Lab Leadership
Sarah Kraeutner, PhD (she/her)
Assistant Professor & Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar
Department of Psychology
Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
the University of British Columbia – Okanagan
& Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health
& Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention
BSc (H) Psychology,
University of Victoria
MSc Psychology & Neuroscience,
Dalhousie University
PhD Psychology & Neuroscience,
Dalhousie University
Fellowship, Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (Brain Behaviour Lab, the University of British Columbia – Vancouver)
Justine Magnuson, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Justine completed her PhD at the University of British Columbia and has expertise in neuromuscular function.
Hometown: Kelowna, Canada
Research Team
Celine Balay
MA/PhD-track Psychological Sciences
Celine completed her Master’s thesis on the topic of the use of immersive technologies to improve effectiveness of motor imagery for learning, and is now working towards a PhD.
Department of Psychology
UBC – Okanagan Campus
Hometown: Edmonton, Canada
Olivia Beshtoev
BSc Psychology Student
Olivia is involved in work related to understanding mechanisms of covert practice.
UBC – Okanagan Campus
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Alisha Davis
MA/PhD-track Psychological Sciences
Alisha completed her Master’s thesis in the lab on the topic of neurophysiological mechanisms of motor imagery, and is now working towards a PhD.
Department of Psychology
UBC – Okanagan Campus
BSc Microbiology & Psychology, UBC
Hometown: Lake Country, Canada
Sofia Knopf
BSc Psychology Student & Undergraduate Research Awardee
Sofia is completing an honour’s thesis on the topic of how the motor system influences our perceptions to music.
UBC – Okanagan Campus
Hometown: Surrey, Canada
AJ Neil
BSc Psychology
AJ is involved in work related to testing changes in motor behaviour resulting from different forms of covert practice.
UBC – Okanagan Campus
Hometown: Cochrane, Canada
AnnaMae Pond
MSc Kinesiology
AnnaMae is completing her Master’s thesis on the topic of mechanisms of action observation.
School of Kinesiology
UBC – Vancouver Campus
Hometown: Colorado Springs/Santa Fe, USA
Victoria Qiao
BA Psychology
Victoria is involved in work related to understanding mechanisms of covert practice.
UBC – Okanagan Campus
Hometown: Vancouver, Canada
Marlo Spence
BSc Psychology & Biology Student & NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awardee
Marlo is completing an honour’s thesis on the topic of neurophysiology underlying motor imagery.
Department of Psychology
UBC – Okanagan Campus
Hometown: Penticton, Canada
Kyle Vallido
MA Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies – Digital Arts & Humanities Student
Kyle is completing his Master’s thesis on the topic of understanding how kinaesthetic vs. visual motor imagery is represented in the brain.
BSc Psychology
UBC – Okanagan Campus
NSERC USRA 2022-2023
Hometown: Kelowna, Canada
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