People @ Memory Lab

Principal Investigator

Donna Rose Addis, Ph.D.

Donna is a cognitive neuroscientist specializing in the neural networks mediating memory and future thinking using both neuroimaging and neuropsychological approaches. Originally from New Zealand, she completed her BA and MA at The University of Auckland under the supervision of Dr. Lynette Tippett. She then undertook a PhD as a Commonwealth Scholar at the University of Toronto, where she worked with Drs. Mary Pat McAndrews and Morris Moscovitch. She then spent 3 years at Harvard University as a post-doctoral fellow with Dr. Daniel Schacter. She has been at The University of Auckland since April, 2008.

Graduate Students

Katie Knapp

Katie recently completed her undergraduate studies in Psychology at Massey University, New Zealand. She is currently completing her Honours degree with Dr. Addis, examining the neural basis of autobiographical memory.

Melissa Inger

Origianlly from Otago University, Melissa recently completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology at The University of Auckland, New Zealand. She is currently undertaking an Honours degree investigating autobiographical memory with supervisor, Dr. Addis.

Victoria Martin

Victoria completed her honours degree in Psychology at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. Most recently, she has worked as a research assistant in the lab of Joanne Rovet at Sick Kids Hospital (Toronto, Canada). She is now working on her PhD in the Memory Lab, using fMRI to examine the role of the hippocampus in encoding imagined future events.

Valerie van Mulukom

Valerie has joined our lab from the Netherlands after completing a MPhil in Linguistics at Utrecht University. She will be completing her PhD in the Memory Lab, investigating the role of the hippocampus in imagining novel future events. Valerie is also interested in examining the links between language, narrative and simulation.

Co-Supervised Students

Sandra Meier

Sandra is a clinical psychology student who is completing her PhD with Dr. Lynette Tippett and Dr. Donna Rose Addis at The University of Auckland. She is currently using fMRI to examine orbitofrontal function and reversal learning in ALS.

Sharon Buxton

Sharon is a clinical psychology student who is currently completing her PhD at The University of Auckland with Dr. Lynette Tippett. She is co-supervised by Dr. Donna Rose Addis. Her research focuses on emotional processing in Parkinson's disease.

Research Assistants

Reece Roberts

Reece is currently completing his PhD at The University of Auckland with Drs. Corballis and Lambert. His research focuses on visual working memory. In the Memory Lab, he is analyzing fMRI studies that investigate remembering and imagining.

Collaborators

Michael C. Corballis: Dept. of Psychology, The University of Auckland.

Kelly S. Giovanello: Dept. of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Elizabeth Kensinger: Dept. of Psychology, Boston College.

Mary Pat McAndrews: Neuropsychology, Toronto Western Hospital.

Morris Moscovitch: Dept. of Psychology, University of Toronto.

Daniel L. Schacter: Dept. of Psychology, Harvard University.

Lynette J. Tippett: Dept. of Psychology, The University of Auckland.

Lab Alumni

Ryan Hunt

Jessica Mitchell Now Clinical Psychology Honours Programme, The University of Auckland

Memory Lab @ The University of Auckland | Dept. of Psychology | Rooms HSB 332/331/330 | Ph. 64.9.373.7599 x 83072 or 88552 | Fax. 64.9.373.7000