Becca Younk

Entering Class - 2022

E-MAIL:  [email protected]

Undergraduate Institution and Major:

Hamline University, B.A. in Cognitive Behavioral Neuroscience 2016

Graduate Advisor

Mark Thomas, Department of Neuroscience

Graduate Publications

  • Liu, J., Younk, R., Drahos, K., Nagrale, S., Yadav, S., Widge, A. S., Mahsa, S. (2024) “Neural Decoding and Feature Selection Methods for Closed-Loop Control of Avoidance Behavior” Journal of Neural Engineering, 10.1088/1741-2552/ad8839

Graduate Presentations

Drug cue reactivity - brain networks in addiction models. Medical Discovery Team on Addictions - works in Progress Symposia. Sep 11, 2023

Graduate Awards

  • Diversity Equity Inclusion Mini Grant Award, 2024
  • Center for Neural Circuits in Addiction Pilot Grant Award, 2024
  • American Legion Brain Sciences Student Award, 2024

Graduate Committees

  • GPN Recruitment Committee, 2023-2024

Thesis Committee

Mark Thomas, Ph.D., Department of Neuroscience (Advisor) 
Jan Zimmermann, Ph.D., Department of Neuroscience 
Jocelyn Richard, Ph.D., Department of Neuroscience 
Sarah Heilbronner, Ph.D., Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine 
Hamed Ekhtiari, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry

Undergraduate Publications

  • Younk, R., Widge, A. S. (2022) “Quantifying defensive behavior and threat response through integrated headstage accelerometry” Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2022.109725
  • M. -c. Lo, R. Younk , A. S. Widge. (2020) "Paired Electrical Pulse Trains for Controlling Connectivity in Emotion-Related Brain Circuitry," IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 10.1109/TNSRE.2020.3030714. S
  • walve, N., Smethells, J., Younk, R., Mitchell, J., Dougen, B., Carroll, M. (2017) “Sex-specific attenuation of impulsive action by progesterone in a go/no-go task for cocaine in rats” Psychopharmacology 235(5). 10.1007//s00213-017-4750-2.
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