Overview
Most of my research focuses on the way in which memory and imagination interact. So far, I have explored ways in which episodic memory both guides and constrains episodic counterfactual thinking (i.e., thoughts about alternative ways in which past personal events could have occurred), and how this interaction affects the perceived plausibility of imagined counterfactual events. I also explore the differential contribution of episodic and semantic memory in the generation of different kinds of …
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Philosophy
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2019 - Present
Philosophy,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
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2021 - Present
Psychology & Neuroscience,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Member of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
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2013 - Present
Center for Cognitive Neuroscience,
Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society
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2017 - Present
Duke Science & Society,
Initiatives
Education, Training & Certifications
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2011
Ph.D.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2007
M.A.
Tufts University ·
2005
M.A.
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Colombia) ·
2002
A.B.