Katelyn Brooks

Offering strong interpersonal and problem-solving abilities, well-suited for fast-paced environments. Brings foundation in teamwork and adaptability, quickly learning and applying new concepts. Ready to apply existing skills and further learn and adapt to my career development in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.

Worked alongside Rachel Diana at Virginia Tech to further her Measurement of Episodic Memory Lab. The goal of this research is to develop and test theories of memory that explain our cognitive experiences related to memory and how those cognitive experiences are produced by the brain.

To reach this goal, we investigated the following:

• Encoding strategies to determine the most effective ways to remember words/pictures/events
• Retrieval procedures designed to show the processes that bring memories to mind
• Instructions that give participants different perspectives on the memory task and may affect the way a memory is stored
• Physiological correlates of memory processes using electrical recordings on the scalp (event-related potentials or ERP)
• Blood flow in the brain during a memory task using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

This experience allowed me to understand the world of research as an undergraduate and the importance of it in our everyday lives. I plan to continue working in this lab until I graduate in May 2025.