{"id":536,"date":"2023-04-07T18:06:45","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T22:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.psychlabs.ryerson.ca\/template1\/?page_id=536"},"modified":"2026-04-13T19:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T23:09:15","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/about-us\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Meet the BIM Lab<\/h1>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/04\/hero_lab_philosophy-768x445.png\" alt=\"Illustration of four people looking at abstract data on a white board\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h2>The Team<\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 20px;margin-left: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-size: inherit;line-height: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">The BIM Lab is directed by Dr. Todd Girard and our current team includes undergraduate and graduate students at various levels of training, as well as volunteers and research assistants.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul class=\"team-filters clean\"><li class=\"active\" data-filter=\"all\">All Members<\/li><li data-filter=\"all-current\" class=\"no-redirect\">All Current<\/li><li data-filter=\"lab-director\" class=\"no-redirect\">Lab Director<\/li><li data-filter=\"graduate-students\" class=\"no-redirect\">Graduate Students<\/li><li data-filter=\"graduate-alumni\" class=\"no-redirect\">Graduate Alumni<\/li><li data-filter=\"research-assistants\" class=\"no-redirect\">Research Assistants<\/li><\/ul><div class=\"team-grid \"><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-all-current filter-lab-director\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/Webp.net-resizeimage-2-316x341.jpg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Todd\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">Lab Director<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Todd A. Girard<\/p><div class=\"team-contact hide\"><div class=\"contact-email\"><a href=\"mailto:todd.girard@torontomu.ca\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Email Todd A. Girard\">todd.girard@torontomu.ca<\/a><\/div><div class=\"contact-phone\">416-979-5000, ext.552646<\/div><\/div><p>Associate Professor<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><p>Dr. Girard\u2019s research interests span domains of clinical neuroscience, cognitive psychopathology, and cognitive pharmacology, particularly regarding memory, psychosis, fMRI, and sleep-paralysis hallucinations. For instance, his research aims to understand functional consequences of medial-temporal abnormalities in clinical conditions including psychosis, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as well as to inform and test cognitive theories.\u00a0In this vein, Dr. Girard moved from being primarily a behavioural neuroscientist (Graduate studies, U Waterloo) to that of a cognitive neuroscientist studying human conditions via neuropsychological, cognitive-science, and neuroimaging methods (Post-doctoral studies, Center for Addiction &amp; Mental Health\/ U Toronto). Dr. Girard and lab members have also been exploring\u00a0relations among recreational drug use and cognition, intelligence assessment, and the spatial and temporal nature of multimodal hallucinations accompanying sleep paralysis. The combination of these perspectives has made valuable contributions to current research approaches in the lab at\u00a0Toronto Metropolitan University. Some current research questions include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How do individual differences in the medial-temporal lobe, brain networks, and strategy use relate to spatial memory performance in in people with psychosis?<\/li>\n<li>How do forms of memory and mnemonic processes differ across clinical spectra (psychosis, depression, traumatic stress)?<\/li>\n<li>How do emotional and self-referential thought processes relate to memory of one\u2019s past, future\u00a0thoughts, and symptoms of psychopathology (psychosis, PTSD, depression)?<\/li>\n<li>What are the relations among forms of recreational substance use, psychosis-like experiences, and cognitive performance?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/team\/girard\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-all-current filter-research-assistants\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/04\/girard-memoryandcog-316x341.jpg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"Visually pleasing composition of human head and fractal clouds to serve as background in works on mind dreams thinking consciousness and imagination\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">Research Assistant<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Yanchen<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><p>Yanchen is a high-school student completing her Senior year. As part of the Science Research Program, she completed an independent study with Dr. Girard on sleep paralysis and anomalous experiences among high-school students. She is currently an RA in the lab working on an extension of this research to university students.<\/p>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/team\/yanchen\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-all-current filter-graduate-students\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/hans-ott-lhHdkKZums4-unsplash-316x341.png\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"Snowcapped mountain with beautiful blue sky behind it\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">PhD Student<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Kesia<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><div class=\"portfolio-entry-content entry\">\n<p>Kesia is a current PhD student in the Clinical Psychology program. For her MA thesis, Kesia investigated <em>The emotional enhancement of memory in schizophrenia: The role of encoding strategy<\/em>. Her doctoral studies focus on <i>Self-concept across time in posttraumatic stress disorder.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"single-portfolio-related\" class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/team\/kesia\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-all-current filter-graduate-students\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/Natalie-316x341.jpg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">PhD Student<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Natalie<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><div class=\"portfolio-entry-content entry\">\n<p>Natalie is a current PhD student in the Clinical Psychology program. For her MA thesis, Natalie investigated <em>Using virtual reality to examine memory and the active navigation effect in younger and older adults<\/em>. Her doctoral research is building upon this work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"single-portfolio-related\" class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/team\/natalie\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-all-current filter-graduate-students\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/Jess-316x341.jpg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">PhD Student<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Jess<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><p>Jess is a PhD student in the Clinical Psychology Program. Her research aims to improve the quality of life in pain patients, using a biopsychosocial lens. Specifically, her dissertation aims to clarify the cognitive profile of individuals with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS) and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders (HSD), and to understand the relationship between cognition, pain, and disability in hEDS\/HSD. Jess is currently completing her pre-doctoral clinical internship at BC Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/team\/jess\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-all-current filter-graduate-students\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/Carmel-316x341.jpg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">PhD Student<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Carmel<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><p>Carmel is a PhD student in the Clinical Psychology program. For her PhD dissertation, she is examining cognitive functioning and clinical treatment in social anxiety disorder, psychosis, and depression.