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How does the brain support memory?

At the Preston Lab, we use a combination of behavioral and brain imaging techniques to explore how we form new memories, how we remember past experiences, and how our memory for the past influences what we learn in the present.

Our Research

See What We’re Working On

From studies of memory development to how memories influence our decisions, there is a lot going on at the Preston Lab.

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People

Say Hello To Our Team

Find out more about Alison R. Preston, Ph.D. and the rest of the team currently involved with The Preston Lab.

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Publications

View a List of Our Articles

View a complete chronological list of our scientific papers.
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Kids, Teens & Parents

Are you Interested in how your brain works? We are actively recruiting kids and teens for our studies of memory development.

The Preston Lab is a group of students and researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. We are interested in learning more about how the brain changes as we grow up! We study how children, adolescents and adults remember new things.

Lab News

03Aug

New paper on hippocampus and concepts

Check out our paper on hippocampal mechanisms underlying concept formation

26Jul

Lab receives new NIH grant

The lab received a 5-year grant from the NIMH to study hippocampal-prefrontal contributions to memory during development in adulthood

11Apr

New paper in JNeurosci

Check out our new paper in JNeurosci showing medial prefrontal cortex is necessary for memory integration and inference

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