clinical psychology phd candidate @ penn studying sleep + emotional memory // library patron, muay thai fighter, plant appreciator, cruciverbalisthttps://bsky.app/profile/olivialarson.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/olivialarson.bsky.social/post/3m235hqtpls2sI defended my dissertation! 🥹 I am incredibly grateful to Phil Gehrman, @annaschapiro.bsky.social, and Martha Farah for their mentorship over these six wonderful, whirlwind years! There are not enough !!!s in the world to convey my gratitude for all of the many others who supported me along the way!30 Sep 2025 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:b2dktaatvuvelmtmhap2rmue/app.bsky.feed.post/3m235hqtpls2shttps://bsky.app/profile/olivialarson.bsky.social/post/3m232dpa3h22kThe first chapter of my dissertation is officially published! 🎆🌺💤 We found that folks with depression show similar impairments in cognitive functioning after total sleep deprivation as non-depressed folks (and bounce back similarly after recovery sleep): 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.09.06230 Sep 2025 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:b2dktaatvuvelmtmhap2rmue/app.bsky.feed.post/3m232dpa3h22khttps://bsky.app/profile/olivialarson.bsky.social/post/3lsevfgr3ec2kMe editing a draft of a "methods" section that I myself wrote24 Jun 2025 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:b2dktaatvuvelmtmhap2rmue/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsevfgr3ec2khttps://bsky.app/profile/olivialarson.bsky.social/post/3lr4snj4gac2mI'm in Seattle at #SLEEP2025! Come see me at poster 52 on Tuesday 6/10 at 11am! It's called "No Added Benefit of Targeted Memory Reactivation During Naps on Negative Memory Rescripting" because that is what we found!08 Jun 2025 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:b2dktaatvuvelmtmhap2rmue/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr4snj4gac2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/olivialarson.bsky.social/post/3ljsevqxim22u#standupforscience07 Mar 2025 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:b2dktaatvuvelmtmhap2rmue/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljsevqxim22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/olivialarson.bsky.social/post/3lbiieatew22rHow is it possible that AI can do so many things for me on my computer but every time I try to put a figure into a Word document it acts like I'm asking it to format my paper in 4D21 Nov 2024 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:b2dktaatvuvelmtmhap2rmue/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbiieatew22r