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Transforming the understanding
and treatment of mental illnesses.

Section on Behavioral Neuroscience

Kaylee Berkun

Kathleen Elysia Berkun, Post-Baccalaureate IRTA Fellow
Postbac IRTA 2018-2020
BA.&Sc. Cognitive Science McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Kathleen Elysia is a postbaccalaurate fellow in the Section on Behavioural Neuroscience. She received her BA&Sc. in Cognitive Science with a concentration in Neuroscience from McGill University in 2017. At McGill she was a member of the Biosignal Interaction and Personhood Technology lab run by Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes where she studied neuro-correlates of consciousness. She joined the Section on Behavioral Neuroscience in 2018 and works closely with a postdoc, Dr. Messanvi using a variety of methods and technologies to probe into the functions of the prefrontal cortex and its interaction with the temporal lobe. Outside of research she loves sailing and field hockey.