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Daniela Palombo

Associate Professor
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Associate Professor
Research Focus
Brain and Nerves
Contact Info
memlab.psych.ubc.ca/
daniela.palombo@ubc.ca
604-822-4156

Biography

Dr. Daniela Palombo is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She is also a member of the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health. Dr. Palombo’s research focuses on studying memory, with a special focus on emotional aspects of memory. She investigates how memory intersects with imagination, including future thinking. Her research approach is multi-faceted and applies a host of cognitive tasks as well as virtual reality and neuroimaging methods.

News and Awards

The influence of social situations on memory

Jul 24, 2026

Publications

  • Psychological research -

    Social cues tip the scales in emotional processing of complex pictures.

    Dudarev V, Wardell V, Enns JT, Kerns CM, Palombo DJ
  • Emotion (Washington, D.C.) -

    Negative emotion reduces autobiographical memory's susceptibility to change.

    Wardell V, Palombo DJ
  • Canadian journal of experimental psychology = Revue canadienne de psychologie experimentale -

    Beyond memory: The transcendence of episodic narratives.

    Palombo DJ
  • Emotion (Washington, D.C.) -

    Episodic memory through a social and emotional lens.

    Stewardson CI, Hunsche MC, Wardell V, Palombo DJ, Kerns CM
  • Behaviour research and therapy -

    Are autistic traits associated with a social-emotional memory bias?

    Wardell V, Stewardson CI, Hunsche MC, Chen FS, Rights JD, Palombo DJ, Kerns CM
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