I am immensely proud of Dr. Fernanda Morales-Calva @morales-calva.bsky.social for successfully defending her dissertation today! Her research examining how culture shapes memory is so important, and I’m lucky to have worked beside her these past 5 yrs. Congratulations Dr. Morales-Calva! 🥹
I am immensely proud of Dr. Kayla Clark for successfully defending her dissertation last week. Her research examining post-encoding music effects on memory have been outstanding, and I’m so lucky to have been a part of seeing her grow as a scientist. Congratulations Dr. Clark! 🥹
Agreed! Thanks for writing this important viewpoint - I talk about this all the time as well @suthanalab.bsky.social
📣Call for papers on the “Management of depression in older adults”. 📣
I am guesting editing this collection at Scientific Reports. Feel free to reach out to determine fit in the collection! Submissions due May 21, 2026.
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🚨Check out our latest paper from the lab! Great work @morales-calva.bsky.social !
If you are applying to a PhD program, be sure to check out these tips! 👇👇👇
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Make your voice impossible to ignore. If you support the Menopause Care Equity Act let @gavinnewsom.bsky.social know in the link below 👇🏼 #AB432
🚨Attending ISPNE in New Orleans?🚨
Be sure to stop by graduate student Beatriz Brandao’s poster today 9/3 5:30 - 8 pm.
She will be discussing results from her recently published Hormones & Behavior paper examining emotion regulation and memory in hormonal contraceptive users!
Check out a new preprint from Adi, postdoc working with me and Jeff Zacks. I’m *extremely* excited to finally, officially get this out into the world 🙂
These findings suggest that hormonal contraceptives influence both the ability to regulate emotions as well as subsequent impact on memory for those experiences in ways different than naturally cycling women.
When examining memory, we found that HC users who applied ER strategies during encoding showed reduced negative lure discrimination and increased positive lure discrimination.
Participants rated their negative and positive affect during encoding. Then, we tested participants memory for the images.
We found that HC users showed more successful ER use, particularly those using the distancing and immersion strategies.
We trained participants in several emotion regulation strategies (distancing and reinterpretation towards negative images and immersion towards positive images). Participants applied these strategies during encoding of an emotional mnemonic discrimination task.
Check out our latest paper published in Hormones & Behavior!
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We found that hormonal contraceptive users were better able to apply trained emotion regulation strategies, which reduced negative memory!
Our department is seeking applicants for an Assistant Professor position with a focus on affective science. Please apply and/or pass this along to anyone who might be interested! facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
What we discover at UCLA goes far beyond our lab - this work is meant to make an impact on society to change how we treat conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, depression, and PTSD. #ResearchPowersProgress
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Congratulations @morales-calva.bsky.social! 2025 best article in CABN ❤️ If you haven’t read it yet, be sure to check it out. Link below 👇🏻
We’re hiring! Pls share widely:
In conjunction w/ the @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social, my team is recruiting a full-time clinical research coordinator to assist with research efforts at UC Santa Barbara. 1-2 yrs experience in MRI data collection preferred.
Submit apps to: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02974
Fun chat with @theguardian about the power of music in stirring up our emotions and how that impacts our memories 🎶
Learn about our work towards earlier detection of Alzheimer's disease. Despite NIH-funding being delayed, terminated, and uncertain, we are fiercely committed to these goals! Link for donations to support our work is at the bottom of the page, or reach out.
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Hi Alicia, would love to get involved in any way I can! Looks like a great opportunity for students.
🚨Attending SBN?🚨
Stop by graduate student Beatriz Brandao’s poster tomorrow Tuesday July 15 4:30-6:30pm (Poster Session 2, #32) examining the impact of hormonal contraceptive use on memory and emotion regulation! #SBN2025
Exciting to see our work featured in Forbes!
This is awesome!
Do you ever get tired of cables getting caught as you're putting a research subject into the MRI scanner? Do you wish you had a 3D-printable model of clips that slide into the slot on the side of your Siemens MRI scanner bed? Well look no further! github.com/Kirwanlab/MR...
🚨Check out our latest work published in The Journal of Neuroscience! We examined post-encoding music impacts on memory and found gist verses detail tradeoffs in memory that depended on music-induced emotional arousal. 🎼
Electric art by Saiman Chow for today's essay: Everything, everywhere, all at once: Inside the chaos of Alzheimer’s disease. by Michael A. Yassa @thetransmitter.bsky.social: www.thetransmitter.org/alzheimers-d... #sciart
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🚨Attending APS 2025?🚨
Be sure to stop by @morales-calva.bsky.social poster TODAY from 4-5pm! Fernanda will be presenting her work examining cultural impacts on perception and memory. Details below. #APS25DC
