Our Team

Principal Investigator

 
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Dr. Signy Sheldon

associate professor

Department of Psychology, McGill University

Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory

2014 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Toronto, ON, Canada
2011 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
2011 Ph.D., Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
2006 M.A., University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Graduate Students

JAMIE SNYTTEPhD Student in Experimental Psychologyjamie.snytte[at]mail.mcgill.caI am currently interested in how impairments in cognition manifest in clinical disorders such as depression. Specifically, the goal of my research is to characterize the…

JAMIE SNYTTE

PhD Student in Clinical Psychology

jamie.snytte[at]mail.mcgill.ca

I am currently interested in how impairments in cognition manifest in clinical disorders such as depression. Specifically, the goal of my research is to characterize the link between medial temporal lobe structure and function, and autobiographical memory deficits. Under the co-supervision of Dr. Natasha Rajah, my work also focuses aging processes, and how sex contributes to the risk for disorders such as depression and Alzheimer's disease.

CHRISTIANE MARIE CANILLO

MA Student in Experimental Psychology

cm.canillo[at]mail.mcgill.ca

I am interested in two lines of work: (1) the impact of encoding goals on the details we remember, building on prior work conducted in the lab on goal reinstatement effects between memory at encoding and retrieval, and (2) how culture influences what we remember and the way this impacts how we communicate what and why we remember.

SYDNEY LAMBERT

PhD Student in Experimental Psychology

sydney.lambert[at]mail.mcgill.ca

My research interest focuses on the interaction between emotion and memory, particularly how affective states influence encoding, consolidation, and retrieval. I’m also interested in the role of neuromodulatory systems in memory enhancement and impairment, as well as how memory representations evolve over time through experience-driven schema updating.

MIKAILA TOMBE

MA Student in Experimental Psychology

mikaila.tombe[at]mail.mcgill.ca

I am interested in the intersection between music and event memories, as well as autobiographical memory. Under the co-supervision of Dr. Caroline Palmer my current research program focuses on how tempo evoked arousal impacts event memories in time and space. 

undergraduate students

SARA TOCA

Hi! My name is Sara, and I am a research assistant in the Sheldon Memory Lab. This year, I’m excited to be working on a project investigating memory rescripting and schema updating.

RUBY HA

Hi ! My name is Ruby and I’m a U2 psychology major student with a double minor in behavioral science and history. As a volunteer, I will be helping on a project that looks at how episodic memory contributes to empathy.

ANNA BOGDAN

Hi! My name is Anna, and I am going into my fourth year of my undergraduate degree majoring in psychology with a minor in interdisciplinary life sciences. This summer, I will be working in the Sheldon Memory Lab as an NSERC USRA Student with Mikaila on two studies investigating the effects of music on temporal memory and memory for artwork.

SOFIA BALLARANO

Hi! My name is Sofia Ballarano, and I am a U2 undergraduate student in Honours Psychology with a minor in Anthropology. This year, I will be working on my Honours thesis, which explores how music-enhanced arousal affects memory retrieval. 

SYDNEY SMITH

Hey! My name is Sydney and I’m in my last year of the Honours Cognitive Science undergraduate program with a minor in Jewish Studies. This is my second year at the lab after volunteering last year. This year, I’ll be working on a research course and helping Lauren Rudy with her study on the impacts of cancer identity and anxiety on cognition.

ALIX LAUGIER

Hi! My name is Alix, and I am a fourth-year student majoring in psychology with a minor in behavioral science. This year, I am writing my thesis while working with Amy on a study examining how knowledge about a person in a distressing scenario may influence empathetic responses.

MAYA SCHMIDT

Hi! My name is Maya and I am about to start my U2 year as a psychology major with a double minor in behavioural science and anthropology. This summer I have joined the lab as a volunteer, and I am helping Christiane Marie with her project on encoding goals.

SHAWN CHINIAH

Hello, my name is Shawn, I'm a U3 psychology major with a double minor in behavioral sciences and education. This is my first summer volunteering at the lab. I am assisting Christiane Marie with her study on memory retrieval using Natural Language Processing.

LAUREN NORDSTROM

Hi! My name is Lauren Nordstrom and am a U3 psychology major with a double minor in behavioural sciences and sociology. This summer I will be working on a project that looks at the 2024 solar eclipse as a collective memory, and another project looking at the effects of framing of an art piece on appreciation and memory.

DENITSA TOSKOVA

Hi! My name is Denitsa and I am a U2 psychology major with a double minor in behavioral sciences and sociology. This is my first summer volunteering at the lab, and I’m thrilled to be helping Christiane Marie with her project on encoding goals.

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OUR MASCOT: THE COG DOG

COLLABORATORS

At McGill

  • Jennifer Bartz

  • Veronique Bohbot

  • Caroline Palmer

  • Lesley Fellows

  • Ross Otto

  • Mathieu Roy

  • Madeleine Sharp

  • Nathan Spreng

  • Natasha Rajah

At Other Universities

  • Brian Levine (UofT)

  • Morris Moscovitch (UofT)

  • Mary Pat McAndrews (UofT)

  • Nicole Anderson (UofT)

  • Carrie Esopenko (Rutgers)

  • Daniela Palombo (UBC)

  • Jens Pruessner (Konstanz)

  • Shayna Rosenbaum (York University)

  • Stefan Kohler (Western)

  • Louis Renoult (East Anglia)

alumni

Graduate Students

  • Azara Lalla

  • Charles Ferris

  • Can Fenerci

  • Lauri Gurguryan

  • Rebecca Scheurich

  • Sarah Peters

  • Marianne Lévesque (collaborator)

  • Cherie Strikwerda-Brown (collaborator)

  • Jonas Nitschke (collaborator)

  • Greta Melega (collaborator)

  • Olivia Zaborowska (collaborator)

  • Dorothee Shoemaker

Undergraduate Students

  • Jade Gordon

  • Ting Ting Liu

  • Kalin Summers

  • Lucy Jagger

  • Jessica Bakar

  • Doris Siyuan Chen

  • Caitlin Maloney

  • Samantha O’Toole

  • Stephanie Donaldson

  • Ece Basoglu

  • Julia Nathanson

  • Marianne Beaulieu

  • Keira Gallagher

  • Nguyet Ngo

  • Juliette Dupertuys

  • Bianca Adjei

  • Renée Withnell

  • Yona Roc

  • Elodie Nickner

  • Emma Ranalli

  • Shreya Rastogi

  • Shirley Zhang

  • Selva Asgharizadeh

  • Glory Chima

  • Rosie Chaykin

  • Daria Lisus

  • Kayla Williams

  • Laura Osborne

  • Mathilde Rioux

  • Victoria Lehberg

  • Lisa Zhu

  • Natasha Grimard

  • Sophia Harmon-Heath

  • Caterina Agostino

  • Jennifer Bilbul

  • Katrina Ocampo

  • Alessia Sislian

  • Véronique LeBlanc

  • Félix Duplessis Marcotte

  • Anna Nuechterlein

  • Matt Milton

  • Elizabeth DuTemple

  • Frédérik Crupeau-Hubert

  • Idil Uner

  • Willem le Duc

  • Miranda Renda

  • Myles LoParco

  • Rebecca Wakefield

  • Shannon Harrington

  • Eden Ohayon

  • Batu Kaya

  • Gabrielle Pochiet

  • Yass Salehi

  • Kelly Cool

  • Lisa-Marie Giorgio

  • Stephanie Simpson

  • Carina Fan

  • Sonja Chu

  • Sharif Ahmed

  • Nadim El-Asmar

  • Alexa Ruel

  • Julia Donahue

 
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