<\/p>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/team\/carmel\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-all-current filter-graduate-students\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/Katie-e1761789153556-316x341.png\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">PhD Student<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Katie<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><p>Katie is a 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0year doctoral student at York University studying Adult Clinical Neuropsychology.\u00a0Her master\u2019s research examined memory impairment among precariously housed individuals. Her doctoral dissertation explores the differential associations of cannabis and nicotine salt use with cognition in emerging adults with subclinical psychotic-like experiences. Her research and clinical interests broadly focus on psychosis, cognition, and early intervention.<\/p>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/team\/katie\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-graduate-alumni\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/07\/Ronak_web3-316x341.jpg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Ronak\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">MA\/PhD Alumnus<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Ronak<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><p>Ronak was an MA\/PhD student in Clinical Psychology. His MA thesis investigated <em>The fear factor: Effects of implicit and explicit processing on the emotional enhancement of memory<\/em>\u00a0and his PhD dissertation probed<em> Subregional activation of the amygdala during emotional memory encoding in posttraumatic stress disorder: An fMRI investigation<\/em>. Ronak is currently a board-certified Clinical Neuropsychologist and an Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Health Psychology, at the University of Manitoba.<\/p>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/team\/ronak\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-graduate-alumni\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"136\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/07\/Jenn_web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Jenn\" srcset=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/07\/Jenn_web.jpg 136w, https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/07\/Jenn_web-89x110.jpg 89w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 136px) 100vw, 136px\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">MA\/PhD Alumnus<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Jenn<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><p>Jenn was an MA\/PhD student in the Clinical Psychology program. Her MA thesis investigated <em>Relations among executive functioning, pain catastrophizing, and disability in mild traumatic brain injury patients with chronic pain<\/em>. Her PhD dissertation focused on <em>Unravelling test anxiety: A comprehensive study of relations with memory confidence, memory ability, and trait anxiety<\/em>. Jenn is in the process of registering as a Clinical Psychologist.<\/p>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/team\/jenn\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-graduate-alumni\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/07\/Webp.net-resizeimage-2-2-316x341.jpg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Bev\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">MA\/PhD Alumnus<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Bev<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><div class=\"portfolio-entry-content entry\">\n<p>Bev was an MA\/PhD student in Clinical Psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University. In the BIM lab, Bev explored her broad research interests in transdiagnostic processes underlying mental disorders. For her MA thesis, Bev conducted <em>An examination of emotion regulation strategy use on recognition memory\u00a0<\/em>and her PhD dissertation involved <em>Examining therapeutic alliance as a mechanism of change in dialectical behavior therapy for subgroups of individuals with borderline personality disorder<\/em>. Bev is currently an Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, at the University of Winnipeg, and a registered Clinical Psychologist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"single-portfolio-related\" class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/team\/bev\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-graduate-alumni\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/04\/Research2-316x267.jpg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"Electroencephalography\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">PhD Alumnus<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Dora<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><p>Dora was a PhD student in Clinical Psychology. Her dissertation comprised a <em>Comprehensive insomnia assessment following mild traumatic brain injury<\/em>. Dora is currently working as a Clinical Psychologist.<\/p>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/team\/dora\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-graduate-alumni\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/07\/Webp.net-resizeimage-3-316x341.jpg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of matthew\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">PhD Alumnus<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Matthew<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><p>Matthew was a PhD student in the Clinical Psychology program. For his doctoral dissertation, Matt investigated <em>The role of metamemory in autobiographical memory performance in dysphoric individuals<\/em>. Matt is currently working as a Clinical Psychologist.<\/p>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/team\/matthew\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-graduate-alumni\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/07\/Webp.net-resizeimage-2-1-316x341.jpg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Bailee\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">MA Alumnus<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Bailee<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><div class=\"portfolio-entry-content entry\">\n<p>For her MA thesis, Bailee conducted <em>An investigation of resting state functional connectivity of the anterior and posterior hippocampus in posttraumatic stress disorder and its relationship to symptoms<\/em>. Bailee completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology in the Cognition and Psychopathology Lab and is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, at Stanford University.