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