Anita Shankar

Anita Shankar's research spans two areas: the neuroscience of memory, including how brain activity patterns like hippocampal gamma oscillations, sleep rhythms, and epileptic discharges relate to associative memory formation, often using intracranial EEG recordings in the brain; and the psychobiology of stress and trauma in populations exposed to chronic conflict, examining post-traumatic stress symptoms and emotion regulation. This combination suggests interests bridging basic neuroscience methods with applied mental health research in humanitarian or conflict-affected settings.

Publication output has grown over the past decade, rising from occasional single papers in the late 2010s to a more consistent 3-5 papers per year in recent years.

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