Student Information
Graduate Student
Psychology
The College of Lib Arts & Sci
Long Bio
Xavier joined the Cognitive Psychology Ph.D. program in the Fall of 2021 after completing his Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a Minor in Family and Human Development from ASU in the Spring of 2020. Xavier is a member of the Memory and Attention Control (MAC) Laboratory with Dr. Gene Brewer, where his research investigates prospective memory, goal pursuit, individual differences in cognition, and how chronic and acute drug use may impact cognitive abilities. In addition and in collaboration with Banner Health and Virginia Tech, investigating the use of machine learning-enhanced voltammetry to infer relative the concentrations of neuromodulators such as dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine, in awake epileptic patients.
Education
B.S. Psychology (Minor in Family and Human Development) - Arizona State University 2020
M.A Psychology - Arizona State University 2023
Research Interests
Cognitive Neuroscience
Psychopharmacology
Prospective Memory
Individual Differences in Cognitive Ability
Pupillometry
Statistical Methodology
Publications
- Noradrenaline tracks emotional modulation of attention in human amygdala. (2023) Current Biology.
- Bang, D., Luo, Y., Barbosa, L.S,. Batten, S.R., Hadj-Amar, B., Twomey, T., Melville, N., White, J.P., Torres, A.S., Celaya, X.L., Ramaiah, P., McClure, S.M., Brewer, G.A., Bina, R.W., Lohrenz, T., Casas, B., Chiu, P., Vannucci, M., Kishida, K.T., Witcher, M.R., & Montague, P.R.
- Task sequencing does not systematically affect the factor structure of cognitive abilities. (2023) Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.
- Robison, M.K., Celaya, X.L., Brewer, G.A., & Ball, B.H.
Honors / Awards
J. Frank Yates Student Conference Award – Psychonomic Society 2023 Annual Conference