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I received my Ph.D. in cognitive neuroscience from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and joined the faculty of the Psychology Department at Wellesley College in 1995. I am currently Associate Professor of Psychology at Wellesley, and Assistant Director of the Memory Disorders Research Center at the Boston University School of Medicine and the Boston V.A. Medical Center. The aim of my research program is to elucidate the cognitive and neural mechanisms that mediate distinct forms of human memory. I use two different research techniques to address these questions. First, I examine patterns of spared and impaired memory function in individuals with brain damage due to disease, stroke, or head trauma. These studies are conducted at the Memory Disorders Research Center. Second, I examine the effects of different experimental manipulations on memory performance in healthy research participants. These studies are conducted in my laboratory at Wellesley. I am particularly interested in memory processes that operate outside of conscious awareness, and that may be fully functional despite an absence of conscious memory for recent events and experiences. My course offerings include Memory (PSYC 215), Sensation and Perception (PSYC 218), Research Methods in Cognitive Psychology (PSYC 314R), and Neuropsychology (PSYC 319). These courses form part of the curriculum in three different departments/programs: Psychology, Neuroscience, and Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences.