This Special Focus of the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience is dedicated to the research legacy of Dr. Sarah DuBrow. Sarah Dubrow passed away in February 2022 at the young age of 35 years, only 4 years after opening her own laboratory at the University of Oregon. Although her career was all too brief, Sarah made a timeless impact on our community of memory researchers. In this Special Focus, we have collected articles that include the final chapter of her dissertation, empirical articles, theoretical reviews, and an essay highlighting her role as a laboratory mate, collaborator, and mentor. Here, in the Introduction, we highlight the impact of her scientific findings, and, more importantly, we share a holistic perspective of Sarah that we gained as her graduate school mentor (Lila Davachi) and long-time collaborator (Vishnu “Deepu” Murty).
Sarah was always broadly interested in cognition, and memory in particular. Her experience as a...