Rebecca Stevenson

I use intracranial EEG to try to understand the neurophysiological basis of learning and memory. I received my PhD in 2019 from the University of California, Irvine and am currently a postdoc in the Knight lab at the University of California, Berkeley where my research will focus on prefrontal contributions to learning and memory.

Email: Rebecca.ste@gmail.com

Position: Postdoctoral Fellow

Selected Publications:

Stevenson, R. F., Reagh, Z. M., Chun, A. P., Murray, E. A., & Yassa, M. A. (2020). Pattern Separation and Source Memory Engage Distinct Hippocampal and Neocortical Regions during Retrieval. The Journal of Neuroscience, 40(4), 843-851. doi:10.1523/jneurosci.0564-19.2019

Zheng, J., Stevenson, R. F., Mander, B. A., Mnatsakanyan, L., Hsu, F. P. K., Vadera, S., Knight, R. T., Yassa, M. A., & Lin, J. J.. (2019). Multiplexing of Theta and Alpha Rhythms in the Amygdala-Hippocampal Circuit Supports Pattern Separation of Emotional Information. Neuron, 102(4), 887–898.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2019.03.025

Stevenson, R. F., Zheng, J., Mnatsakanyan, L., Vadera, S., Knight, R. T., Lin, J. J., & Yassa, M. A. (2018). Hippocampal CA1 gamma power predicts the precision of spatial memory judgments. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 115(40), 10148-10153. doi:10.1073/pnas.1805724115

Stark, S. M., Stevenson, R., Wu, C., Rutledge, S., & Stark, C. E. (2015). Stability of age-related deficits in the mnemonic similarity task across task variations. Behavioral neuroscience, 129(3), 257–268. https://doi.org/10.1037/bne0000055

David R. Quiroga-Martinez

I study how the brain processes sequences of sounds, in particular music. I use EEG, MEG and now iEEG to understand auditory memory and predictive processing. I have been working at the Center for Music in the Brain in Aarhus, Denmark, where I also did my PhD. I will be joining Dr. Robert Kinght's lab in January 2022 to investigate the neural correlates of working memory and imagery for musical sound sequences. I grew up in Colombia and love dancing.

Email: dquiroga@clin.au.dk

Position: Postdoctoral Fellow

Selected Publications:

Quiroga-Martinez, D. R., Hansen, N. Chr., Højlund, A., Pearce, M., Brattico, E., & Vuust, P. (2020). Decomposing neural responses to melodic surprise in musicians and non-musicians: Evidence for a hierarchy of predictions in the auditory system. NeuroImage, 116816. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116816

Quiroga-Martinez, D. R., Hansen, N. Chr., Højlund, A., Pearce, M., Brattico, E., & Vuust, P. (2019). Reduced prediction error responses in high-as compared to low-uncertainty musical contexts. Cortex, 120, 181–200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2019.06.010

Quiroga-Martinez, D. R., Hansen, N. C., Højlund, A., Pearce, M., Brattico, E., & Vuust, P. (2019). Musical prediction error responses similarly reduced by predictive uncertainty in musicians and non-musicians. European Journal of Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.14667