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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

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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

12Jan

New paper in PNAS

Our new paper in PNAS shows how hippocampus and frontoparietal cortex form abstract codes that allow efficient inference

02Dec

Developmental differences in temporal knowledge

Check out our new findings showing developmental differences in acquisition and use of temporal schemas