Simona Ghetti

Simona Ghetti is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Davis, and a faculty member at the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain. She holds editorial roles in journals such as Memory, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, and Frontiers in Developmental Psychology. Her research focuses on the development of memory and metamemory in children, employing behavioral and neuroimaging methods in her Memory and Development (MaD) Lab. She studies both typical and atypical memory development, with a particular interest in episodic memory, spatial-temporal binding, and decision-making processes.

Dr. Ghetti’s educational background includes a B.S. (Summa Cum Laude) from the Università di Padova, Italy, and a Ph.D. in Psychology from UC Davis. She has received multiple prestigious awards, including the UC Davis Chancellor’s Fellowship and the James F. McDonnell Foundation Scholar Award. Her work bridges cognitive neuroscience and developmental psychology, addressing questions about how memory systems mature and interact with neurocognitive processes.

Her lab’s research extends to clinical applications, such as studying neurocognitive risks in children with conditions like asthma and diabetes. She also explores interventions to enhance memory and metacognitive skills in educational settings. Collaborations include studies on diabetic ketoacidosis’s effects on cognition and the development of data integration methods for neuroimaging.

Dr. Ghetti’s teaching includes courses on the Development of Memory and Developmental Psychology. She actively contributes to professional organizations like the Cognitive Neuroscience Society and the Society for Research in Child Development, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to understanding memory systems.