Paying Attention to Attention
A Cognitive Neuroscience Approach to Understanding Depression & Anxiety
Arielle S. Keller
I'm a Stanford Neurosciences PhD candidate, conducting research at the intersection of cognitive, clinical, and computational neuroscience.
Moving Beyond "Mood"
Attention Impairments in Major Depression
Concentration difficulties are a diagnostic criterion for major depression and are associated with poorer quality of life, but we know relatively little about the specific types of attention that are impaired and their neural underpinnings.
Leveraging knowledge from cognitive neuroscience, I aim to understand what specific attention sub-functions (e.g., selective, sustained, divided) go awry in depression and their neural correlates.
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Stanford University
2016 - present
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Brandeis University
2012 - 2016
Neurosciences PhD Candidate
MS Neuroscience
BS Neuroscience, Psychology
Minor: English
Awards & Funding Sources
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National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
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Stanford Center for Mind, Brain and Computation Traineeship
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NIH Computational Neuroscience Traineeship (2014-2016)
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Phi Beta Kappa (2016)
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Reis and Sowul Family Prize in Neuroscience (2016)
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Ricardo Morant Award in Psychology
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Psi Chi, International Honor Society in Psychology (2015-2016)
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Goldwater Scholarship for Excellence in Research (2015)
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Sustaining the Mind Scholarship (2015)
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