{"id":50,"date":"2023-01-10T19:14:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T19:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/lumenlab\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2025-10-16T21:40:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T21:40:22","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/lumenlab\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to The LUMeN Lab at Emory"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"50\" class=\"elementor elementor-50\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-494f21e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"494f21e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-644d55f\" data-id=\"644d55f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65c21c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65c21c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Welcome to the Learning, Understanding, Memory, &amp; Neurodevelopment (LUMeN) Lab directed by Dr. Ali Cohen. We conduct our research in Emory University\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/psychology.emory.edu\/home\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Psychology<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/psychology.emory.edu\/child-study-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Child Study Center<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/fern.emory.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facility for Education and Research in Neuroscience (FERN)<\/a>. Our research aims to shed light on how motivation and emotion influence learning, memory, and brain function across development. This work may ultimately inform strategies that leverage adaptive developmental changes in motivated learning and memory mechanisms to improve learning, decision-making, and outcomes for young people.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>The LUMeN Lab\u2019s mission is to ignite scientific curiosity and share knowledge to brighten the lives of youth and their families.<\/strong> Please explore our website to learn more about our work and ways to get involved!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6072426 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6072426\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a34915\" data-id=\"8a34915\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ced5a7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8ced5a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/lumenlab\/files\/2025\/10\/LUMeNLab_F25.jpg\" title=\"LUMeNLab_F25\" alt=\"LUMeNLab_F25\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">From left, top: Anny Huang, Rebecca Hennessey, Veronica Andrede, Jonathan Kim, Grace Yin, Rohini Kumar, Jack Tan, Alexandra Cohen, Tejas Savalia, Coco Sandoval, Pearce Bernstone, Michelle Sauceda, Coco Zhang<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Learning, Understanding, Memory, &amp; Neurodevelopment (LUMeN) Lab directed by Dr. Ali Cohen. 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