Kiana Sabugo

Kiana earned her BA in Philosophy and BS in Psychological & Brain Sciences from UC Santa Barbara in June 2022. Following her graduation, she joined the UCSB Brain Imaging Center as a research assistant. She joined YES lab to explore the interplay between emotions and moral evaluations. She is particularly interested in beliefs related to agency and emotion regulation, and how these beliefs influence prosocial behavior and moral judgments of self and others. In her leisure time, Kiana enjoys meditation, playing music, and immersing herself in nature.