Cognitive and Affective Neurosciences - CAN Lab

Meet our team . . .

Kaitlyn Dombrowski
First-year Master's student in PsychologicalSciences

Education Background
B.A. in Psychology from Cal State LA and complete Post-Baccalaureate in Psychology at UC Irvine

Research Interests:
Examining neurological psychopathology aspects of mood disorders

Coolest place you have ever visited?
Kells Sheep Centre, County Kerry Ireland

What is your patronus? wolf

What is the last thing you binge-watched?
Bob’s Burgers

Many congratulations to our newly-minted Dr. Khosravi who defended her dissertation *with distinction* in November! Parmis will be starting a post-doc at the NIMH in January. We are so proud of you!

Meet our team. . .

Justin Popoola
CAN Lab’s Undergraduate Research Assistant
Psychological & Brain Sciences B.S. major (Sophomore)

Interests:
He is still exploring the field of cognitive and neuropsychology. He joined the CAN lab to gain hands-on experience that would help him narrow down his intended pursuit of study.

Coolest place you have ever visited?
Bangkok, Thailand

What is your Patronus? Stag

What is the last thing you binge-watched?
Brooklyn Nine-Nine

New publication!

Ph.D. student Teal Raffaele, in collaboration with Ph.D. students Parmis Khosravi, Alyssa Parker, Sheina Godovich, and their advisors Dr. Nancy Adleman and Dr. Brendan Rich, published a paper on "Social-Emotional Attention in School-Age Children: A Call for School-Based Intervention during COVID-19 and Distance Learning."

Read here:

Social–Emotional Attention in School-Age Children: A Call for School-Based Intervention during COVID-19 and Distance Learning Early research indicates that the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent regulations put children at increased risk of negative mood, anxiety, attention difficulties,

🗣🗣 CAN lab's graduate student, Alyssa Parker, is presenting her poster on "The Effects of Timing, Valence, and Arousal on Attentional Biases for Emotional Stimuli" at the Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP) 2021 Virtual Conference.