Regina Lapate
@lapate.bsky.social
Asst. Prof of Psych & Brain Sciences at UC Santa Barbara || affective & cognitive neuroscience || formerly at UC Berkeley & UW-Madison
https://lapatelab.psych.ucsb.edu
https://lapatelab.psych.ucsb.edu
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Regina Lapate
@lapate.bsky.social
· Nov 10
LAPATE LAB
lapatelab.psych.ucsb.edu
Hello new followers: Time for an introduction! My affective & cognitive neuroscience lab at UCSB studies emotion-cognition interactions, including affect & cognitive control, temporal memory, & metacognition using fMRI, TMS, EEG, & psychophyz. 🧠 Check out our work here: lapatelab.psych.ucsb.edu
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The Computational and Cognitive Neural Sciences lab (ballardlab.org) at UC Riverside is recruiting psychology PhD students to join our team! Check out the flyer to learn about the lab and our stellar research community at UCR. Apply by 12/1!
tinyurl.com/yjubmvvb
tinyurl.com/yjubmvvb
October 8, 2026 at 7:37 PM
The Computational and Cognitive Neural Sciences lab (ballardlab.org) at UC Riverside is recruiting psychology PhD students to join our team! Check out the flyer to learn about the lab and our stellar research community at UCR. Apply by 12/1!
tinyurl.com/yjubmvvb
tinyurl.com/yjubmvvb
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We’re hiring a BIC Director—come join us at UCSB! 🧠🏖️
The Psych & Brain Sciences Dept. at UCSB is hiring a Brain Imaging Center Director. Apply to Job Number JPF03164 on the UCSB UC Recruit portal (recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF03164) by November 1, 2026. UCSB is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
The Psych & Brain Sciences Dept. at UCSB is hiring a Brain Imaging Center Director. Apply to Job Number JPF03164 on the UCSB UC Recruit portal (recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF03164) by November 1, 2026. UCSB is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Brain Imaging Center Director, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences
University of California Santa Barbara is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ap.ucsb.edu
October 5, 2026 at 6:06 PM
We’re hiring a BIC Director—come join us at UCSB! 🧠🏖️
The Psych & Brain Sciences Dept. at UCSB is hiring a Brain Imaging Center Director. Apply to Job Number JPF03164 on the UCSB UC Recruit portal (recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF03164) by November 1, 2026. UCSB is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
The Psych & Brain Sciences Dept. at UCSB is hiring a Brain Imaging Center Director. Apply to Job Number JPF03164 on the UCSB UC Recruit portal (recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF03164) by November 1, 2026. UCSB is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We’re hiring a BIC Director—come join us at UCSB! 🧠🏖️
The Psych & Brain Sciences Dept. at UCSB is hiring a Brain Imaging Center Director. Apply to Job Number JPF03164 on the UCSB UC Recruit portal (recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF03164) by November 1, 2026. UCSB is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
The Psych & Brain Sciences Dept. at UCSB is hiring a Brain Imaging Center Director. Apply to Job Number JPF03164 on the UCSB UC Recruit portal (recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF03164) by November 1, 2026. UCSB is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Brain Imaging Center Director, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences
University of California Santa Barbara is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ap.ucsb.edu
October 5, 2026 at 6:06 PM
We’re hiring a BIC Director—come join us at UCSB! 🧠🏖️
The Psych & Brain Sciences Dept. at UCSB is hiring a Brain Imaging Center Director. Apply to Job Number JPF03164 on the UCSB UC Recruit portal (recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF03164) by November 1, 2026. UCSB is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
The Psych & Brain Sciences Dept. at UCSB is hiring a Brain Imaging Center Director. Apply to Job Number JPF03164 on the UCSB UC Recruit portal (recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF03164) by November 1, 2026. UCSB is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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🚨 Job alert 🚨
Our department @vuamsterdam.bsky.social
is hiring an Assistant Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience! Join our lovely community here in beautiful Amsterdam! 🧠🔥
Deadline: October 15
workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/as...
Our department @vuamsterdam.bsky.social
is hiring an Assistant Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience! Join our lovely community here in beautiful Amsterdam! 🧠🔥
Deadline: October 15
workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/as...
Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience
Join the Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) as Assistant Professor in cognitive neuroscience.
workingat.vu.nl
October 2, 2026 at 3:22 PM
🚨 Job alert 🚨
Our department @vuamsterdam.bsky.social
is hiring an Assistant Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience! Join our lovely community here in beautiful Amsterdam! 🧠🔥
Deadline: October 15
workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/as...
