Cognitive Flexibility Lab

Director

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Melody Wiseheart, Ph.D.
Tree-hugger, hippie, and advocate of love, kindness, and compassion for all living things.

Research Associates

Joel Katz (2020-present)

Vanessa Foot-Seymour (2020-present)

Doctoral Students

no current doctoral students

Master's Students

no current master's students

Honours Students

no current honours students

Independent Study Students

Linda Nguyen (2021-2022)

Kaniz Farhat (2021-2022)

Fun Lab Photos

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Housewarming Party 2015
Back row: Annalise D'Souza, Melody Wiseheart, Amanda Carson, Justeena Zaki-Azat
Middle row: Eliana Stein, Vanessa Foot, Tina Weston, Rebecca Lauwers
Front row: Sandi Wiseheart

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Irina Kapler and Tina Weston

Previous Lab Photos

Photo of Cognitive Flexibility Lab in 2017
CFL 2017
Back row: Isabella Bozzo, Brenda Owe, Momo Ando, Fenote Girma, Vanessa Foot, Annalise D'Souza
Front row: Melody Wiseheart, Tina Weston, Katie Matthews

Photo of Cognitive Flexibility Lab in 2015
CFL 2015
Back row: Heather Carter-Simmons, Justeena Zaki-Azat, Annalise D'Souza, Amanda Carson, Tina Weston
Front row: Katie Matthews, Melody Wiseheart, Vanessa Foot

Photo of Cognitive Flexibility Lab in 2014
CFL 2014
Back row: Kristi Mellom, Helena Brown, Sabrina Schumaker, Melody Wiseheart, Vanessa Foot, Annalise D'Souza, Orly Taub
Front row: Tina Weston, Schekina Israel, Jacey Chae, Heather Carter-Simmons, Prapti Giri, Rebecca Lauwers, Irina Kapler, Katie Matthews, Eliana Stein

Photo of Cognitive Flexibility Lab in 2013
CFL 2013
Back row: Linda Moradzadeh, Melody Wiseheart, Émilie-Anne Puckering, Jacey Chae
Front row: Reno Zheng, Tina Weston, Annalise D'Souza, Suzette Fernandes

Photo of Cognitive Flexibility Lab in 2011
CFL 2011
Back row: Tammy Sikakane, Melody Wiseheart, Lee Unger, Jonathan Canzio, Elnaz Moghimi
Middle row: Tina Weston, Linda Moradzadeh, Denise Paneduro, Annalise D'Souza, Katherine Descours
Front row: Galit Blumenthal, Justeena Zaki-Azat, Vanessa Foot, Mikko Mason, Emily Quinan

Photo of Cognitive Flexibility Lab in 2009
CFL 2009
Back row: Leah Kaplan, Denise Paneduro, Melody Wiseheart, Linda Moradzadeh, Holleh Daemi, Irina Kapler, Nora Kharouba
Front row: Julia Wreford, Tina Weston

Photo of Cognitive Flexibility Lab in 2007
CFL 2007
Back row: Denise Paneduro, Charisa Ng, Irina Kapler, Natasha Jamal, Laura Pynn
Front row: Melody Wiseheart, Michelle Eisen

Former Post-Docs

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Dr. Reno Zheng

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Dr. Carolina E. Küpper-Tetzel

Former Graduate Students

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Vanessa Foot-Seymour
MA 2016; PhD 2019

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Joel Katz
PhD 2019

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Annalise D'Souza
MA 2013; PhD 2019

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Katie Matthews
MA 2016; PhD 2018

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Tina Weston
MA 2011; PhD 2018

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Amanda Carson
MA 2017

Denise Paneduro
MA 2008; PhD 2016

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Linda Moradzadeh
MA 2009; PhD 2014

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Galit Blumenthal
MA 2013

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Katherine Descours
MA 2013

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Charisa Flach (née Ng)
MA 2009

Former Lab Managers

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Lee Unger (2010-2012)

Former Research Assistants

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Emily Quinan (2011-2012)

Former Honours Students

Margaret Silverio Villalba (2020-2021)

Ayla Sadeghi (2020-2021)

Amina Yousaf (2018-2019)

Zunaira Amin (2017-2018)

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Momo Ando (2017-2018)

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Brenda Owe (2016-2017)

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Heather Carter-Simmons (2015-2016)

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Helena Brown (2015-2016; Research Assistant at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)

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Margherita Lospalluto (2015-2016; Team Manager at Great West Life, Toronto)

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Kristi Mellom (2014-2015)

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Shevaugn Johnson (2014-2015; attending Flinders University clinical psychology PhD program)

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Rebecca Lauwers (2014-2015; attending medical school at McMaster University)

Eliana Stein (2014-2015; Clinical Research Assistant, The Hospital for Sick Children)

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Jacey Chae (2014-2015; attending M.Ed. counseling psychology and psychotherapy program at OISE)

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Suzette Fernandes (2013-2014; research assistant at Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto)

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Émilie-Anne Puckering (2013-2014)

Photo of Vanessa Foot
Vanessa Foot (2011-2012; PhD student in CFL)

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Mikko Mason (2011-2012)

Photo of Elnaz Moghimi
Elnaz Moghimi (2011-2012)

Photo of Tammy Sikakane
Tammy Sikakane (2011-2012)

Photo of Leah Kaplan
Leah Kaplan (2010-2011)

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Nora Kharouba (2010-2011; law degree from University of Alberta; litigation associate at Miller Thomson)

Gaby Levkov (2010-2011; PhD student in psychology at York University)

Tenzing Tsering (2010-2011; MA from OISE)

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Holleh Daemi (2009-2010)

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Julia Wreford (2009-2010; PhD student in clinical psychology at University of Guelph)

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Michelle Baron
(2008-2009; MA from OISE; faculty at Sheridan College in the Early Childhood Education program)

Gilda Cheung
(2008-2009)

Rebecca Morgan
(2008-2009)

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Michelle Eisen
(2007-2008; MA from OISE)

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Natasha Jamal
(2007-2008; MA from OISE)

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Laura Pynn
(2007-2008; MA in psychology from York University)

Hailey Sobel
(2006-2007; PhD in School / Applied Child Psychology from McGill University)

Lily Lieu
(2006-2007)