Emma Cimino (UC Irvine)

Emma recently graduated from UCSB with a B.S. in Psychological and Brain Sciences and completed her senior thesis under Dr. Keiflin, which examined the causal roles of the orbitofrontal cortex and dorsal hippocampus in context dependent reward seeking. Her general research interests include the implications of specific neural activity patterns on synaptic plasticity and cognition, spatial and episodic memory, and how aberrant neuronal synchrony/activity is associated with cognitive dysfunction observed in psychopathologies like schizophrenia, addiction, and Alzheimer's dementia. Outside of the lab, Emma enjoys spending time with her cat, skateboarding, and exploring nature.