Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
Founded in Fall 2017 by Jenna Martin and Riley McDanal, the Psych & CogSci Lab has a vision of offering an experience that benefits all undergraduates in the research community while facilitating the training and growth of aspiring researchers.
We follow a replicate and extend structure. Mentees will be divided into groups of 4-5 and assigned a mentor that will guide them through a year-long project. The first semester will be spent replicating a published study and the second semester will be spent extending the methods based on an original idea. The studies will be provided through a database compiled by the ULab Board of Directors and dedicated graduate students. Each group will have the opportunity to select studies in areas that interest them the most. This will also allow an opportunity for projects to be published!
Our projects this year involve behavioral psychology, fMRI analyses, visual field cortices, language processing, cognitive neuroscience, and other areas. All projects will be published in a paper and poster series via UC eScholarship Open Access publishing. Posters will be presented to faculty members and peers at UC Berkeley. This will certainly aid in getting on-campus research.
Currently, Dr. Mark D'Esposito, Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at UC Berkeley, serves as primary faculty advisor. As the ULab Board of Directors pursues new projects and initiatives, Dr. D'Esposito oversees their work to ensure the advancement of ULab's mission.
Want to join us?
Applications for 2025-2026 can be found at the following hyperlinks: Mentor App, Mentee App. Deadlines and details are provided on the applications. For periodic updates, sign up for our newsletter here
Our Staff
Jeremy Manwaring
Jeremy is a third year Psychology, Cognitive Science, and Neuroscience major. He loves fashion, music, and nightlife; and will always say yes to a fun night out! Interested in consciousness research and neurotechnology, he loves sharing knowledge and learning from people around him and the world! Something he strives to carve in ULAB, helping other students find their passions and ways they can explore science in a way thats accessible, and fun.
Jeremy Manwaring
Nick Zhang
Hi! I am a senior majoring in cognitive science and philosophy. I am also a researcher assistant at Berkeley Early Learning Lab, studying numerical cognition through neuroimaging techniques. I started in ULAB as a mentor and continued as the lab manager the following year. As the current research director, I hope to foster a great research community here at ULAB!
Nick Zhang
Tvisha Joshi
Proven track record in publication, research, and R. Student passionate about academia and the nexus of psychology, philosophy, and consciousness. I love being in no other than than the classroom, and am eager to learn! Outside of Class Interests: Dreams, Art, Music, Media, Literature and the profound impact they have on our lives.
Tvisha Joshi
Taylan Dincer
Hi, I'm Taylan! I'm a senior at Berkeley, majoring in Cognitive Science and Neuroscience, and minoring in Computer Science and Data Science. I'm specifically pretty interested in how we can further develop AI in healthcare and neurotechnology. Outside of academics, I'm really into the NBA (please don't get me started. If you ask me a single question you will be locked into a discussion with me) and drinking boba that is definitely way too expensive. Looking forward to meeting you all!
Taylan Dincer
Eva Reineck
I am a third year French and Neuroscience major with a minor in Education. I am currently finishing a research project regarding narrative-based medicine through the Mayo Clinic Center for Humanities in Medicine. In my free time, I enjoy running and spending time with my cats. I also volunteer as an EMT Field Training Officer for the Berkeley Medical Reserve Corps, as well as a French tutor for the UCB French department. I was a ULAB mentee two years ago and am very excited to be a part of the board this year. I look forward to meeting everyone!
Eva Reineck
Armando Lopez
HI! My name is Armando Lopez, and I am a Third Year Nutritional and Metabolic Biology major on the Pre-Optometry track. On campus, I am involved in Sigma Mu Delta a pre-health fraternity, Volunteers for Medical Outreach (VMO) and ACEing Autism. I am from the Bay Area and in my free time I enjoy photography, music and cooking!
Armando Lopez
Teresa Le
Hi! My name is Teresa and I am a third year studying Cognitive Science with a minor in Data Science. I previously did Computational Neuroscience research at the Redwood Theoretical Neuroscience Research Center and my interests are within Cognition, Psychology, and Neuroscience! Outside of academics, I enjoy working out, traveling, reading books, and spending time with my loved ones. This is my first time being involved in ULAB and I am super excited for this upcoming year!
Teresa Le
Evan Chau
TBD
Evan Chau
Divya Sundar
Hi! I'm Divya, a senior majoring in computer science and cognitive science. I'm currently doing computational cognitive science research at UW's Computational Minds and Machines Lab and the Gopnik Lab. I love teaching CS and have previously been a CSM mentor and a TA for CS 61A. I also love cats, indie horror games, matcha, and Ghibli movies!
Divya Sundar
Mark D'Esposito
Dr. Mark D'Esposito is Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology and former Director of the Henry H. Wheeler, Jr. Brain Imaging Center (2000-2020) at the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also an attending neurologist at the Northern California VA Health Care System and Adjunct Professor of Neurology at UCSF. He received his MD at SUNY Syracuse and completed a Neurology residency and fellowship at Boston University. In 1993, he was appointed Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine where he remained until his recruitment to UC Berkeley in 2000. His lab investigates the neural mechanisms underlying working memory, cognitive control and frontal lobe function utilizing different convergent experimental approaches such as functional MRI, transcranial magnetic stimulation, pharmacological interventions and behavioral studies of healthy individuals and those with neurological disorders. Dr. D'Esposito is the Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience and has received numerous awards such as the Norman Geschwind Prize in Behavioral Neurology from American Academy of Neurology, Best Doctors in America, and election as a Fellow to the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has trained 77 post-doctoral fellows and graduate students, 55 who went on to obtained faculty positions at Universities in the United States and around the world and 36 who have achieved tenure. He has been the Principal Investigator on numerous NIH, private foundation and VA-funded grants. He has authored over 400 research publications which have been cited over 69,000 times, as well as six books on the topics of behavioral neurology and cognitive neuroscience.
Mark D'Esposito
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ULab Division Calendar
This calendar has all of the events and deadlines for the year. Exact days and times are subject to change.