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Poster Session D

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Monday, March 9, 2026, 8:00 – 10:00 am PDT, Fairview/Kitsilano Ballroom

Title 

First Author

Topic Area

A Mechanical Analogy for the Observed Oscillations in Choice Behavior of a Population Facing a Time-Varying Reward

Nozarnejad, Nasim

THINKING: Decision making

A music‑reward localizer: using fMRI to identify neural responses to musical pleasure

Provias, Vasiliki

PERCEPTION & ACTION: Audition

A pleasant surprise: perplexity from large language models assesses divergent thinking

Yu, Yuhua

THINKING: Other

A Spectral T+A-G+ of Memory

Broitman, Adam

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

Accounting for experimental factors diminishes neural measures of subsequent memory - Data Blitz

DeHaan, Riley

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

Adaptive Changes in Spontaneous Brain Activity After Virtual Reality Height Training in Healthy Individuals - Sketchpad Series

GUAN, LINGFEI

EMOTION & SOCIAL: Emotion-cognition interactions

Affect and the neural perception of grammaticality

Dwivedi, Veena D.

LANGUAGE: Syntax

Affective neural processing during sleep correlates with depression symptoms

Schechtman, Eitan

EMOTION & SOCIAL: Emotion-cognition interactions

Age-Dependent Acute Responsiveness to Transcranial Photobiomodulation - Sketchpad Series

Kim, Dr. Sunghan

METHODS: Electrophysiology

Ageing is not all bad: Middle-aged memory shows enhanced recognition of semantic information.

Hunt, Charlotte

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

Anti-Phase Theta-Gamma Coupling: A Neurodynamic Hypothesis Derived from a Dynamic Self-Model - Sketchpad Series

Huang, Wenge

OTHER

APOE4-Related Alterations in Reward Circuitry and Prosocial Effort-Based Decision Making in Older Adults at Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease - Data Blitz

Walker, Caitlin

EMOTION & SOCIAL: Development & aging

Arousal Reshapes Perceptual Representations

Paternoster, Nickolas

PERCEPTION & ACTION: Vision

Associations Between Early Life Adversity, Brain Aging Trajectories, and Impulsivity in Youth

Sen, Sriparna

EXECUTIVE PROCESSES: Development &aging

Associations between memory performance and hippocampal and medial temporal sub-regional volumes in cognitively healthy young and middle-aged adults

Anandan, Anjana

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

Attentional engagement strengthens the neural representation fidelity of narrative features

Corriveau, Anna

ATTENTION: Multisensory

Attentional State, Not Trait, Predicts Learning from Educational Videos

Madsen, Jens

ATTENTION: Multisensory

Auditory task-related aperiodic EEG activity in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) - Data Blitz - PFA Winner

Velasquez, Miguel A.

ATTENTION: Auditory

Awake Infant fMRI and Deep Neural Network Models Reveal Hierarchical Development of Object Feature Tuning in the Ventral Visual Stream - Data Blitz - GSA Winner

Dineen, Áine T.

PERCEPTION & ACTION: Development & aging

Bilateral Neural Efficiency in Lexical Tone Learning: Evidence from sEEG

Liu, Yixiang

LANGUAGE: Semantic

Boosting the impact of episodic simulations on decisions via semantic scaffolding?

Barone, Alex

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

Breathprints of bilingual proficiency: Exhaled Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) biomarkers and GSR indexed cognitive load in English and Hindi - Sketchpad Series

Amin, Insha

EMOTION & SOCIAL: Emotion-cognition interactions

Bridging Brain Structure and Function: Structural-Functional Brain Network Coupling and Frontal Midline Theta Connectivity in Cognitive Abilities - Sketchpad Series

Jungeblut, Henrike M.

METHODS: Neuroimaging

Bridging EEG Oscillations and Autonomic Arousal in Emotional Memory Encoding - Sketchpad Series

KAFAFI, SEHAM

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

Categorical Judgments: Examining the Learned Structure Derived from Implicit Statistical Learning

Lawriw, Alexander N.

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Semantic

Comparing effects of reward and punishment motivational contexts on cognitive control and downstream memory - Sketchpad Series

Chiew, Kimberly S.

EMOTION & SOCIAL: Emotion-cognition interactions

Comparison of mass univariate and trial-wise measures of neural selectivity and their relationships with memory performance

Aktas, Ayse N. Z.

