University of Toronto
Hi! I’m Rachel — I am a 2026 graduate of the University of Toronto, specializing in psychology and majoring in cognitive science in the Brain and Cognition stream. My research interest focus on how our emotions come from, and how it helps to shape our cognition, decision making and behavior. More broadly, I am interested in the neural mechanisms behind emotions and their interaction with cognitive processes, especially how people decide to behave differently under different emotions. My research with Prof. Mekik explores persistence in problem solving, with the goal of better understanding how effort, motivation, and individual differences shape performance in real time.
