Gizem Filiz
Gizem is working on several questions about encoding and decision bias in recognition memory. Her current projects focus on the roles of strategies and decision heuristics contributing to value directed encoding effects. This work demonstrates that item value may not have an automatic influence on performance. Additionally, she is examining the specificity of memory decisions biases that are induced via subtle forms of feedback.
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e-mail: f.gizem@wustl.edu
Xinran Zhang
Ran is interested in the behavioral, cognitive, and neural bases of memory and aging. They received their BS in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience at UC San Diego, conducting their thesis on information loss in visual attention in Timothy Brady's Vision and Memory Lab. After graduating, Ran worked in Dr. Christine Smith's CNS Lab of Memory and Brain, studying the impact of white matter lesions on memory in patients with mild cognitive impairment. Currently, Ran investigates how people evaluate others' memories using their natural language and hopes to extend this work to aging populations.
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Ran enjoys birding, playing D&D, and spending time with their cat, Bubba Gump.
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e-mail: ran.z@wustl.edu
Eylul Ardic
Eylul is interested in the relationship between metamemory and actual memory performance. She received her MS in Cognitive Psychology at Bilkent University. Her current project focuses on how providing predictive cues influences people’s memory of the materials. She also examines the effect of different metacognitive judgments on current or later recognition memory
Eylul enjoys doing yoga, dancing, juggling, and almost everything related to cats.
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e-mail: a.ecemeylul@wustl.edu
Research Assistants:
Eugene Huang
Lab Alumni