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

Compensatory frontal activity in cancer survivors associated with accurate memory performance but inaccurate metamemory judgments: an ERP study - Sketchpad Series

Gaynor, Alexandra

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

Computational methods can significantly predict humans’ scoring of story recall details - Data Blitz

Hasanli, Sevda

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

Conversational engagement modulates neural speech tracking in real-time dialogue - Data Blitz

Domínguez Arriola, Marcos E.

PERCEPTION & ACTION: Audition

Conversational engagement predicts interpersonal neural synchrony

Lam, Peter C.H.

EMOTION & SOCIAL: Emotion-cognition interactions

Cortical latency predicts reading fluency from late childhood to early adolescence - Data Blitz - Sketchpad Series

Wang, Fang

LANGUAGE: Development & aging

Crossing the arms impairs vibrotactile frequency perception by degrading sensory evidence: Evaluation with a Drift Diffusion Model.

Tachibana, Naoya

PERCEPTION & ACTION: Other

Current Landscape of fMRI and Neurotechnology Infrastructure in Hawaiʻi: A Comprehensive Overview

Nakamura, Aaron

METHODS: Other

Decoding target validity in probabilistic cueing conditions using ERPs and alpha oscillations

Lim, Grace

ATTENTION: Spatial

Dissociable engagement in rostrolateral prefrontal cortex during retrieval monitoring and relational reasoning

Chen, Allison

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

Dissociable neural codes for episodic sequence structure across spatial and non-spatial contexts

Hermiller, Molly

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

Diurnal variation in alpha oscillations and aperiodic components of patient ECoG

hoshi, Kemmei

PERCEPTION & ACTION: Vision

Does a “wait-and-search” strategy account for the item heterogeneity benefit in multiple object tracking?

Eng, Rachel A.

ATTENTION: Spatial

Does Bilingualism Protect against Cognitive Decline? Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Evidence from Ethnically Diverse Older Adults

Xia, Lihua

EXECUTIVE PROCESSES: Development &aging

Dreaming of a Better Past: The Role of Dreaming in Modifying Highly Emotional Autobiographical Memories - Sketchpad Series

Holder, Henderson S.

OTHER

Dynamic Reconfiguration of Large-Scale Brain Networks During Naturalistic Emotional Stimulation - Data Blitz - Sketchpad Series

Skoullou, Elena

EMOTION & SOCIAL: Emotional responding

Dynamics of Emotional States and Event Boundary Perception during Naturalistic Video Viewing - Sketchpad Series

Tsao, Hsin-Hui

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

Effects of Perceptual Load on Sustained Attention States - Sketchpad Series

Solís-Vivanco, Rodolfo

ATTENTION: Nonspatial

Effects of Psilocybin Treatment on Cognitive Effort Avoidance in Major Depressive Disorder and Co-Occurring Alcohol Use Disorder

Sayali, Ceyda

THINKING: Decision making

Emotional contexts stored in long-term memory modulate delayed neural responses during scene recognition

Kuo, Bo-Cheng

EMOTION & SOCIAL: Emotion-cognition interactions

Enhanced semantic encoding underlies the memory benefit of the pretesting effect

Nemecz, Zsuzsanna

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

Environment and expertise shape spatiotemporal variation in conceptual knowledge

Wing, Erik A.

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Semantic

Exploring behaviour-adaptive and physiology-sensitive stimuli generation in cognitive neuroscience research (Poster abstract for the Sketchpad Series) - Sketchpad Series

Compensis, Paul

METHODS: Other

Extracting visual and linguistic responses to continuous natural sign language - Sketchpad Series

Nidiffer, Aaron

LANGUAGE: Other

Faster Alpha Oscillations and Aperiodic Activity Predict Narrower Temporal Binding Windows in ADHD profiles

Marsicano, Gianluca

PERCEPTION & ACTION: Vision

Frequency-Dependent Posterior-Anterior Reorganization of Brain Dynamics Across the Adult Lifespan

Xu, Shihan

PERCEPTION & ACTION: Development & aging

Gamma Oscillations in QIF based E-I Network

Zheng, Qiyun

OTHER

Grasping unseen physical properties of objects: The role of the ventral visual pathway in object-directed action - Data Blitz

Akwayena, Emefa

PERCEPTION & ACTION: Vision

Heritage Bilinguals Adaptively Tune Prediction of Grammatical Category Across Languages

Diaz, Noemi X.

