People

Principal Investigator, Dr. Amy A. Overman

I am a teacher-scholar-mentor trained in cognitive neuroscience. My scientific research focus is on memory, the brain, science of learning, and age-related memory changes. Click my name above to read my full biography.

Current Lab Members

Pierce Johnson

Class of 2022
College of Arts and Sciences
Psychology and Philosophy Majors/Statistics, Classical Studies, and Neuroscience Minors
Elon College Fellow

Current Research/Interests:
My research focuses on social cognition and associative memory. I’m particularly interested in the role that feedback plays in impression updating.

 

 

Ryan Monkman

Class of 2022
College of Arts and Sciences
Psychology Major/Neuroscience and Criminal Justice Studies Minors
Watts Grant Awardee 2021

Current Research/Interests:
My research focuses on memory integration in younger and older adults in associative memory. I am interested in how the medial temporal lobe and cortical regions contribute to memory differences between age groups.

 

 

Madison Tarkenton

Class of 2023
College of Arts and Sciences
Psychology Major/Neuroscience, Statistics, and Biology Minors
Pre-Health Scholars

Current Research/Interests:
My research focuses on the perceptual interpretation of multi-sensory information that contributes to memory. I am particularly interesting in the contribution of dedifferentiation to differences in the encoding and retrieval of associations in younger and older adults.

 

Maya Starkes

Class of 2023
College of Arts and Sciences

Current Research/Interests: Memory and hippocampal function in mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI)

Paige Goldberg

Class of 2024
College of Arts and Sciences

Current Research/Interests: Decision-making and cybersecurity in younger and older adults

Olivia Digiovanni

Class of 2024
College of Arts and Sciences

Current Research/Interests: Neural memory representations during encoding and retrieval

Alex Meija

Class of 2024
College of Arts and Sciences

Current Research/Interests: Decision-making and cybersecurity in younger and older adults

Lab Alumni

See Dr. Overman’s Elon University profile page for a list of lab alumni.

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