PEOPLE

LAURA BATTERINK, PH.D.

Principal Investigator

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and a core member of the Brain and Mind Institute at Western. My background and training are in cognitive neuroscience and I am broadly interested in many aspects of learning, with a particular interest in how implicit and explicit memory mechanisms contribute to language acquisition.

Email: lbatter@uwo.ca

PRIYA KALRA, PH.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

I am a postdoctoral researcher in the BrainsCAN program at Western. I am very interested in how implicit and explicit processes interact in the course of learning and in the development of expertise. I use a combination of behavioral, computational, and imaging methods to explore these questions. On the personal side, I enjoy cooking, making and listening to music, and spending quality time with my cats.

SAIED SABAGHYPOUR, PH.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Brain and Mind Institute at Western where I work on an exciting project aimed at improving memory during sleep. I specialize in the analysis of neural data using and enjoy generating new ideas and developing innovative research tools to address key challenges in my field. Outside of my work in the lab, I am passionate about science communication and enjoy playing the piano, traveling, and exploring nature.

JERRICA MULGREW

Ph.D. Student (Psychology)

Jerrica Mulgrew is a PhD student in the Cognitive, Developmental and Brain Sciences (CDBS) cluster in the Psychology Department. She completed her B.Sc at Trent University where she studied the relationship between early language and later numeracy skills in preschool children. Now, at Western University, she is examining the relationship between neural entrainment and statistical learning. In her spare time she enjoys playing video games, drawing, playing music, and expanding her plant collection.

STACEY REYES

Ph.D. Student (Psychology)

Stacey Reyes is a PhD student in the Cognitive, Developmental, and Brain Sciences (CDBS) cluster in the Psychology department and is interested in the areas of attention, language learning, and sleep-dependent memory consolidation. She completed her BA at York University where she studied the role of Audiovisual Integration in Autism, and her MSc at Western University where she studied the role of attention in statistical learning of speech. Her PhD work is focused on targeted memory reactivation and language learning. In her spare time she enjoys live stand-up comedy.

DANIELA HERRERA CHAVES

PhD Student (Neuroscience)

Daniela is a Ph.D. student in Neuroscience co-supervised by Laura Batterink and Stefan Köhler. She completed her undergraduate studies at Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, where she studied hemispheric lateralization in implicit context memory. Later, she took part in a research internship that focused on the effects of hippocampal disfunction on implicit context memory and habit learning in PTSD patients. Her current M.Sc. work at Western is focused on using human intracranial EEG to investigate hippocampal involvement in statistical learning and pattern separation.

AMIYA AGGARWAL

PhD Student (Psychology)

Amiya is a Ph.D. student in the Cognitive, Developmental, and Brain Sciences (CDBS) cluster in the Psychology department. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Waterloo, and has spent the past few years working with children with Autism as a behavioural therapist. Now, at Western University, she is interested in studying the role of statistical learning in foreign language acquisition.

RAE HOEPPNER

PhD student (Neuroscience)

Rae is a Ph.D. Neuroscience student who studies implicit learning in second language acquisition. They obtained BSc Honours in Neuroscience at The University of Winnipeg, where they investigated the cross-language activation of phonetic representations in the bilingual brain. They enjoy reading, hiking, and creating art in their free time.

EMILY CORDEIRO

MSc student (Psychology)

Emily is a MSc student in the Cognitive, Developmental, and Brain Sciences (CDBS) cluster in Psychology, co-supervised by Laura Batterink and Stefan Köhler. She received her BSc (Honours) in Behaviour, Cognition, and Neuroscience from the University of Windsor, where she investigated the association between subjective cognitive complaints and visual pattern separation performance in healthy older adults. After graduating, she spent two years working as a psychometrist in a neuropsychology hospital setting. Her current MSc work at Western University focuses on the role of the hippocampus in linguistic statistical learning and pattern separation in patients with hippocampal lesions.

Current Undergraduate Honours Students

Daisy Li

Amanda Wilcox

Past Lab Members

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Stephen Van Hedger, Ph.D.

now Assistant Professor in Psychology at Huron University College

Melissa Troyer, Ph.D.

now Assistant Professor at University of Nevada, Las Vegas

MSc Graduates

Helena Wang (Neuroscience)
Sarah Berger (Psychology)

Undergraduate Honours Students

Elizabeth Laplante
Sarah Hsuing
Alex Jairam
Sierra Sweet
Aspen Leung
Elise Alexander
Kexin (Kathleen) Tang
Steven Zhang
Amanat Ludhar
Mykayla Winspear
Kailee Liesemer
Isabel Child