Serra Favila

I’m a cognitive neuroscientist interested in human memory. My research explores the cognitive and neural pressures that shape what information is stored in long-term memory and how this information is formatted in a way that supports adaptive behavior. I draw on a combination of behavioral, computational, and neural methods.

I am currently an Assistant Professor in the the Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences at Brown University. Previously, I was a postdoc at Columbia University, where I worked with Mariam Aly and Josh Jacobs. I received my PhD in Psychology from NYU in 2019, where I was advised by Brice Kuhl and Jon Winawer. Prior to graduate school, I was an undergrad and postbacc research assistant in Anthony Wagner’s lab at Stanford University.