»Education
Temple University
Fall 2019 -- May 2023Bachelor of Science, Neuroscience
- Summa Cum Laude
- Departmental Honors; Distinction in Neuroscience
»Experience
Stanford University -- Poldrack Lab
Spring 2023 -- presentResearch Coordinator
Lead analysis and infrastructure for two precision fMRI studies -- the Network study (N=46, 12 hrs/subject) and the RDoC study (N=65, 16.5 hrs/subject) -- among the largest dense-sampling acquisitions in cognitive neuroscience.
- Refactored the lab's end-to-end fMRI pipeline from raw acquisition through second-level models, encompassing BIDS conversion, preprocessing orchestration (fMRIPrep, MRIQC, QSIPrep), and reproducible GLM specification (Nilearn, FitLins). Integrated DataLad for complete data provenance.
- Applied exploratory factor analysis to fMRI contrast maps across multiple cognitive control paradigms to test whether NIMH RDoC constructs correspond to separable neural circuits.
- Exploring whether task-regressed residuals from diverse cognitive control tasks can substitute for resting-state scans in estimating individual-level functional networks.
- Implemented MVPA and hierarchical Bayesian parcellation methods to characterize individual differences in functional architecture.
- Coded 50+ behavioral and MRI-compatible cognitive tasks in jsPsych; built a mobile application in React Native for longitudinal health tracking.
- Built continuous integration infrastructure integrating DataLad for complete data provenance across fMRI datasets.
University of Pennsylvania -- Social Action Lab
Fall 2021 -- Spring 2023Research Assistant
Investigated whether neural signatures of working memory capacity predict intentions to change health behaviors.
- Established a new EEG laboratory from the ground up: configured hardware/software, developed acquisition protocols in CURRY 9, and trained lab members on data collection.
- Designed a bilateral change-detection paradigm leveraging contralateral organization to isolate visual working memory responses.
- Found that larger N400 and P3b amplitudes during memory encoding predicted stronger intentions to adopt healthy behaviors.
University of Pennsylvania -- Addiction, Health, and Adolescence Lab
Spring 2020 -- Spring 2021Research Assistant
Built multilevel models in R examining within-person temporal associations between sleep, well-being, and physical activity. Contributed to a published paper in Psychosomatic Medicine.
Temple University -- Center for Applied Research in Decision Making
Fall 2019 -- Fall 2021Research Assistant
First independent research project, studying how COVID-era face masks affected emotion recognition.
- Developed jsPsych tasks with eye- and mouse-tracking to study emotion recognition and prosocial decision-making.
- Applied drift-diffusion models to quantify how face masks affect evidence accumulation for facial emotion processing.
Temple University -- Center for Hybrid Intelligence
Spring 2021Research Assistant
Built software in React.js analyzing communication patterns of neurodivergent individuals.
»Skills
Neuroimaging
Analysis
Scientific Software
Infrastructure
Programming
Other
»Publications
PreprintBissett, P., Achyutuni, K., Rios, J. H., Jones, H. M., Bennett, L., & Poldrack, R. (2025). Sharing control with a machine impairs human response inhibition. Preprint
Bissett, P. G., Achyutuni, K. G., Li, J. K., Jones, H. M., Shim, S., Rios, J. A. H., Bennett, L. J., Mitchell, M., Jackson, J., Bar Or, M., Roll, D., Meidan, N., Saliy-Grigoryan, A., LePage Drummond, T. M., Pokala, S. S., Cohen, J. R., Schonberg, T., & Poldrack, R. A. (2025). Arbitrary stimuli are not devalued by stopping action: A registered replication of Wessel et al. (2014). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 154(11), 2935--2943. 10.1037/xge0000964
McGowan, A. L., Boyd, Z. M., Kang, Y., Bennett, L., Mucha, P. J., Ochsner, K. N., Bassett, D. S., Falk, E. B., & Lydon-Staley, D. M. (2023). Within-Person Temporal Associations Among Self-Reported Physical Activity, Sleep, and Well-Being in College Students. Psychosomatic Medicine, 85(2), 141--153
»Presentations
Bissett, P., Achyutuni, K. G., Rios, J. H., Jones, H. M., Bennett, L., & Poldrack, R. (2025). Shared control impairs cognitive control: Human response inhibition slows when machines fail to inhibit. The Cognitive Science Society, San Francisco, CA
Bissett, P. G., Shim, S., Bennett, L. J., Rios, J. A. H., Jones, H. M., Hagen, M. P., Achyutuni, K. G., Demidenko, M. I., Mumford, J. A., Shine, J. M., Poldrack, R. A. (2025). Characterizing cognitive control networks using a precision neuroscience approach. Organization for Human Brain Mapping
Bissett, P. G., Bennett, L., Rios, J. A. H., Shim, S., McKee, P. C., Iyer, C. S., Ram, N., Poldrack, R. A. (2024). Mapping task measures to latent constructs: An expert survey of the NIMH RDoC cognitive domain. Organization for Human Brain Mapping
Beard, E. C., Henninger, N. M., Bennett, L., Nicholson, J., Sposit, C., Goldsmith, M., Venkatraman, V. (2021). Neural patterns of positive and negatively valenced social media charity appeals. Social and Affective Neuroscience Society
McGowan, A. L., Bennett, L., Bassett, D. S., Lydon-Staley, D. M. (2021). Naturalistic fluctuations in night-to-night sleep duration and quality and their associations with next day perceived stress and negative mood. Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise
»Awards & Honors
Research software engineering program covering software design, testing, and distribution
Full-tuition merit scholarship
Institutional nomination for national undergraduate research award
$4,000 award supporting independent research
$4,000 awards for demonstrated excellence in STEM research