Faculty, Department of Psychology
Area Director, Cognitive Neuroscience & Biopsychology
Director, Measurement of Episodic Memory Lab
Affiliate Faculty, School of Neuroscience
Area Director, Cognitive Neuroscience & Biopsychology
Director, Measurement of Episodic Memory Lab
Affiliate Faculty, School of Neuroscience
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Office Hours
Fall 2025 Office Hours:
Mon. & Wed. 3:45pm-4:15pm (NCB 208)
Tuesdays 10:00am-11:00am (WMS 335 & zoom)
Fridays noon-1:00pm (WMS 335 & zoom)
or e-mail for an appointment: rdiana@vt.edu
https://virginiatech.zoom.us/my/rdiana
Mon. & Wed. 3:45pm-4:15pm (NCB 208)
Tuesdays 10:00am-11:00am (WMS 335 & zoom)
Fridays noon-1:00pm (WMS 335 & zoom)
or e-mail for an appointment: rdiana@vt.edu
https://virginiatech.zoom.us/my/rdiana
Office Address
335 Williams Hall
Office Phone
Other Address
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Accepting Graduate Students?
Not currently accepting students
Research Center/Lab
Curriculum Vitae
Interests
My area of specialization is the psychology and cognitive neuroscience of human memory. I have conducted research into the retrieval processes operating in recognition memory using behavioral techniques, event-related potentials, and computational modeling to assess the predictions of single and dual-process models of recognition. I have extended this research into the study of the brain by developing and testing a model of medial temporal lobe function in episodic memory processing using ERP, fMRI, and patient approaches.
Recent Courses Taught
- PSYC 2064 Introduction to the Neuroscience of Behavior
- PSYC 4114 Cognitive Psychology
- PSYC 5344 Cognitive Psychology (graduate level)
Select Publications
- Shafer, E.S., Katz, B., Kitcoff, O., & Diana, R.A. (under review). Do manipulations of encoding context benefit item recognition 1 in older adults?
- Yuksel, E.*, Shafer, E.S.*, Netto, M., & Diana, R.A. (2025). Replicability of representational similarity and its role in successful memory retrieval. Peer Community In: Registered Reports. Stage 1 in principle acceptance prior to data collection.
- Salan, J., Smith, D.E., Shafer, E.S., & Diana, R.A. (2024). Variation in encoding context benefits item memory. Memory & Cognition, doi: 10.3758/s13421-024-01603-x
- Lim, Y., Lang, D.J., & Diana, R.A. (2023). Cognitive tasks affect the relationship between representational pattern similarity and subsequent item memory in the hippocampus. NeuroImage, 277, doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120241
- Tu, H.W. & Diana, R.A. (2021). The interaction of relational encoding and unitization: Effects on medial temporal lobe processing during retrieval. Behavioural Brain Research, 396, doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2020.112878.
Degrees
- PhD Carnegie Mellon University 2006
- MS Carnegie Mellon University 2003
- BS Presbyterian College 2001