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"single-portfolio-related\" class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/team\/bailee\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-graduate-alumni\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/07\/Webp.net-resizeimage-2-4-316x341.jpg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Meera\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">MA\/PhD Alumnus<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Meera<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Meera was an MA\/PhD student in Psychological Science. Her <\/span>MA thesis involved developing <em>Human analogs of rodent spatial pattern association, separation, and completion tasks <\/em>and her PhD dissertation investigated <em>Neural networks involved in spatial and temporal pattern separation<\/em>. Meera subsequently completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Cognitive Neuroscience lab at McGill University with Dr. Brenda Milner, taught as a University Instructor, and is currently Head of Investor Research and Behavioural Insights, Ontario Securities Commission<span lang=\"EN-US\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/team\/meera\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-graduate-alumni\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/07\/Webp.net-resizeimage-4-316x341.jpg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Leanne\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">MA\/PhD Alumnus<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Leanne<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><div class=\"portfolio-entry-content entry\">\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Leanne was an MA\/PhD student in Psychological Science. Her <\/span>MA thesis was a <em>Virtual-reality investigation of spontaneous navigation strategies and spatial memory performance in schizophrenia <\/em>and her PhD followed this up with an<em> fMRI investigation of spatial memory abilities in individuals living with schizophrenia spectrum disorders<\/em>. Leanne subsequently completed postdoctoral fellowships with the CEO group at Toronto Metropolitan University and at CAMH, as well as working as a University Instructor. She is pursuing research to better understand youth substance use.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"single-portfolio-related\" class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/team\/leanne\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-all-current filter-research-assistants\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/Ilana-316x341.jpg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">Research Assistant<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Ilana<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><p>Ilana is a recent graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University where she completed her undergraduate thesis in the Brain Imaging and Memory Lab. Her thesis examined the relationship between subclinical paranoia, social perceptions, and memory.\u00a0 Ilana hopes to pursue graduate studies in Clinical Psychology, with a focus on schizophrenia and social biases.<\/p>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/team\/ilana\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-all-current filter-research-assistants\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/Sasha-e1761788747967-316x341.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">Research Assistant<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Sasha<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><p>Sasha\u00a0graduated\u00a0from York University in 2025 with a Bachelor of Arts with\u00a0Honours majoring in Psychology. Her interests\u00a0centre\u00a0around schizophrenia and psychosis, and\u00a0she\u00a0joined the lab to investigate their\u00a0neurocognitive and\u00a0neurobiological\u00a0correlates and related\u00a0functional outcomes.<\/p>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/team\/sasha\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-all-current filter-research-assistants\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/Leah-316x341.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">Research Assistant<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Leah<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><p>Leah joined the BIM Lab in the summer of 2022 as an RA to assist with the <em>Drug Use and Mental States (DUMS) Study<\/em>. She holds a BA in Psychology from TMU and an MSW from UofT.<\/p>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/team\/leah\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-all-current filter-research-assistants\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/11\/Kaleigh-316x341.png\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">Research Assistant<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Kaleigh<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><p>Kaleigh is a recent graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University with a Bachelor of Arts with honours and a double minor in Sociology and English. In her final year at TMU, she completed her undergraduate thesis with the Brain Imaging and Memory Lab. Her thesis examined the correlation between posttraumatic stress and perceptions of trustworthiness for unfamiliar faces as well as how these perceptions predict subsequent memory of faces. Kaleigh\u2019s interests center around neurocognition as it relates to memory, posttraumatic stress, as well as social cognition.<\/p>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/team\/kaleigh\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-all-current filter-research-assistants\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/wexor-tmg-L-2p8fapOA8-unsplash-316x341.png\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sea turtle swimming in blue water\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">Research Assistant<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Lucas<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><p>Lucas is a current undergraduate at Toronto Metropolitan University.<\/p>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/team\/lucas\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-all-current filter-research-assistants\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/04\/girard-memoryandcog-316x341.jpg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"Visually pleasing composition of human head and fractal clouds to serve as background in works on mind dreams thinking consciousness and imagination\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">Research Assistant<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Matula<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><p>Matula is a recent graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University.<\/p>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/team\/matula\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"team-grid-item filter-all filter-all-current filter-research-assistants\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/06\/girard-slider-1-316x341.jpg\" class=\"attachment-team size-team wp-post-image\" alt=\"Conceptual image of human brain in colorful splashes\" \/><p class=\"role-title\">Research Assistant<\/p><p class=\"team-name\">Emily<\/p><div class=\"post-content hide\"><p>Emily is a recent graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University.<\/p>\n<\/div><p><a class=\"more target-modal\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/team\/emily\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the BIM Lab The Team The BIM Lab is directed by Dr. Todd Girard and our current team includes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"parent":513,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-536","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1573,"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/536\/revisions\/1573"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/bim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}