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Principal Investigator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Regan Bernhard<\/strong>
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Regan is a lecturer at Boston College where she teaches courses on judgment and decision-making, neurodevelopment, and research methods, and oversees the Bernhard Lab. Prior to joining the faculty at BC, Regan was a postdoctoral fellow in the cognitive sciences department at Dartmouth College, working with Jonathan Phillips, and in the psychology department at Harvard University, working with Fiery Cushman and Josh Greene. Regan received her BA in psychology and Spanish from Wellesley College and her PhD in psychology from Harvard. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Lab Manager<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Abigail Regan<\/strong>
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Abby is a senior majoring in Neuroscience with a minor in Applied Psychology and Human Development. Her research interests include the relationship between helpers and those receiving help as well as the perceptions of paternalistic help. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Lab Members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Ana Cruz<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ana is a junior majoring in Neuroscience with a minor in Medical Humanities on the Pre-Med Track. She has been part of the Bernhard Lab since Spring 2025. Her research investigates the relationship between empathy and bilingualism and seeks to understand how language experience influences emotional processing and social cognition, with the goal of informing educational and clinical approaches that enhance cross-cultural communication and empathetic behavior. 
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Lowanda Casimir<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lowanda is a senior majoring in Psychology and possibly minoring in Linguistics.  She is interested in studying how culture and close relationships can influence how people think about themselves, their futures, and impact the actions or decisions they make. Outside of psychology, Lowanda enjoys learning about language, watching movies, going out to new restaurants and crocheting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lauren Bae<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lauren is a senior majoring in Neuroscience and Sociology. Her research interests include moral judgments and decision-making, emotion, and impulse control.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Olivia Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olivia is a junior majoring in Psychology with a minor in Finance. Her research interests center
on the legal frameworks that connect psychology and institutional systems, with a particular
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Jessica Hwang<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jessica is a sophomore at Boston College, majoring in Neuroscience with minors in Computer Science and Studio Art. She is broadly interested in the intersection of neuroscience, psychology, and medicine, and is especially excited to explore research questions related to cognition, decision-making, and mental health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alexandria Bien-Aim\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ally is a senior majoring in Neuroscience on the Pre-Med Track. She is particularly interested in researching the cognitive processes that store memory and support decision making. She is also curious about the neural basis of memory-related disorders and conditions. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mollie Forand<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mollie is a senior majoring in Psychology with a minor in Applied Psychology. Her research interests include sport and performance psychology and the psychology of motivation. She is also interested in the process of how hypothetical thoughts form in the brain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sevine Klitz<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sevine is a senior majoring in Neuroscience and minoring in Global Public Health. Her research interests include the effects of adverse childhood experiences on development, implicit bias and decision-making, and empathy within patient-clinician relationships. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Miya Duebener<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miya is a senior studying neuroscience. Her research interests include the impact of familial relationships on social functioning and decision making, and the role culture plays in judgement formation. 


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Jasmine Maturana<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jasmine is a senior majoring in neuroscience. She is interested in researching how certain parts of a person’s being (language-experience, memories, media-usage, sleep) affects their social flexibility, health behavior, and other cognitive abilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sydni Landman<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sydni is a senior majoring in Neuroscience and minoring in Medical Humanities. Her research interests focus on judgment and decision-making, particularly in connection with emotional intelligence, conformity, social pressures, and the influence of trust.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Estela Lugo Reboredo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Estela Lugo Reboredo is a junior majoring in Neuroscience with a minor in Global Public Health on the Pre-Med Track. Her research interests include healthcare and environmental decision-making, as well as moral reasoning and decision-making processes. She is especially curious about how people make choices that affect their health and communities, and hopes to explore these questions in ways that connect science with real-world impact.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Audrey Chang<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Audrey is a junior majoring in Psychology with a minor in Faith, Peace and Justice. My research interests focus on the mental health care crisis in US prisons and inmates, specifically the effects of nonparticipation in treatment on psychopathology and familial psychopathology on recidivism rates. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Lab Alumni<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Adriana Mayol<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adriana majored in Psychology and minored in Biology, and her research interests include the role of prejudice and stereotype influence in decision-making, and how people’s perception of others changes their judgment and decision-making.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Aveline Roderick<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aveline graduated in 2025 with a B.A. in psychology, completing a senior honors thesis for the lab titled \u201cFailing to See the Forest for the Trees: When Environmentalism Leads to Errors in Environmental Decision-Making.<\/em>\u201d She is currently a J.D. candidate at Georgetown University Law Center and plans to pursue a career in regulatory and corporate law<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alyssa Bruno<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alyssa majored in Psychology and minored in Marketing and Hispanic Studies. Her research interests include human decision-making and consumer behavior, particularly in the context of purchase decisions and charitable giving. She hopes to pursue a career in brand marketing. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Priscilla Colon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Priscilla majored in Psychology and minored in Public Health. Her research interest include  exploring the mental processes behind moral decision-making or understanding how hypothetical thinking is represented in the brain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Liliana Simmons<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liliana majored in Psychology and minored in Accounting for Finance and Consulting. She is interested in the relationships between thoughts, emotions, and behavior, and how individuals develop a sense of self. She is also curious about voluntary versus involuntary behavior and the implications of these classifications. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Matthew<\/strong> Martello<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthew majored in psychology and minored in marketing. His research interests include implicit bias, judgement and decision-making, and the development of individual morality. He was a member of the Bernhard Lab since the fall of 2024, through graduation in 2025, working on the Normed Stimulus Set of Interracial Couples. He is now a Customer Relationship Advocate at Fidelity Investments, and will be attending Northeastern University in the fall of 2026, obtaining an MS in Media Innovation and Data Communication.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Phoebe Barnes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phoebe Barnes majored in Psychology and English at Boston College. She was part of the Bernhard Lab since Spring 2024, and completed her Senior Honors Thesis. Her research investigated the social learning speeds of minority students at predominantly white institutions, and seeks to provide support for the Cultural Red King hypothesis which posits that minority groups learn at a faster rate. She is now working as a paralegal in New Jersey and is in the process of applying to law school <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lucy Hensley<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lucy majored in Psychology and minored in Sociology. She is interested in the cognitive and mental processes that inform human behavior and decision-making, and how intersecting social identities have the potential to create compounding inequalities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Anna Kirkpatrick<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anna majored in Neuroscience with a minor in Management & Leadership. After graduating in 2024, she spent a year working in healthcare consulting in NYC. She recently moved back to Boston to start a post-baccalaureate premedical program at Harvard Extension School in addition to a new role as a Clinical Research Coordinator in onconephrology at MGH. Once completing the program, Anna hopes to matriculate to medical school.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kennedy Kalinowski<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kennedy graduated in 2024. She is currently a law student at Cornell and I will be doing patent litigation at a law firm after law school.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Zhaoquan Wang<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zhaoquan graduated in 2025. He is currently a remote research assistant at Arizona State University supervised by Dr. Stylianos Syropoulos. He will begin his PhD at UC Santa Barbara in 2026 advised by Dr. Heejung Kim. His research interests broadly focus on how culture shapes individuals’ moral systems, judgment patterns, and environmental ideologies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Grace Kern<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grace Kern was Regan’s first lab manager. She graduated from BC in May 2024, and is currently in her first year of medical school at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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