Jennifer S. Rabin

| Cognitive Neuroscience Lab

Jennifer S. Rabin

EDUCATION

Ph.D (in progress), Clinical Psychology, York University

M.A., Clinical Psychology, York University

B.Sc. (First Class Honours), Psychology, Dalhousie University

CURRENT RESEARCH

My research examines the adaptive nature of autobiographical memory and how it relates to non-mnemonic abilities such as theory of mind (the ability to understand other people’s mental states). I combine neuroimaging, behavioural and neuropsychological methods to investigate questions relating to this topic.

PUBLICATIONS

Olsen, R. K., Palombo, D. J., Rabin, J. S., Levine, B., Ryan, J. D. & Rosenbaum, R. S. (2013). Volumetric analysis of medial temporal lobe subregions in developmental amnesia using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging. Hippocampus.

Rabin, J. S., Carson, N., Gilboa, A., Stuss, D. T., & Rosenbaum, R. S. (2012). Imagining other people’s experiences in a person with impaired episodic memory: the role of personal familiarity. Frontiers in Cognition. 3: 588.

Rabin, J. S., Braverman, A., Gilboa, A., Stuss, D. T., & Rosenbaum, R. S. (2012). Theory of mind development can withstand compromised episodic memory development. Neuropsychologia, 50, 3781–3785.

Rabin, J. S., & Rosenbaum, R. S. (2012). Familiarity modulates the functional relationship between theory of mind and autobiographical memory. NeuroImage, 62, 520–529.

Rosenbaum, R. S., & Rabin, J. S. (2012). Frontal lobe contributions to mental state awareness. In Levine, B. & Craik, F.I.M. (Eds.), Mind and the frontal lobes: Cognition, behavior, and brain imaging. New York: Oxford University Press.

Rabin, J. S., Gilboa, A., Stuss, D. T., Mar, R. A., & Rosenbaum, R. S. (2010). Common and unique neural correlates of autobiographical memory and theory of mind. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 22, 1095–1111.

Rabin, J. S., & Deacon, H. (2008). The representation of morphologically complex words in the developing lexicon. Journal of Child Language, 35, 453-465.

PRESENTATIONS

Rabin, J. S., & McAndrews, M. P. (2013, May). Associative encoding and functional connectivity in temporal lobe epilepsy. Poster presented at the 7th annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience Society, Toronto.

Rabin, J. S., Olsen, R. K., Gilboa, A., & Rosenbaum, R. S. (2013, May). Activation of residual hippocampal tissue in developmental amnesia during remembering and imagining. Poster presented at the 7th annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience, Toronto.

Olsen, R. K., Palombo, D. J., Rabin, J. S., Levine, B., Ryan, J. D. & Rosenbaum, R. S. (2013, April). Volumetric analysis of medial temporal lobe subregions in developmental amnesia using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging. Poster presented at the 20th annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco.

Rabin, J. S., Olsen, R. K., Gilboa, A., & Rosenbaum, R. S. (2013, April). Imagining other people’s experiences in developmental amnesia: An fMRI study. Poster presented at the 6th annual meeting of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society, San Francisco.

Rabin, J. S., Braverman, A., Carson, N., Stuss, D. T., & Rosenbaum, R. S. (2012, March). Early development of episodic memory is necessary for theory of mind only under some conditions: Evidence from developmental amnesia. Poster presented at the 19th annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Chicago.

Gopie, N., Rabin, J. S., Craik, F. I. M., & Moscovitch, M. (2011, February). Why do we forget people’s names as we get older? Poster presented at the Dallas Aging & Cognition Conference: Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory and Aging, Dallas.

Rosenbaum, R. S., & Rabin, J. S. (2011, November). Understanding autobiographical memory impairment: Lessons from patient and neuroimaging studies. Paper presented at the 64th Annual meeting of The Gerontological Society of America, Boston.

Rabin, J. S., & Rosenbaum, R. S. (2011, November). Familiarity and vividness modulate the relationship between autobiographical memory and theory of mind. Poster presented at the 40th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego.

Rabin, J. S., & Rosenbaum, R. S. (2010, June). Familiarity increases theory of mind and autobiographical memory overlap: A network approach. Poster presented at 16th annual meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Barcelona.

Rabin, J. S., & Rosenbaum, R. S. (2010, April). Degree of familiarity with situations and people influences the functional overlap between theory of mind and autobiographical memory. Abstract selected for Slide Presentation at the 17th Annual Cognitive Neuroscience Society Meeting, Montreal.

Howard, S. J., Rabin, J. S., Stuss, D. T., & Rosenbaum, R. S. (2010, March). Effects of lateral lesions on medial activation during autobiographical remembering. Poster presented at the 20th annual Rotman Conference, Toronto.

RECENT HONOURS & AWARDS

2012 – 2014: Focus on Stroke, Doctoral Research Award, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

2012: Ontario Graduate Scholarship, declined

2010: Award of Academic Excellence (Master’s Thesis), Canadian Psychological Association

2010: Best 2009 Master’s Thesis in Psychology, Faculty of Graduate Studies Outstanding Thesis Prize Competition, York University

2009 – 2012: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Banting and Best Canada Graduate Scholarship, Doctoral Award

2009: Ontario Graduate Scholarship

2008 – 2009:  Heart and Stroke Master’s Studentship Award

2008: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Master’s Award

2008: Ontario Graduate Scholarship, declined

2007 – 2008: York University Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship