Dr. Mariam Aly

Biography

Mariam Aly is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis. Her research interests focus on the interplay between long-term memory, perception, attention, and prediction, situating her work within the fields of Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience. The Aly Lab studies how mechanisms of attention and perception influence memory once memories are formed and how these memories guide future behavior. To address these questions, the lab employs multiple methods, including behavioral studies with healthy young adults, high-resolution functional neuroimaging (fMRI), eye tracking, and studies of patients with brain lesions such as epilepsy and stroke. Through these approaches, Dr. Aly seeks to uncover how memory systems contribute to perception and the modulation of attention. Her recent publications include investigations into the episodic-semantic linkage and attentional fluctuations in the temporal organization of memory, contributing vital insights into the interactive nature of cognition. Dr. Aly’s work has been featured in prominent outlets such as Scientific American and NPR.

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