Dr. Serra Favila

Biography

Serra Favila is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences at Brown University, where she investigates cognitive and neural mechanisms that shape human memory. Her research focuses on understanding how the content and format of memories are influenced by environmental goals and interactions. She uses a variety of methodologies, including functional neuroimaging, intracranial recordings, behavioral experiments, eye-tracking, and computational modeling, to address complex questions about memory interactions and transformations. Driven by a desire to uncover the biological and computational underpinnings of how the brain stores, accesses, and transforms information, Dr. Favila's current projects explore the intricate interactions between different memories, visual memory processing, and the adaptive behavior guided by memory. She holds a BA in Human Biology from Stanford University and a PhD in Psychology from New York University, and she completed her postdoctoral training at Columbia University.

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