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Alexandra Cohen

Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Psychology and Center for Neural Science, New York University

Alexandra Cohen is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychology and Center for Neural Science at New York University. Her research focuses on understanding the neural and cognitive mechanisms underlying age-related changes in motivated learning and the formation of lasting memories across adolescence, from childhood to adulthood.

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Alexandra Cohen / 24 March 2020

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