Biography
Cristina Maria Alberini is a Professor of Neuroscience at the Center for Neural Science at New York University, studying the biological mechanisms of long-term memory formation, storage, and reconsolidation. She earned her PhD from the University of Genoa and trained as a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University before holding positions at Brown University and Mount Sinai. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2022 and is also a trained psychoanalyst, working to bridge neuroscience and psychoanalysis.
Sample Works
- A Critical Role for IGF-II in Memory Consolidation and Enhancement (Nature) (2011) Paper
- Memory Reconsolidation (book) (2013) Book
- Mechanisms of Memory Stabilization: Are Consolidation and Reconsolidation Similar or Distinct Processes? (2005) Paper
- Memory Reconsolidation: Lingering Consolidation and the Dynamic Memory Trace (2013) Paper
- The Role of Reconsolidation and the Dynamic Process of Long-Term Memory Formation and Storage (2011) Paper
Roundtable Appearances
January 30, 2021 · ▶ Video
The Many Minds of Memory
Memory functions as "a dynamic process, a stream of renditions and reflections" rather than static storage. The event explores how memory "conveys to us not what strictly...
Cristina Alberini, Richard Cohen, Gayatri Devi, Alexandra Horowitz, Andy Lee, Setsuko Winchester
November 7, 2015 · ▶ Video
Speak, Memory
The roundtable explored advances in memory research over three decades, including neural processes of consolidation and reconsolidation, and the biochemistry of memory. Key...
Cristina Alberini, Sven Bernecker, Tom Carew, Martin Conway, Penelope Lewis
April 26, 2014
Women and Science
The roundtable opens with historical context, referencing a 4,700-year-old Egyptian hieroglyph identifying Merit-Ptah as "the Chief Physician." The event examines gender gaps in...
Cristina Alberini, Priyamvada Natarajan, Liz Phelps, Tal Rabin, Anna Ziegler
October 13, 9:30 AM - 4:15 PM, 2013 · ▶ Video
Aby Warburg: Art, Neuroscience, and Psychoanalysis: Day 2
Continuation of the two-day symposium examining Warburg's concepts including memory in relation to artistic creation, neuroplasticity, and neuroesthetics. Focus areas include "the...
Francois Ansermet, Cristina Alberini, Siri Hustvedt, Christopher Johnson, Joseph LeDoux, Peter Loewenberg, Pierre Magistretti, Spyros Papapetros, Robert Penzer, Louis Rose