Our department @vuamsterdam.bsky.social
is hiring an Assistant Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience! Join our lovely community here in beautiful Amsterdam! 🧠🔥
Deadline: October 15
workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/as...
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Interested in higher-order cognition and PFC: how *does* the PFC build abstract task representations?! Going to @cogneuronews.bsky.social 2027? Vote for our symposium! cogneurosociety.org/symposium-voting-form/
feat. @desrocherslab.bsky.social @lapate.bsky.social @randolph-helfrich.bsky.social !
feat. @desrocherslab.bsky.social @lapate.bsky.social @randolph-helfrich.bsky.social !
September 29, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Interested in higher-order cognition and PFC: how *does* the PFC build abstract task representations?! Going to @cogneuronews.bsky.social 2027? Vote for our symposium! cogneurosociety.org/symposium-voting-form/
feat. @desrocherslab.bsky.social @lapate.bsky.social @randolph-helfrich.bsky.social !
feat. @desrocherslab.bsky.social @lapate.bsky.social @randolph-helfrich.bsky.social !
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2 yrs ago, I briefly laid out a new theory of how motivation works (AGH).
Here, I expand on the problems AGH was trying to solve, why they are hard to solve, what my solution looks like, and how this should change our understanding of thoughts & actions.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧵A few highlights:
Here, I expand on the problems AGH was trying to solve, why they are hard to solve, what my solution looks like, and how this should change our understanding of thoughts & actions.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧵A few highlights:
September 28, 2026 at 4:57 PM
2 yrs ago, I briefly laid out a new theory of how motivation works (AGH).
Here, I expand on the problems AGH was trying to solve, why they are hard to solve, what my solution looks like, and how this should change our understanding of thoughts & actions.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧵A few highlights:
Here, I expand on the problems AGH was trying to solve, why they are hard to solve, what my solution looks like, and how this should change our understanding of thoughts & actions.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧵A few highlights:
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#JNeurosci: Findings from Leach et al. provide evidence that the frontoparietal cortex influences behaviors, dynamically adjusting communication between brain networks as decisions progress.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0594-26.2026
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0594-26.2026
August 12, 2026 at 11:16 AM
#JNeurosci: Findings from Leach et al. provide evidence that the frontoparietal cortex influences behaviors, dynamically adjusting communication between brain networks as decisions progress.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0594-26.2026
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0594-26.2026
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1/ New paper out today from my group, in @natneuro.nature.com, in which we review the anatomical & functional data on insula structure across species.
This was a "whole lab" project led by @joeycharbonneau.bsky.social. It's been a 5 year in the making (a full 3 years in review)!
rdcu.be/fyd7T
This was a "whole lab" project led by @joeycharbonneau.bsky.social. It's been a 5 year in the making (a full 3 years in review)!
rdcu.be/fyd7T
Comparative insights into insula structure and function
Nature Neuroscience - Charbonneau et al. compare how the insula is structured and functions in humans, monkeys and rodents, revealing similarities and differences across species that are likely to...
rdcu.be
August 6, 2026 at 6:02 PM
1/ New paper out today from my group, in @natneuro.nature.com, in which we review the anatomical & functional data on insula structure across species.
This was a "whole lab" project led by @joeycharbonneau.bsky.social. It's been a 5 year in the making (a full 3 years in review)!
rdcu.be/fyd7T
This was a "whole lab" project led by @joeycharbonneau.bsky.social. It's been a 5 year in the making (a full 3 years in review)!
rdcu.be/fyd7T
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A special highlight of our work on precision fMRI of the prefrontal cortex
Out of the 30 million MRIs performed in the United States every year, data shows about 22% of those are on the brain. Now, researchers at the University of Illinois are mapping out ways to see the results at a more detailed level.
U of I researchers use precision fMRI to map prefrontal cortex
CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — Out of the 30 million MRIs performed in the United States every year, data shows about 22% of those are on the brain. Now, researchers at the University of Ill…
www.wcia.com
July 23, 2026 at 12:09 PM
A special highlight of our work on precision fMRI of the prefrontal cortex
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Hi all! I’m looking for a full-time RA / lab manager (start date: late Aug or Sept, 1 year of funding guaranteed). Ideal candidate is a recent grad w/ relevant research experience. App review has begun, so if you’re interested, please apply here ASAP, by 7/12! Thx! phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf02/ats/ca...
Hiring Research Assistant, - Garden City, N.Y.
View job details and apply now
phf.tbe.taleo.net
July 6, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Hi all! I’m looking for a full-time RA / lab manager (start date: late Aug or Sept, 1 year of funding guaranteed). Ideal candidate is a recent grad w/ relevant research experience. App review has begun, so if you’re interested, please apply here ASAP, by 7/12! Thx! phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf02/ats/ca...
