Current Students
Holly Timblin, M.A.
Morgan Tallman, M.A.
Taylor Maynard, M.A.
Taylor is a first-year doctoral student in Dr. MacAulay’s CARE Lab! After working as a psychometrist at BIDMC’s Cognitive Neurology Unit in Boston and a clinical research assistant at RIH’s Neuropsychology Program in Providence, Taylor went on to earn her M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine. Her research interests include the development of digital neuropsychological assessment methods and improvement of dementia caregiver burden through nonpharmacological intervention methods. Taylor’s clinical interests include providing cognitive assessments to normal and pathological aging populations, non-English speaking older adults, and forensic populations.
Current Undergraduate/Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistants
Madison Landry, Senior ’24
- Psychology major, Political Science minor
- Interested in investigating multiple areas of cognitive and social psychology.
Caroline Mosca, Senior ’24
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Psychology and Child Development & Family Relations double major
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Interested in cognitive development, and the effects various disabilities have on cognitive function and decline.
Pearl Jackson, Senior ’24
- Psychology major, Neuroscience minor
- Interested in how practices such as mindfulness, exercise, etc. can impact and affect neurological and cognitive function.
Abby Huchel, Sophomore ’26
- Kinesiology major, Neuroscience minor
- Interested in how different practices of diet and exercise affect cognitive functioning.
- Biology major, Psychology and Neuroscience Minors
- Interested in the application of mindfulness-based interventions, the neural correlates of consciousness, and contemplative and psychedelic neuroscience.
Lab Alumni
Amy Halpin, Ph.D.
Internship: Neuropsychology track, University of Florida Health Science Center
Post-doc: Neuropsychology track, Harvard Consortium, Mass General Brigham, Boston, MA
Dissertation Title: Do Good Things Come to Those Who Wait?: Investigating Temporal Discounting Rates Among Older Adults
Angelica Boeve, Ph.D
Internship: Geropsychology track, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA
Post-doc: Geropsychology track, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA
Dissertation Title: As Different as Night and Day? Investigating the mechanisms linking regular sleep patterns with daytime physical activity in older adults