Inik Kim

My research focuses on how visual information is represented and maintained in working memory using behavioral experiments and cognitive modeling. More broadly, I’m interested in using cognitive models to understand behavior in memory and choice tasks. Outside of research, I enjoy hosting game nights and playing pickleball and tennis with friends.

Webpage: https://inikkim.github.io/ikim124.github.io/

Sahere Varastegan

I have received my master’s degree in cognitive science (cognitive rehabilitation) from University of Tehran, Iran and my bachelor degree in Psychology. Now I’m pursuing my Ph.D. at UCR. I have worked on memory (episodic memory in older adults with memory problems) during my master’s. I am interested in investigating the cognitive aging and neural correlates underlying the long term memory working memory using multiple methodologies. One of my main goals is to extend these findings to older adults and elderly subjects with cognitive impairments and memory problems.

Jessica Golding

I received my B.A. in Psychology, with a minor in human development from CSULB. There I researched traumatic brain injuries’ effect on emotional dysfunction and emotional working memory during stress. At UCR working towards my PhD, some recent projects of mine include TikTok and problematic social media usage on executive function, boredom in those with higher working memory capacity, and pro-environmental behavior’s connection to executive function. While working on these projects I am also hoping to dive deeper into working memory precision, specifically on facial expression. Overall, I am hoping to capture caricaturing effects due to individual differences of mental health, neurodivergence, race, and valence. I hope to use handgrip, mouse tracking, cognitive tasks, and brain imaging methods to understand differences in cognition and how it relates to interpersonal/societal issues.

Lila Liu

I obtained my B.S. in Psychology at Beijing Normal University, where I received extensive training in behavioral studies, data analysis and brain imaging. Currently I am working with Dr. Weiwei Zhang at UC Riverside towards a PhD in Psychology. My research interests lay in the human vision field such as visual perception, visual working memory and attention. I am particularly focused on leveraging empirical work and computational modelling to advance our understanding of the important role of visual working memory in core cognition. My goal is to establish a lab where I can study visual perception and mentor future scientists.