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    Lila Davachi, PhD

    Professor of Psychology; Director, Davachi Memory Lab, Columbia University; Co-Principal Investigator of the “Optimizing Memory Using Neural Information” Project; Recognized with the prestigious “Young Investigator” Award from the Cognitive Neuroscience Society in 2009; Co-Author, “The Impact of Mnemonic Prediction Errors on Episodic Memory: A Lifespan Study” (2025, Developmental Psychology), “Temporal Interactions Between Neural Proxies for Memory Recall, Negative Affect, and Emotion Regulation in Major Depression” (2025, Biological Psychiatry), “Weak and Strong Memories Are Equally Reactivated During Counterfactual Learning, but Only Weak Memories Are Modified” (2025, OSF)
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    Past Talks

    Teaching Executive Skills
    Applying Brain Science to Boost Memory, Attention, and Emotion Regulation for Learning
    Effects of Anxiety and Stress on Achievement
    Sheraton NY Times Square Hotel, New York, NY
    April 16-18, 2026
    The Science of Knowledge
    Applying Brain Science to Build Student Expertise, Reasoning, Reflection, and Critical Thinking
    The Science of Reading/Math
    Sheraton NY Times Square Hotel, New York, NY or Virtually via Zoom
    April 01-03, 2022