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Hire Dr. Meera P.

Canada

Behavioural Scientist at Government of Canada | Adjunct Professor, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Profile Summary

I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience at the Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University and a Nonprofit Strategy Consultant for a health sciences research institute and for a homeless shelter in Montreal, Canada. I completed my PhD in Psychology in 2012 at Ryerson University. My research interests include: memory, neural networks, aging, face recognition, and the hippocampus. I have published my research in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and presented my work at local, national, and international conferences. Currently I am using fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) to examine how the two hemispheres interact in memory. For my PhD I examined neural networks involved in memory.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Cognitive Neuroscience
• ☆ Psychology
• ☆ Cognitive Science
• ☆ Learning & Memory

Services

• Writing
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Work Experience

Private Tutor

Self-Employed

January 2013 - April 2015

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

McGill University

October 2012 - April 2015

Teaching Assistant

Ryerson University

September 2007 - April 2012

Ryerson University

Course Instructor

August 2010 - December 2010

Research Assistant

University of Auckland

June 2009 - August 2009

Research Assistant

University of Toronto

May 2008 - October 2008

Education

PhD.

Ryerson University

September 2009 - September 2012

Master of Arts

Ryerson University

September 2007 - September 2009

BSc

York University

September 2003 - April 2007

Certifications

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Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Paleja, M., Girard, T.A., Herdman, K.A., Christensen, B.K.(2014). Two distinct neural networks functionally connected to the human hippocampus during pattern separation tasks . Brain and Cognition. 92. p. 101-111.

Paleja, M., Spaniol, J.(2013). Spatial pattern completion deficits in older adults . Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 5. (FEB).

Paleja, M., Girard, T.A., Christensen, B.K.(2011). Virtual human analogs to rodent spatial pattern separation and completion memory tasks . Learning and Motivation. 42. (3). p. 237-244.