Our Team
Lab Director
Alyssa (Allie) Sinclair, Ph.D.
Allie Sinclair (she/her) is an incoming Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University. She is a cognitive neuroscientist who studies how people update their memories, beliefs, and behaviors in lab and real-world settings. Her expertise spans learning and memory, belief and behavior change, affect, and information consumption.
Allie completed her Ph.D. in Psychology & Neuroscience at Duke University, postdoctoral training at the University of Pennsylvania, and an Honours B.Sc. in Psychology at the University of Toronto, where she graduated as valedictorian and received the Governor General’s Academic Medal. She has been recognized by awards from the National Science Foundation, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Society for Neuroscience, and more.
Outside of the lab, Allie enjoys trying new restaurants, rock climbing, and video games.
Outside of the lab, Allie enjoys trying new restaurants, rock climbing, and video games.
Join the lab!
Now recruiting for Fall 2026
Prospective graduate students: I am recruiting students through the Ph.D. program in Psychological Sciences at Rice. You are welcome to reach out via email in advance!
Postdocs: The lab currently does not have dedicated funding for postdocs, but please reach out if you have external funding or would like to work together to apply for a fellowship.
Undergraduates at Rice: Stay tuned for research assistant opportunities from Fall 2026 onward.
Undergraduates at Rice: Stay tuned for research assistant opportunities from Fall 2026 onward.
Collaborators
Beyond the lab, we are lucky to collaborate with brilliant scholars across disciplines. Below are some of our key collaborators on recent and current projects. Our collaborators have diverse expertise in cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, communication, bioinformatics, neurology, geographic information science, and more. Tackling complex real-world challenges often requires integrating ideas and skills across disciplines!
Emily Falk, University of Pennsylvania
R. Alison Adcock, Duke University
Gregory Samanez-Larkin, Duke University
Morgan Barense, University of Toronto
Rick Hoyle, Duke University
Hannah Tarder-Stoll, York University - Glendon
R. Alison Adcock, Duke University
Gregory Samanez-Larkin, Duke University
Morgan Barense, University of Toronto
Rick Hoyle, Duke University
Hannah Tarder-Stoll, York University - Glendon
Joshua Weitz, University of Maryland
Ellen Peters, University of Oregon
Angela Fagerlin, University of Utah
Clio Andris, Georgia Institute of Technology
Jonathan Rosand, MGB / Harvard Medical School
Sanjula Singh, MGB / Harvard Medical School
Ellen Peters, University of Oregon
Angela Fagerlin, University of Utah
Clio Andris, Georgia Institute of Technology
Jonathan Rosand, MGB / Harvard Medical School
Sanjula Singh, MGB / Harvard Medical School