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St-Laurent, Marie Dr.

Marie St-Laurent

Marie St-Laurent

Research Focus

My work focuses on qualitative aspects of memory representation and their neural correlates. More specifically, I am interested in the impact of pathology, aging and individual differences on memory qualities, and on the neural signature of memory retrieval. I completed a PhD in psychology under Dr. Morris Moscovitch and Dr. Mary Pat McAndrews at the University of Toronto. I assessed how medial temporal lobe structures contribute to the retrieval of perceptually rich autobiographical and laboratory memory episodes. My work combined behavioural and neuroimaging studies, and was conducted in a population of patients suffering from medial temporal lobe epilepsy recruited through the Epilepsy Clinic of Toronto Western Hospital. In collaboration with Dr. Cheryl Grady at the Rotman Research Institute, I also conducted neuroimaging work assessing how aging affects the neural correlates of different types of declarative memory retrieval. I am currently working as a post-doctoral fellow with Brad Buchsbaum at the Rotman Research Institute. I am using functional MRI and multivariate pattern classification to assess how healthy aging, and individual differences in young adults, determine the similarity between the neural correlates of memory and perception. I hope to identify cognitive factors that predict the neural signature of memory retrieval, as well as testing conditions that favor the reduction of age and individual differences in memory representation.  

Education

  • 2012: PhD, Psychology, University of Toronto Toronto, ON, CA
  • 2007: MA, Psychology, University of Toronto Toronto, ON, CA
  • 2003: BSc, Psychology, McGill University Montreal, Qc, CA

Distinctions and Awards

  • 2011: Age + Prize, CIHR Institute of Aging , $1000
  • 2011: Ben and Hilda Katz Postdoctoral Fellowship , Rotman Research Institute, $45 000 / year (2 years)
  • 2010: Savoy Foundation Studentship & Van Gelder Award , Savoy Epilepsy Foundation , $16 500 (1 year)
  • 2007: NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship - Doctoral , $21 000 / year (3 years)
  • 2005: NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master's , $17 500 (1 year)
  • 2005: FRSQ Master's Training Award - Declined , Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec , $15 000 (1 year)
  • 2003: Major Hiram Mills Medal , Science Faculty, McGill University
  • 2003: NSERC Undergraduate Summer Research Award , $6 500
  • 2002: Dow-Hickson Scholarship , Honours Program in Psychology, English Litt. or Philosophy, McGill University , $2000
  • 2002: Boris Moskatov Prize (Best Honours Thesis) , Psychology Department, McGill University , $175 Description
  • 2002: NSERC Undergraduate Summer Research Award , $6 500
  • 2001: Dr. Dale Zilbert Prize , Science Faculty, McGill University , $500
  • 2001: J.W. McConnell Award , Science Faculty, McGill University , $700
  • 2000: RE Powel Entrance Scholarship , McGill University , $2000 / year (3 years)
  • 2000: Prix du Lieutenant-Gouverneur du Québec , CEGEP de Rimouski

Contact

Rm 720, Brain Health Complex
Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest
3560 Bathurst Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M6A 2E1 Phone: (416) 785-2500, ext. 5647 Email: mstlaurent@rotman-baycrest.on.ca Fax: (416) 785-4295

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