Sophia Smyth

Sophia earned a B.S. in Psychology with a focus in Neuroscience from The University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is a first year student in the McDannald Lab starting fall 2024. At UNL, Sophia worked in a Behavioral Neuropharmacology lab where she studied how the interoceptive stimulus effects of Ketamine control anticipatory goal tracking behavior. Sophia is examining how the forebrain and brainstem cooperate to generate threat prediction.