Ekaterina Denkova

Cognitive and affective neuroscience; autobiographical memory; emotion regulation; mindfulness training; mind wandering; working memory and distraction; individual differences: mood, personality, and gender; neurological and affective disorders.

The overarching goal of Dr. Denkova’s research is to understand the mechanisms underlying (i) the impact of mindfulness training and emotion regulation strategies on cognitive and affective functioning, with a particular focus on emotional memories and processes associated with them (i.e., mind wandering, future events planning), and (ii) the role of individual differences in gender, affective state, and habitual emotion regulation strategies in these processes. Brain imaging methods (fMRI, ERP) and cognitive and affective assessments in diverse populations are used to achieve these aims.