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Conference proceedings from @cogneuronews.bsky.social 2026 in Vancouver are now published online at @jocnforum.bsky.social, @jocn.bsky.social. Congrats to the authors and the conference attendees for a great meeting!
jocnf.pubpub.org/cns2026-2
jocnf.pubpub.org/cns2026-2
June 17, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Conference proceedings from @cogneuronews.bsky.social 2026 in Vancouver are now published online at @jocnforum.bsky.social, @jocn.bsky.social. Congrats to the authors and the conference attendees for a great meeting!
jocnf.pubpub.org/cns2026-2
jocnf.pubpub.org/cns2026-2
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Super excited by this manuscript led by the amazing @brissend.bsky.social
By combining fMRI, TMS, and modeling, we finally have causal evidence that the cerebellum is contributing to brain-wide working memory representations and recall performance!
1/n
By combining fMRI, TMS, and modeling, we finally have causal evidence that the cerebellum is contributing to brain-wide working memory representations and recall performance!
1/n
May 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Super excited by this manuscript led by the amazing @brissend.bsky.social
By combining fMRI, TMS, and modeling, we finally have causal evidence that the cerebellum is contributing to brain-wide working memory representations and recall performance!
1/n
By combining fMRI, TMS, and modeling, we finally have causal evidence that the cerebellum is contributing to brain-wide working memory representations and recall performance!
1/n
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Excited to share I will be joining UC Davis as an assistant professor starting July 2027! Thank you dearly to all mentors and friends who have supported me over the years ❤️ and Cal Poly friends, I'll miss you!
May 20, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Excited to share I will be joining UC Davis as an assistant professor starting July 2027! Thank you dearly to all mentors and friends who have supported me over the years ❤️ and Cal Poly friends, I'll miss you!
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(1/5) Our paper is out now in Neuron!
bsky.app/profile/cp-n...
The LPFC has fine-scale organization that gets missed in group-averaged data because of inter-individual variability. It is visible in individuals in both resting-state and task data.
bsky.app/profile/cp-n...
The LPFC has fine-scale organization that gets missed in group-averaged data because of inter-individual variability. It is visible in individuals in both resting-state and task data.
May 18, 2026 at 11:17 PM
(1/5) Our paper is out now in Neuron!
bsky.app/profile/cp-n...
The LPFC has fine-scale organization that gets missed in group-averaged data because of inter-individual variability. It is visible in individuals in both resting-state and task data.
bsky.app/profile/cp-n...
The LPFC has fine-scale organization that gets missed in group-averaged data because of inter-individual variability. It is visible in individuals in both resting-state and task data.
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I am thrilled to share that I will be joining the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at CU Boulder in January 2027, where I'll be starting the Affective Learning and Translational Memory (AltMem) Lab. I am also recruiting PhD students in the upcoming cycle (starting fall 2027)!
altmemlab.org
altmemlab.org
AltMem Lab
AltMem Lab
altmemlab.org
May 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM
I am thrilled to share that I will be joining the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at CU Boulder in January 2027, where I'll be starting the Affective Learning and Translational Memory (AltMem) Lab. I am also recruiting PhD students in the upcoming cycle (starting fall 2027)!
altmemlab.org
altmemlab.org
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Check out our latest work!
link.growkudos.com/1dznnd63t34
@ejrise.bsky.social @neurodreea.bsky.social @asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org
link.growkudos.com/1dznnd63t34
@ejrise.bsky.social @neurodreea.bsky.social @asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org
How the carrot and the cane use different brain pathways to drive movement
When something exciting or threatening happens, it can change how we move. But how do emotional signals in the brain actually reach the parts that control movement? The well-known route for voluntary ...
link.growkudos.com
May 9, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Check out our latest work!
link.growkudos.com/1dznnd63t34
@ejrise.bsky.social @neurodreea.bsky.social @asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org
link.growkudos.com/1dznnd63t34
@ejrise.bsky.social @neurodreea.bsky.social @asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org
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Can you make your life feel “longer” in retrospect? Add a dose of change and novelty in the present to later expand memories of your past.
Excited to share our work on how dopamine-related processing bends memory to reflect the passage of distinct events.
newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/can...
Excited to share our work on how dopamine-related processing bends memory to reflect the passage of distinct events.
newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/can...
Can dopamine bend time to shape memory?
The brain may use dopamine to expand time between distinct events, enabling us to remember unique episodes.
newsroom.ucla.edu
May 8, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Can you make your life feel “longer” in retrospect? Add a dose of change and novelty in the present to later expand memories of your past.
