Mr. Timothy Brackins, MA

Ph.D., Stony Brook University
- Cognitive Science
- Advanced Neuroscience Certificate
- GAANN Fellow
M.S., Stony Brook University
- Psychology
M.S., SUNY Brockport
- Clinical Research
B.A., SUNY Brockport
- Psychology

Human brain aging examined through structural and diffusion tensor imaging
Age-related changes in cognition across the adult lifespan
Individual differences in cognitive and neural aging trajectories
Social connectedness in aging and its associations with cognitive function and brain health
Advanced statistical modeling of neuroimaging data, with a focus on longitudinal designs

Sallie Asche Travel Award, Dallas Aging and Cognition Conference, 2025

Merit based award to support graduate students and post-docs’ travel to the Dallas Aging and Cognition Conference.

Sallie Asche Travel Award, Dallas Aging and Cognition Conference, 2023

Merit based award to support graduate students and post-docs’ travel to the Dallas Aging and Cognition Conference.

Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Award, Stony Brook University, 2022-2023

This program provides fellowships to assist graduate students with excellent records who plan to pursue the highest degree available in their course study.

Graduate Fellowship Career Services, the College at Brockport, 2019

Graduate Teaching Fellowship, the College at Brockport, 2019

Graduate Teaching Fellowship, the College at Brockport, 2018

Margolin, S. J., & Brackins, T. (2024). The impact of rereading on older adults’ comprehension and metacomprehension of negative text. Educational Gerontology, 50(1), 76–86. https://doi-org.proxy.library.stonybrook.edu/10.1080/03601277.2023.2222349
Richmond, L., Brackins, T., & Rajaram, S. (2022). Episodic memory performance modifies the strength of the age-brain structure relationship. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(7), 4364– .https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074364
Margolin, S., & Brackins, T. (2021). I’m not crying, you’re crying: An evaluation of the impact of emotional text on negation comprehension. Reading Psychology, 42(2), 131–149. https://doi- org.proxy.library.stonybrook.edu/10.1080/02702711.2021.1887018
Margolin, S., and Brackins T. (2020) Comprehension and metacomprehension of negated text: Is retrieval practice beneficial for understanding? Written Language and Literacy. Written Language & Literacy, 23(1), 92-108 https://doi.org/10.1075/wll.00034.mar
Popoviciu, A., Rajaram, S., Brackins, T., & Richmond, L. L. (2026). Do age and episodic memory task performance differentially relate to tract-specific white matter microstructure? Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses in a healthy adult sample. Neuropsychologia, 224, 109394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2026.109394