Lab members

principal investigator

Karen L. Campbell

Assistant Professor
Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging

karen.campbell@brocku.ca
905-688-5550 ext. 4281
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Graduate students

A. Dawn Ryan

​I recently joined Brock University and the Campbell Neurocognitive Aging lab to pursue graduate studies/research. Broadly speaking, I am interested in the neural mechanisms that underlie effortful and spontaneous cognitive processes such as memory. I hope that by exploring the brain regions and neural systems involved in these processes I can gain a better understanding of how the biology of the brain gives rise to the wonders of the mind. 

Research assistants

Emily davis

I am a recent graduate from Brock University, Honours Psychology program. I have been doing developmental research for the past year in face perception; however, my goal in this lab is to further my knowledge in neurocognitive changes in aging and memory. In the future, I plan on applying to a clinical neuroscience program to research abnormal memory decline in aging.

Osama Chattha

I am a third year psychology student. Over the past few years I have worked with electrophysiological techniques to examine the sensitivity of early visual ERP’s (P1 & N170) to stimulus properties.  Utilizing my background in EEG research, I would like to build upon my knowledge and learn more about the cognitive and neural changes in human memory and aging.

Jessica Callegari

I recently graduated from Brock University with a Bachelor’s of Science (Honours) in Neuroscience with a specialty in Neuropsychology. Throughout the program, I gravitated towards the different types of neurological measures and how our nervous system changes as we age. My previous experiences gave me a chance to learn about EEG. In Dr. Campbell’s lab I am now hoping to investigate neurocognitive changes of memory in an aging population.

undergraduate thesis students

Sarah Henderson

I am entering my fourth year at Brock University pursuing a double major in Psychology and Biology. I'm particularly interested in cognitive psychology as well as aging and development. I will be conducting my thesis work this year with Dr. Campbell where we will investigate differences in how we experience voluntary and involuntary memory recall as we age. I hope to pursue graduate studies in cognitive psychology and ways that we can apply these ideas in a real world setting.

Ethan foy

I am completing my final year at Brock University in the Honours Neuropsychology Co-op program. My interest in neuroscience stems from your ability to apply much of the knowledge you gain directly to aspects in your life, both personal and social. Memory is fascinating because it is so important to who you are as a person. It holds concepts and thoughts in focus long enough for you to deliberate, problem solve and plan; furthermore, it holds on to all of your knowledge and past experiences. Taken together, it definitely warrants an interesting research topic.

Emily Chemnitz

​I am going into the final year of my undergraduate degree at Brock University in the neuroscience program, specifically, the neuropsychology stream. I am working on my undergraduate thesis with Dr. Campbell this year. We are interested in studying whether older adults pay attention to different items while watching dynamic stimuli compared to younger adults and how this may relate to their memory of the stimuli. I am very excited to be working on my thesis this year in the neurocognitive aging lab and hope to use the experience I gain to further my educational goals and aspirations.

Want to join the team?

​Our lab is just starting out, but we will be growing fast! Interested and motivated students should visit the Get Involved page for more information.

collaborators (past & present)

​Naseem Al-Aidroos (University of Guelph)
Tarek Amer (University of Toronto)
​Roland Benoit (Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig)
Renée Biss (Baycrest, Toronto)
Simon Davis (Duke University)
Linda Geerligs (Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge)
Cheryl Grady (Rotman Research Institute, University of Toronto)
Lynn Hasher (Univeristy of Toronto, Rotman Research Institute)
Karl Healey (Michigan State University)
Rik Henson (Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge)
Kevin Madore (Harvard University)
Daniel Schacter (Harvard University)
Meredith Shafto (University of Cambridge)
Lorraine Tyler (University of Cambridge)