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Anna Schapiro is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on understanding the processes of memory, learning, and neural network modeling, particularly in relation to sleep and the interactions between the hippocampus and cortex. She employs a combination of empirical methods such as fMRI and EEG to investigate how structured knowledge is acquired and consolidated over time. Schapiro aims to unravel the algorithms underlying learning and memory regularities as represented in the brain, making significant contributions to the field of psychological neuroscience. As she prepares to welcome new graduate students for admission in Fall 2026, her courses include PSYC 3300: Seminar Sleep Memory and PSYC 6000: Proseminar Behavioral Neuroscience.
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