Sofia Fraile
Research Assistant Memory & Development Lab @Fiu Center For Children And Families
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WORK HISTORY
Research Assistant Memory & Development Lab @Fiu Center For Children And Families
Under the mentorship of Principal Investigator, Dr. Aaron Mattfeld– Participated in weekly lab meetings with graduate and undergraduate students to present project updates and lead discussions on current research related to memory and development– Supported a behavioral study on Episodic Specificity Induction (ESI): recruited and scheduled participants, maintained detailed procedural records, and organized PsychoPy datasets using Microsoft Office • Designed and led a secondary analysis project: conducted literature review, developed original hypotheses and scoring paradigms, coded and analyzed data in Python, and presented findings at URFIU 2024 and FCNC 2024– Contributed to a neuroimaging study on Aversive Biconditional Discrimination (ABD) as Research Assistant and Assistant Coordinator: led protocol development, coordinated a team of seven RAs, and facilitated data collection (SCR and MRI) • Designed a secondary analysis project: coded and processed study data, developed a novel research angle, and presented findings at URFIU 2025
EDUCATION
Florida International University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cognitive Neuroscience
The Honors College at Florida International University (FIU)
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Psychology
The Honors College at Florida International University (FIU)
Bachelor of Science - BS, Behavioral Neuroscience, Minor in Statistics
ABOUT SOFIA FRAILE
I am an aspiring cognitive neuroscientist with a strong interest in memory, learning, and developmental processes in the brain. As an undergraduate researcher at Florida International University’s Honors College, I contributed to behavioral and neuroimaging studies exploring episodic and associative memory, aversive learning, and brain structure and function. My work spans participant-facing roles, data analysis and coding, and the design of 3 secondary projects that I have presented at institutional and national conferences. Alongside my research, I am deeply committed to leadership, collaboration, and outreach. I have served as a neuroscience Learning Assistant, President of Nu Rho Psi, and a student leader in STEM education research through Project VOCES—experiences that have sharpened my ability to mentor others, execute projects/initiatives independently, and promote neuroscience education and research. With training in coding and statistical analyses as well as hands-on experience in both behavioral and neuroimaging methodologies, I pursue a PhD with the aim of contributing to developmental neuroscience research that bridges lab findings with real-world applications, ideally through a medical intervention perspective. I’m always open to conversations and collaborations related to science communication, outreach, and neuroscience research.
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