Congratulations to the Leal Lab undergraduate RAs who presented their research at the Rice University Undergraduate Research Symposium!
Congratulations to Dr. Ferguson!
Congratulations to Lorena Ferguson who succesfully defended her doctoral dissertation looking at the Behavioral and Neural Correlates of Emotional Memory in Retirement and Late Life Neuropsychiatric Conditions. We are all so proud of you, Dr. Ferguson!
Congratulations to Madelyn Castro – Laughery Best Master’s Thesis Award!
Congratulations to Madelyn Castro for successfully defending her masters thesis AND for being awarded the 2025 Laughery Award for the Best Master’s Thesis in Psychology! We are all so proud of you!
Bridging Generations: Bryant Polanco’s Lecture on Brain Health
On a mission to connect science with the community, senior undergraduate research assistant Bryant Polanco recently gave al lecture to residents at The Village of River Oaks, a local senior living facility from the Aspenwood Company. His talk, “How Our… Continue Reading
Angie Cordova presents her research at NSF REU closing ceremony
Congratulations to Angie Cordova for presenting her research at the NSF REU Closing ceremony! Angie was one of eight REU scholars selected from a pool of over 100 applicants for the REU Site hosted at Rice’s Psychological Sciences department. Angie… Continue Reading
The lab is moving to UCLA!
Big news! The lab is moving to UCLA! Dr. Leal will be starting as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology starting July 1, 2024. Graduate students and postdocs will primarily remain at Rice for the… Continue Reading
Congratulations to undergraduate RA Jacob Buergler on winning best research methodology for his poster presentation!
Jacob presented a poster at the Rice University Social Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium examining emotion regulation strategies during encoding differentially impacting subsequent memory. Jacob won Best Research Methodology for his poster presentation! Congratulations Jacob!
Aditi Velgekar presents her work at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research!
Congratulations to Aditi Velgekar, undergaduate research assistant in the lab, who presented a poster at The National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) in Long Beach, CA. Aditi shared her work on the development of a memorability-based mnemonic discrimination task, work… Continue Reading
New paper published examining why certain experiences are more memorable than others!
Congratulations to Fernanda Morales-Calva, first author on the paper “Emotional modulation of memorability in mnemonic discrimination”. Fernanda is a 3rd year graduate student in the lab, and this is her first 1st author publication. Although elements such as emotion may… Continue Reading
Aditi Velgekar awarded Gateway Travel Grant and OURI Conference Travel Grant!
Congratulations to undergraduate research assistant, Aditi Velgekar who has been awarded two conference travel grants! With the support of a Gateway Travel Grant and an Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry (OURI) Conference Grant , Aditi will attend The National… Continue Reading