Nicole Duerden-Brown
PhD Student

Profile

Biography

• PhD Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, University of York, 2025-2028
• MSc Neuroimaging for Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, University of Manchester, 2023-2024
• Psychology Lecturer, Nelson and Colne College Group, 2020 – 2025
• BSc (Hons) Applied Psychology, University Centre at Blackburn College, 2014-2017

Research

Overview

Title of project (Overview): Can Targeted Memory Reactivation (TMR) be used to update the salience of memories?

Projects

I am a PhD student interested in the mechanisms behind selective memory consolidation in sleep. Using behavioural and neuroimaging measures, my research aims to explore whether Targeted Memory Reactivation (TMR) can be used to update and reappraise the salience of memories.

Research group(s)

• Emotional Processing and Offline Consolidation Research (EPOC) Lab
• Sleep, Language and Memory (SLAM) Lab

Collaborators

• Prof. Scott Cairney
• Dr. Dan Denis