LANGUAGE: Syntax

How does offloading generative processes to ChatGPT impact learning and memory?

Kazatchkova, Anna

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Other

How Valence and Motivation Interact to Shape Autobiographical Memories

Shin, Ga In

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

Imagery and meaning: How individual differences in visual imagery affect conceptual knowledge - Sketchpad Series

Lautz, Nathan

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Semantic

In-scanner individualized theta-band tACS as a neuromodulatory pathway for enhancing language processing

Hong, Clair Min Kyung

LANGUAGE: Other

Inhibitory stimulation of the dorsolateral cortex impairs emotional regulation via disrupted frontoparietal and cingulo-opercular connectivity - Data Blitz - Sketchpad Series

Wyczesany, Miroslaw

EMOTION & SOCIAL: Emotion-cognition interactions

Mapping Lesions in Action: Voxel-based Lesion-Activity Mapping

Garcea, Frank

PERCEPTION & ACTION: Motor control

Math Among the Stars: an ERP Study of Narrative Framing Effects on Children's Arithmetic Processing - Sketchpad Series

Martinez, Sarah

ATTENTION: Development & aging

Mindfulness Increases Resting State EEG Gamma Power in Mild Cognitive Impairment

Turk, Katherine

THINKING: Development & aging

Mnemonic Ramping: Exploring the unique temporal dynamics of encoding and retrieval success over time - Data Blitz

Dougherty, Matthew

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

Modulation of Target-Related Spectral Dynamics Induced by Methylphenidate During an Oddball Task: A Pilot Study in a Mexican ADHD Population - Sketchpad Series

Guzman Garcia, Paloma Acacia

ATTENTION: Development & aging

Musical Preference and Reward Sensitivity Influence Neural Activation During Repeated Listening: An fNIRS Study - Sketchpad Series

Glassman, Harley

PERCEPTION & ACTION: Audition

Narratives Have a Persisting Influence on the Tempo of the Brain - Data Blitz

Tavassoli, Samira

THINKING: Other

Neural and behavioral mechanisms of cognitive control in patients with movement disorders undergoing deep brain stimulation surgery - Sketchpad Series

Mysore, Archana Shashidhar

EXECUTIVE PROCESSES: Goal maintenance & switching

Neural Correlates of Curiosity: A Scoping Review

Wene, Sarah

EMOTION & SOCIAL: Emotion-cognition interactions

Neural Correlates of Menopause: An investigation of Working Memory and Grey Matter Volume Changes in the UK Biobank Database - Sketchpad Series

Chawla, Prerita

EXECUTIVE PROCESSES: Development &aging

Neural Encoding of Acoustic and Linguistic Speech Features Reveals Correlates of Understanding

MacIntyre, Alexis Deighton

PERCEPTION & ACTION: Audition

Neural evidence of suppression failure in working memory under high semantic activation

Leung, Edward

EXECUTIVE PROCESSES: Working memory

Neurophysiological basis underlying transition between attentional states - Sketchpad Series

Nanjappan Jothiraj, Sairamya

ATTENTION: Other

NITRC’s Triad of Services: Software, Data, Compute

Haselgrove, Christian

METHODS: Neuroimaging

No Evidence for a Benefit of Theta Band Visual Entrainment on Scene Recognition Memory

Tremblay, Savannah

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

Novelty-Driven Attentional Shifts During Concept Learning - Sketchpad Series

Bloomberg, Madeline

ATTENTION: Other

People use intentional dreaming to gain fundamental insights in waking life - Sketchpad Series

Torres Platas, S. Gabriela

EXECUTIVE PROCESSES: Other

Reading the signs: Encoding models generalize from English to ASL in novice signers

Hillis, Megan E.

LANGUAGE: Semantic

Real-time mouse movements reveal decision-making processes between competing goals and predict subsequent memory

Lormestoire, Arlene

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Other

Retinotopic coding by human hippocampus? An evaluation using intracranial electroencephalography.

