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Meg Schlichting, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology PhD in Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin BA in Cognitive Science, University of Pennsylvania Meg is the Principal Investigator of the Budding Minds Lab at U of T. She is interested in how the episodic memory system (especially the hippocampus and its surrounding medial temporal lobe cortex) interacts with prefrontal brain regions to update our stored memories with new information. Her work aims to characterize how these neural operations happen in healthy young adults, as well as how they might change as the brain develops across childhood and adolescence. In her spare time, Meg loves to cook, try new restaurants, and explore all that her new city of Toronto has to offer. |
Lab Managers
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Hailey Benedict
BA in Psychology, McGill University Hailey has recently finished her undergraduate studies at McGill University. At McGill, she completed a bachelors degree with a major focus in Psychology, and a double minor in Behavioural Science and Social Studies of Medicine. Hailey is very interested in studying cognitive processes across development and the life course; and looks forward to applying theory learned in school to her practice in the lab! In the near future, Hailey plans to pursue graduate studies in the realms of either psychology or medicine. In her spare time, Hailey enjoys spending as many hours as possible active and outdoors, often running outside and planning hiking and canoeing trips with her friends and family. Contact info: buddingmindslab+manager@gmail.com |
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Samantha Bray Kingissepp
BA (Honours) in Psychology, University of Western Ontario Sam became interested in the cognitive development of children while completing her undergraduate thesis project at Western, which examined how children perceive numbers in their environment. Sam is interested in pursing her research interests in graduate school and plans to attend in the near future. In her spare time, Sam likes to watch movies, practice yoga and walk her dog, Minnie. Contact info: buddingmindslab@gmail.com |
Graduate Students
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Sagana Vijayarajah
BSc in Psychology, York University Sagana is very excited to be joining the Budding Minds Lab and to be working on her Master's research under Dr. Schlichting's supervision. She is interested in exploring the developmental changes in memory that occur from childhood to adulthood and how they impact decision-making. In her spare time, she likes to bike, paint and spend time with family and friends. |
Research Assistants
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Hannah Tarder-Stoll
BMus in Classical Voice Performance, University of Toronto BSc in Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Toronto (In Progress) Undergraduate Honors Thesis Student Hannah is a fourth-year student, completing a Psychology Research Specialist and a Neuroscience Major. She is studying the influence of reward on memory integration, and is broadly interested in exploring the neural networks underlying memory integration and the neurotransmitters that modulate them. In the future, Hannah is interested in pursuing graduate studies in cognitive neuroscience. In her spare time, Hannah can be found singing, petting other people’s dogs, or planning her next travel destination! Wangjing Yu
BSc in Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Toronto (In Progress) Individual Project Student Wangjing is a third-year student in U of T, taking psychology and neuroscience double major. She is very interested in cognitive and developmental psychology and plans on pursuing graduate studies in related areas in the future. During her leisure time, she likes to watch movies and TV shows. |
Our lab is small, but growing - join us!
We are beginning to recruit research assistants for Fall 2017. We are also still looking for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to join our team!
Visit the Get Involved page for more information.
We are beginning to recruit research assistants for Fall 2017. We are also still looking for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to join our team!
Visit the Get Involved page for more information.
