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Dr. Steven visiting Beijing Normal University

Dr. Steven visiting Beijing Normal University

Last week Dr. Steven visited one of the top education departments in China: the State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning. The faculty (Dr. Sha Tao) and many students were extremely welcoming and we had an extremely productive time: two talks, two...

Linda passed R1 exam!

Congratulations to Linda Sun for passing the grueling R1 exam today. Linda will now be certified to use EEG in the data collection for her...
Mahati passed dissertation defense

Mahati passed dissertation defense

Congratulations to Dr. Kopparla as she passed her dissertation defense in a spectacular fashion. With an army of support (including her parents), a big cake, and a fantastic talk, the committee had no doubt Mahati would be a great force for good. Her immediate future...
Labs and center symposium

Labs and center symposium

The NLD brought out some of the big guns at the CEHD Center/Lab poster Symposium. The intention is to facilitate collaboration across centers. Dr Woltering, Mia, and Megan were representing the lab in a dazzling fashion. We learned a lot that day and I hope many...

Congratulations Sungyoon Lee

We are proud to report that Sungyoon Lee successfully defended his thesis entitled, ‘The Role of Working Memory in Integrative Reading of Text and Picture: An Eye Tracking Study’ on April 26th. As evidence that his work is resonating in the field, Dr. Lee...
March conference month

March conference month

With conferences in Maryland (SRCD) and Boston (CNS), the NLD was touring across the USA to disseminate their wisdom. Great thanks to presenting authors: Qinxin, Lucy (not pictured), Brenna, and...
Megan and Mahati presenting in San Antonio

Megan and Mahati presenting in San Antonio

Megan and Mahati shared preliminary results from the math project, describing the role of emotion regulation on receiving negative feedback at the Southwest Educational Research Association Conference (SERA) in San...
The NLD at NASP this year

The NLD at NASP this year

The NLD had a strong presence at the National Association of School Psychologists this year in Atlanta, Georgia. Mahati and Megan presented on the role of emotion regulation in academic outcomes for STEM students whereas Jenna and Linda presented on associations...
Lucy and Mia presented poster at TAMIN Symposium

Lucy and Mia presented poster at TAMIN Symposium

The NLD has been actively disseminating her work! After Qinxin presented in Washington, Lucy and Mia successfully presented their poster entitled ‘Was that a cookie?! On the neuroscience of attentional bias in obese adolescents’ at the annual TAMIN...