Indre Viskontas received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto and a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from UCLA in 2006. During her training at UCLA, Dr. Viskontas used high-resolution fMRI of healthy individuals and recordings of individual neural activity in patients with epilepsy to map memory processes in the medial temporal lobe. She joined the Memory and Aging Center in May of 2006 to study creativity and memory in patients with frontal and/or temporal lobar degeneration.

Dr. Viskontas is also a classically-trained soprano with a Masters of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and performs with regional opera companies and chamber music groups in the Bay Area.