Professor of Neural Science and Psychology, Center for Neural Science, New York University; best known for her extensive work studying neuroplasticity and areas in the brain critical for our ability to form and retain new long-term memories; Author, Good Anxiety: Harnessing the Power of the Most Misunderstood Emotion (2021); Co-Author, “Brief, Daily Meditation Enhances Attention, Memory, Mood, and Emotional Regulation in Non-Experienced Meditators” (2018, Behavioral Brain Research) and Healthy Brain, Happy Life: A Personal Program to Activate Your Brain and Do Everything Better (2015)