I received a Bachelor’s degree from Queen’s University in Life Sciences with a neuroscience specialization. In my undergraduate thesis with Dr. Jason Gallivan, I analyzed diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) data to explore anatomical white matter changes related to motor learning. My doctoral work focuses on the consequences of failed memory retrieval. This includes looking at how feelings generated during an unsuccessful memory recall (e.g. Feelings-of-Knowing) relate to information seeking and motivation. Techniques used in this work include behavioural measures, fMRI and pupillometry through eye tracking.

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Education

H.BSc., Life Science with Neuroscience Specialization, Queen’s University

M.Sc., Neuroscience, Western University

Publications

Brooks, G., Whitehead, H., & Kӧhler, S. (2023). When familiarity not novelty motivates information-seeking behaviour. Scientific reports, 13(1), 5201. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31953-6

Brooks, G., Yang, H., & Köhler, S. (2021). Feeling-of-knowing experiences breed curiosity. Memory, 29(2): 153-167.

Kusi, M., Brooks, G., Noakes, J., Hasekiu, E., and Ingle Gonzalez, J.E. (2018). Modelling schizophrenia’s abnormal cortical neural synchrony in monkeys. Journal of Neuroscience, 38(24): 7375-7377.