DEGREE

Bachelor's of Science, Brain and Cognitive Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007

(Junior year abroad studying Part II Experimental Psychology at Cambridge University, UK - Peterhouse)

PUBLICATIONS

Making sense of another mind: the role of the right temporo-parietal junction. Saxe R, Wexler A. (2005) Neuropsychologia.

Looking within: does meditative experience enhance interoceptive awareness? Khalsa SS, Rudrauf D, Wexler A, Naqvi NH, Damasio AR, & Tranel D. Abstract, Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference, April 2006.
EXPERIENCE

2007-present (Harvard University, MIT)

Working with Dr. Catherine Kerr (at the Kerr Lab) to investigate various behavioral and neural effects of an 8-week MBSR guided meditation.

2003-present (MIT)

Working with Dr. Rebecca Saxe (first in Nancy Kanwisher's lab, then in her own lab), on a variety of social cognitive neuroscience projects, including fMRI investigations into the neural basis of Theory of Mind reasoning, moral cognition, and behavioral/fMRI research into the "point of view" perception in film and movies.

2006 (University of Cambridge, UK)

Worked in the Attention, Cognition and Control Lab under the supervision of Dr. Gregory J. DiGirolamo on a project that investigated the role of eye movements in acquiring the representation of a face (in a prosopagnosiac and normal subjects).

2005 (MIT, Early Childhood Cognition Lab)

Worked in Dr. Laura Schulz's Early Childhood Cognition on a research project examining causal learning in preschool children.

2005 (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Department of Neurology)

Worked in Dr. Daniel Tranel's lab, with Sahib Khalsa, on a research project that investigated whether or not meditation enhances interoceptive awareness.

 
AWARDS Walle Nauta Award for Outstanding Research (2007)

Hans-Lukas Teuber Award for Outstanding Academics (2007)

Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, elected to membership (2007)