Krisst, L. C.

I am a Chen Neuroscience Postdoctoral Scholar at the California Institute of Technology. I earned my PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of California, Davis, under the mentorship of Dr. Steve Luck in the Laboratory for Basic and Translational Cognitive Neuroscience. My academic path began with a BA in Philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley, followed by an MA from the Mind, Brain, & Behavior Program at San Francisco State University.

My research focuses on the cognitive and neural mechanisms that distinguish conscious and unconscious processing, drawing on EEG methodology, psychophysics, and complementary techniques such as fMRI and TMS. During my doctoral training, I employed EEG/ERP decoding, representational similarity analysis (RSA), and deep learning to model and test neural systems. This line of research seeks to advance our understanding of how unconscious processes shape perception, decision-making, and behavior, with the long-term goal of informing treatments for cognitive impairments and thought disorders affecting attention, memory, and learning.