June 2026

Congratulations to Alireza Taheritorbati on Defending His Master's Thesis!

The Ekstrand Neuroimaging Lab congratulates Alireza Taheritorbati on successfully defending his Master's thesis in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge.
Alireza's research examined theta-gamma phase-amplitude coupling (PAC) during episodic memory encoding, comparing a live theatrical performance to a 2D screen-based condition in 62 healthy young adults. He found stronger frontal theta-gamma PAC in the 2D condition, with PAC predicting recall only there, suggesting PAC may act as a compensatory mechanism when the encoding environment lacks naturalistic structure.
Congratulations, Alireza! We look forward to seeing this work published.

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