LEAP Neuro lab paper published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Our lab’s first theoretical paper is now published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences (TiCS), where we asked: Do temporal & emotional processing interact? We proposed they do–with consequences for adaptive functioning. In this new paper, we detail recently-unveiled features of amygdala-hippocampal projections suggesting that high-intensity emotional events may distort temporal coding. Written by Dr. Lapate in collaboration with LEAP Neuro Lab postdoc (& originally NHP neuroanatomist) Dr. Jingyi Wang and long-time friend and collaborator Dr. Arielle Tambini.

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Jingyi presents at SfN

Dr. Jingyi Wang presented her work titled ‘Time is represented by global changes in entorhinal and hippocampal whole-brain functional connectivity patterns’ at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in San Diego, CA.

Jingyi selected to attend Hippocampal Subfields Working Group meeting

Jingyi Wang was selected to attend the 2022 Hippocampal Subfields Working Group meeting to be held prior to the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (San Diego, CA). Congratulations, Jingyi!

Congratulations to LEAP Neuro lab’s graduating seniors!

Congratulations to our outstanding research assistants, Alana Miller, Alyssa Shishkov, Runan Wang (Morgan Award for Academic Excellence), and Brooke Schwartzman (URCA award winner, Exceptional Academic Performance) on their graduation from UCSB in the class of 2022!

Runan Wang receives Morgan Award for Academic Excellence

Runan Wang received the Morgan Award for Academic Excellence, which is given by the UCSB Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences to the top 1-3 graduating seniors. Following her graduation, we are thrilled to welcome Runan into a new lab manager position in our lab. Congratulations, Runan!

LEAP Neuro lab presents at CNS

Mengsi Li and Jingyi Wang present their work on emotion and temporal processing at CNS in San Francisco, CA.

Joanne selected to attend Neurohackademy

Joanne Stasiak was selected to attend Neurohackademy, a summer school on neuroimaging and data science that focuses on new technologies to analyze human neuroscience data and how to make analysis and results shareable and reproducible. Congratulations, Joanne!

Jingyi’s work selected as conference highlight at CNS

Dr. Jingyi Wang’s work titled ‘Emotional state dynamics impacts temporal memory’ was selected as a conference highlight at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society to be held in San Francisco, CA. Congratulations, Jingyi!