09/2019 - 08/2021
M.Sc. in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Specialization Neuropsychology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Master's thesis:
Induced Plasticity (iPlasticity) Of Excitatory And Inhibitory Neurons In The Mouse Visual Cortex Through Optically Activatable TrkB

09/2015 - 06/2018
B.Sc. in Politics, Psychology, Law and Economics, Specialization Psychology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Bachelor's thesis:
The Indirect Effects of Fantasy Proneness and Visual Imagery on False Memory Formation Through the Tendency Jump to Conclusions

Lilja, A., Fernandez, G., & Schwabe, L. (2024). Stress enhances memory for previously encoded events depending on stressor recall. Learning & Memory, 31, a053987.

Winkel, F., Ryazantseva, M., Voigt, M., Didio, G., Lilja, A., & Llach Pou, M. et al. (2021). Pharmacological and optical activation of TrkB in Parvalbumin interneurons regulate intrinsic states to orchestrate cortical plasticity. Molecular Psychiatry, 26(12), 7247-7256. doi: 10.1038/s41380-021-01211-0

How stressful encounters bias memory for surrounding events.