Excited to share our work on how dopamine-related processing bends memory to reflect the passage of distinct events.
newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/can...
Excited to share our work on how dopamine-related processing bends memory to reflect the passage of distinct events.
newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/can...
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Children get better at reasoning from memory as they grow up. But is it the same brain process getting stronger, or something more fundamental changing?
In our new paper, we use fMRI and computational modeling to test that question directly 🧵
In our new paper, we use fMRI and computational modeling to test that question directly 🧵
April 22, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Children get better at reasoning from memory as they grow up. But is it the same brain process getting stronger, or something more fundamental changing?
In our new paper, we use fMRI and computational modeling to test that question directly 🧵
In our new paper, we use fMRI and computational modeling to test that question directly 🧵
Delighted to be at SANS sharing our latest naturalistic work on how emotion shapes temporal memory! 🕰️
April 18, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Delighted to be at SANS sharing our latest naturalistic work on how emotion shapes temporal memory! 🕰️
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The Memory Disorders Research Society (www.memorydisorders.org) is now seeking nominations for new members! Self-nominations are welcome. Application is open until April 15 @ 11:59pm PT.
Reach out if you have questions about the society or its (amazing) annual meeting! forms.gle/Qn7mchoPpaqL...
Reach out if you have questions about the society or its (amazing) annual meeting! forms.gle/Qn7mchoPpaqL...
MDRS
MDRS is a professional society dedicated to the study of memory. Members engage in basic and clinical research into how memory works and why it fails.
www.memorydisorders.org
April 2, 2026 at 2:24 PM
The Memory Disorders Research Society (www.memorydisorders.org) is now seeking nominations for new members! Self-nominations are welcome. Application is open until April 15 @ 11:59pm PT.
Reach out if you have questions about the society or its (amazing) annual meeting! forms.gle/Qn7mchoPpaqL...
Reach out if you have questions about the society or its (amazing) annual meeting! forms.gle/Qn7mchoPpaqL...
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We only experience time moving forward. But memory can both predict what comes next and reconstruct what must have happened before.
In a new @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social preprint, we show how hippocampal development enables this flexible representation of time 🧵
In a new @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social preprint, we show how hippocampal development enables this flexible representation of time 🧵
March 11, 2026 at 4:05 PM
We only experience time moving forward. But memory can both predict what comes next and reconstruct what must have happened before.
In a new @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social preprint, we show how hippocampal development enables this flexible representation of time 🧵
In a new @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social preprint, we show how hippocampal development enables this flexible representation of time 🧵
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To close the symposium, Regina Lapate extends the story past shock+picture lab pairings and into real life events: how our emotions influence the way we remember the timeline of our autobiographical memories.
Fascinating and very carefully conducted work into emotion-memory-time dynamics!
#CNS2026
Fascinating and very carefully conducted work into emotion-memory-time dynamics!
#CNS2026
March 10, 2026 at 10:33 PM
To close the symposium, Regina Lapate extends the story past shock+picture lab pairings and into real life events: how our emotions influence the way we remember the timeline of our autobiographical memories.
Fascinating and very carefully conducted work into emotion-memory-time dynamics!
#CNS2026
Fascinating and very carefully conducted work into emotion-memory-time dynamics!
#CNS2026
If you are at #CNS2026, come check out Jingyi Wang's talk in the symposium "Neural Time Machine: Temporal Organization of Experience in the Brain" (starting now!), and tomorrow PM I will be sharing some of our new work at the symposium "Emotion and the organization of temporal context in memory".
March 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
If you are at #CNS2026, come check out Jingyi Wang's talk in the symposium "Neural Time Machine: Temporal Organization of Experience in the Brain" (starting now!), and tomorrow PM I will be sharing some of our new work at the symposium "Emotion and the organization of temporal context in memory".
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Thrilled that this first empirical paper out of the lab is posted, led by Sandarsh Pandey, asking:
Depression (and other internalizing disorders) involve profound changes to sense of self. How can we study these differences using rigorous decision-making methods?
(alt link: tinyurl.com/2kk59dje)
Depression (and other internalizing disorders) involve profound changes to sense of self. How can we study these differences using rigorous decision-making methods?
(alt link: tinyurl.com/2kk59dje)
March 6, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Thrilled that this first empirical paper out of the lab is posted, led by Sandarsh Pandey, asking:
Depression (and other internalizing disorders) involve profound changes to sense of self. How can we study these differences using rigorous decision-making methods?
(alt link: tinyurl.com/2kk59dje)
Depression (and other internalizing disorders) involve profound changes to sense of self. How can we study these differences using rigorous decision-making methods?
(alt link: tinyurl.com/2kk59dje)
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