Megan Whitehorn
Megan Whitehorn was a PhD student supervised by Dr. Sam Wass. She joined the University of East London in 2019 after completing a BSc in Psychology at Queen’s University Belfast and an MSc in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience at Goldsmiths. While studying for an MRes in Functional Neuroimaging at Birkbeck, University of London, she worked as a research assistant on the Unlocke Project, an fMRI investigation into the effects of cognitive training on math and science learning.
Her research focused on the neural correlates of complex dyadic social interactions, with an emphasis on the development of empathy. She had previously published a review article in the Kent Student Journal of Neuroscience on the origins of altruistic empathy.