Rostowsky, Kenneth

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

Rhythm modulates perception and neural tracking of speech in a speech-in-noise task

Zhao, T. Christina

PERCEPTION & ACTION: Audition

Schema and Prediction Error in Episodic Memory Encoding: how object–location expectancy in visual scenes influences memory formation

Greve, Andrea

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

Schema-related memory effects are differentially modulated by age and memory performance

O'Reilly, Sophie L.

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

Semantic priming modulates the strength and direction of the Kanizsa illusion

Tal, Amir

PERCEPTION & ACTION: Vision

Sensory and Social Deprivation During a 3-day Dark Retreat

Morris, Daniel

OTHER

Shifting Perspectives: The Time Course of Visual Perspective Change in Autobiographical Memory

Özdemir Haksever, Nilay

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

Similar factors predict cognitive effort preferences when working for rewards vs. avoiding losses

Forys, Brandon J

THINKING: Decision making

Spatial entropy of brain network landscapes

McIntyre, Clayton

METHODS: Neuroimaging

Structural measurement, lesion distribution, and memory performance across 74 selective medial temporal lobe amnesics

Montaldi, Daniela

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

Sudden Auditory Degradation Elicits Increased Auditory–Frontal Connectivity During Emotional Speech Perception

Tikhostoup, Katya

PERCEPTION & ACTION: Audition

Targeted memory reactivation of rescripted content during sleep to reduce intrusive memories of traumatic film content

Morakabati, Neda R.

EMOTION & SOCIAL: Emotion-cognition interactions

Targeted reactivation of motor and declarative memories linked via higher-order associations - Sketchpad Series

Temudo, Ainsley

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Skill Learning

Task incorporation into dreams and memory consolidation - Data Blitz - Sketchpad Series

Schoch, Sarah F

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

The Brain Resilience Study: Neural signal complexity from low-resolution EEG reflects cognitive performance in aging

Faeed, Maryam

METHODS: Electrophysiology

The effects of event segmentation on temporal organization of free recall using staged events

Zhang, Xuan

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

The impact of conceptual novelty on digital information foraging - Sketchpad Series

Martinez, Steven

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

The impact of gait complexity on visual information processing - Sketchpad Series

Wascher, Edmund

PERCEPTION & ACTION: Vision

The Neural Mechanisms of Working Memory Under Acute Stress - Sketchpad Series

Al Taher, Jenna

EXECUTIVE PROCESSES: Working memory

The Production Effect on Memory is Located at Memory Encoding and Memory Retrieval: An ERP Study

Kulin, Alexis

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

The Unique Role of Language in Reshaping Perception: Enhanced Neuronal Distinction

Miller, Tally McCormick

LANGUAGE: Other

To Move or to Use: Task Goals Drive Kinematic Differences in Object-Directed Action

Keresztesy, Anna M.

PERCEPTION & ACTION: Motor control

Toward Translational Mechanisms of Learned Helplessness: Linking Behavior, Computation, and Neural Modulation - JoCN Travel Award Winner

Anil, Adithya

THINKING: Decision making

Tracking Event Boundary Processing in Language: Hierarchical Dynamics of Comprehension and Memory - Data Blitz

Domínguez-Orfila, Mar

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

Transcranial Electrical Stimulation in Physiological Sleep: A Review - Sketchpad Series

Kader, Nur

OTHER

Uncertain Hearts: Imprecise Interoceptive Beliefs in Alexithymia

Suzuki, Naho

EMOTION & SOCIAL: Other

Using Naturalistic Neuroimaging to Enhance Knowledge of Sex Differences in Memory Networks

O'Connor, Jane

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

Vector-Based Analysis of Competitive Memory Biases in Verbal Recall - Sketchpad Series

Babu, Anisha

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

Visual Spatial Frequency Modulates the Polarity of Early ERP Components

Doherty, Liam

PERCEPTION & ACTION: Vision

What is so difficult about abstract words, anyways? A neuromechanistic explanation using brain-constrained neural network models

Dobler, Fynn

LANGUAGE: Semantic

When Avatars Go To School: The Effect of Virtual Reality on Learning

Barack, Lauren

EMOTION & SOCIAL: Emotion-cognition interactions

White Matter Integrity and Creativity in the Aging Mind

Houston, Michelle L.

EXECUTIVE PROCESSES: Development &aging

Working memory demands modulate memory brain state engagement

Nguyen, DT

LONG-TERM MEMORY: Episodic

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