Ata Karagoz are traveling to Philadelphia, PA this week to share their recent work at the annual Context and Episodic Memory Symposium. Stop by their posters on Thursday, May 12th from 5-7pm Eastern time to say hello and learn more about their research! Angelique shares an update […]
Ron Fishman presents his research at WashU’s Mind, Brain, & Behavior Symposium
Ron Fishman, an undergraduate research assistant working in the Complex Memory Lab, shared his recent work today at the annual Mind, Brain, & Behavior research symposium today. Together with his mentor, Ata Karagoz, Ron analyzed recall data from participants who watched an episode of the TV sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm. He used hand-scored recall data […]
The Complex Memory Lab at CNS 2022
The Complex Memory Lab heads to the Cognitive Neuroscience Society annual meeting in San Francisco, CA this week. Come visit our poster to hear about a new project headed by Sarah Morse assessing the influence of event boundaries at encoding in a modified mnemonic similarity task (MST). Check out a preview the poster below. If […]
Preprint: Aging impairs memory for perceptual, but not narrative event details
Congratulations to Angelique Delarazan, a second-year graduate student in the CML, on her new preprint, titled “Aging impairs memory for perceptual, but not narrative event details.” Memory decline is a hallmark of aging. However, memory is a combination of processes and representations, not all of which may be equally vulnerable in the aging brain. Our […]
Elena Bosak and Veronica Lee share their work at WashU’s Undergraduate Research Symposium
A huge congratulations to our research assistants Elena Bosak and Veronica Lee who are presenting their results at WashU’s annual Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium this week! The symposium, hosted by the Office of Undergraduate Research, is an annual celebration of our hard-working undergraduate researchers where students can share their work with the greater WashU community. […]
Preprint: The construction and use of cognitive maps in model-based control
Kudos to Ata Karagoz, a second-year graduate student in the CML, on his recent preprint titled “The construction and use of cognitive maps in model-based control.” This project, a collaboration between our group and Wouter Kool, uses a validated decision making task and asks how representations of the task structure influence their use of cognitive […]
Zach Reagh on memory in the COVID era
Zach recently chatted with Elizabeth Bernstein at the Wall Street Journal about memory fuzziness in the COVID era. What are these “senior moments” we’re all seemingly having? Nothing really to do with brain aging, but rather a mix of stress, information overload, and the “sameness” of our lives during the pandemic. Read the article here.
Zach Reagh inducted into Psychonomic Society
Dr. Zach Reagh was recently inducted as a Fellow in the Psychonomic Society, the preeminent society for the experimental study of cognition. The Fellows program recognizes members who demonstrate clear evidence of independent scholarship, active engagement in methodologically rigorous and theoretically interesting high level research, and indications of an imminent national/international reputation for excellence in […]
The Complex Memory Lab at SfN 2021
The CML recently attended the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, where graduate students Angelique Delarazan and Ata Karagoz presented their recent research. Their work sought to understand how the narrative structure of encoded events shapes memory for these events. They analyzed an fMRI dataset where participants watched an episode of Curb Your Enthusiam and then […]
The Complex Memory Lab at Psychonomics 2021
The CML recently attended the Psychonomic Society annual meeting, where graduate students Angelique Delarazan and Ata Karagoz presented their recent research. Angelique’s work focused on understanding the role of temporal lag in binding events into coherent memories. She asked participants to watch a short story in which a main character interacted with recurring side-characters. These […]
Angelique Delarazan Receives Society for Neuroscience Trainee Professional Development Award
Angelique Delarazan, a second-year graduate student in the Complex Memory Lab, was recently awarded a Trainee Professional Development Award (TPDA) from the Society for Neuroscience. The TPDA recognizes undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who demonstrate scientific merit and excellence in research. Congratulations, Angelique!
Angelique Delarazan awarded Lichtenberg Scholarship in Geropsychology
Congratulations to CML grad student Angelique Delarazan for receiving the 2021 Lichtenberg Scholarship in Geropsychology! This scholarship, in memory of Susan MacNeill Lichtenberg and Rebecca Classen Lichtenberg, is sponsored by Dr. Peter Lichtenberg. It is awarded annually to one student at Washington University in St. Louis who has demonstrated their dedication to geropsychology research. Angelique […]
New paper published in Current Biology
We are pleased to announce a new paper titled “The hippocampus constructs narrative memories across distant events” published in Current Biology. This work was led by Brendan Cohn-Sheehy, a recent PhD graduate from the Dynamic Memory Lab at UC Davis, in collaboration with CML graduate student Angelique Delarazan. This work was highlighted in Psychology Today […]
Zach Reagh and Wouter Kool receive McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience grant
Congratulations to Drs. Zach Reagh and Wouter Kool, who were recently awarded McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience funding for a collaborative project! The McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience aims to enhance systems and cognitive neuroscience at WUSTL by supporting pilot studies and collaborative research. Learn more about the McDonnell Center and the studies they support […]
New paper by Angelique Delarazan published in Memory & Cognition
The Complex Memory Lab is proud to announce graduate student Angelique Delarazan’s work has been published in the journal Memory & Cognition! The paper, titled “Narratives bridge the divide between distant events in episodic memory,” was co-first authored by Angelique and Brendan Cohn-Sheehy, a recent PhD graduate from the Dynamic Memory Lab at UC Davis. […]
Zach Reagh named APS Rising Star
The Association for Psychological Science has named Zach Reagh an APS Rising Star for 2021! The Rising Star designation recognizes early-career researchers who have already advanced the field and signals great potential for their continued contributions. To learn more about the APS and the Rising Star award, please visit the APS website here. Congratulations to […]
The Complex Memory Lab at CNS 2021
The CML recently attended the Cognitive Neuroscience Society annual meeting, where graduate students Angelique Delarazan and Ata Karagoz presented their recent research. Angelique and Ata did an excellent job fielding questions and discussing their work with the community. Angelique’s work focused on how the brain simultaneously builds memories of events and a timeline for these […]
Zach Reagh elected to the Memory Disorders Research Society
We are happy to announce that Zach has been elected to the Memory Disorders Research Society. MDRS is dedicated to the study of memory disorders, with members who range from basic researchers to clinical investigators and share the common goal of understanding how memory works and why it breaks. Learn more about MDRS here. Congratulations, […]