Laith Jaroudi
Cognitive science researcher. I study how people think and behave, using experiments, surveys, and data.
I am a researcher and a techno producer, based in Los Angeles.
I study memory, attention, and music cognition. I graduated from UC Santa Barbara in 2026 with a B.S. in Psychological & Brain Sciences. I spent two years in the Memory & Decision Making Lab and wrote my honors thesis on rhythm and memory. I have also produced and DJed techno and ambient music for eight years.
My Projects
Research studies first, then music, then everything else. Each row opens a page about it.
Techno on the Brain
Does rhythm help people remember the order of what they see? An experiment with 59 participants and four auditory conditions. The result was a null effect.
Read the study →Sound Effects & False Memory
A 2×2 experiment with 67 participants in the DRM paradigm. Best Poster at the course colloquium.
Read the study →NOTARAVE
An electronic music collective at UC Santa Barbara. 15+ events and 10,000+ total attendees.
See the collective →And More
Minors in Philosophy and Media Arts & Design, video production for TEDxYouth@ACS, sound design, and UX and website building.
See the rest →My Timeline
Research, data, music and events. Most recent first.
- 2025 to 2026
Lead Honors Researcher
Memory & Decision Making Lab, UC Santa Barbara
- Fall 2025
Course Research Project
Laboratory in Advanced Research Methods (PSY 120L), UC Santa Barbara
- 2025 to 2026
Co-founder
NOTARAVE, UC Santa Barbara
- 2024 to 2026
Research Assistant
Memory & Decision Making Lab, UC Santa Barbara
- 2022 to 2026
B.S. in Psychological & Brain Sciences (Honors)
UC Santa Barbara. Minors in Philosophy and Media Arts & Design. GPA 3.69, 5× Dean's Honors.
- 2021
Event Production Lead
TEDxYouth@ACS, Beirut
- 2019
Market Intelligence Analyst (Intern)
Industry Intelligence Inc., Los Angeles
- 2017 to present
Sound Designer & Music Producer
Freelance
My Skills
I design experiments and surveys, collect behavioral and EEG data, and analyze the results in R, SPSS, and MATLAB. Alongside research I produce music and run events.
Research & statistics
- Experimental design
- Survey design
- Repeated-measures & factorial ANOVA
- Linear mixed-effects models
- EEG data collection & preprocessing
- IRB documentation
Data & analysis
- R
- Python
- SPSS
- SQL
- Excel
- MATLAB / EEGLAB
- Qualtrics
- jsPsych
Music & design
- Ableton Live
- FL Studio
- Sound design
- Music production
- Figma
- Adobe Creative Suite
Languages
- English Native
- Arabic Native
- French Advanced
- Spanish Advanced
Open to research, analyst, and music-industry roles.