Raina Mendonca

Raina is a fourth year Biopsychology major at UCSB. Her interests in music cognition and biopsychology are prompting her to explore these areas in her honors thesis. Specifically, Raina will be investigating the way in which listening to music can evoke autobiographical memories. She’s excited to apply her writing and research skills and looks forward to working with Dr. Albada and other members of the TALE lab this upcoming year.  

*Raina graduated in Spring 2021. She worked as a post-bac research assistant in the lab, and extending her honors thesis research to older adults until December 2021.