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I study the neurocognitive mechanisms of learning and memory, specifically a form of implicit learning referred to as “statistical learning”, and how such mechanisms are used in the service of language development across diverse experiences. My work relies on a combination of cognitive and cognitive...

I spend my research time exploring the development of children’s cognitive processes. My work is motivated by the goal to understand how children’s developing abilities and their experiences in the world interact with their developing cognitive processes. I teach classes on psychology and child...

A s a cognitive psychologist, Professor Gibson’s research focused on executive functions (flexibility, updating, and managing resources) and on implicit memory (the influence of past experience in the absence of conscious recollection) with a focus on aging and problem solving. In recent years...

David Lopatto’s research on the psychology of learning and motivation has come to focus on the learning outcomes of undergraduate experiences in science, especially the effect of undergraduate research experience on student learning, career choice, and attitude. He is the author of several surveys...

Dr. Ng completed his PhD in social psychology at the University of Virginia, and he earned his undergraduate degree in psychology and English literature, with a minor in economics, at Northwestern University. His research implements a cultural and social psychological approach to understand the...

Orestis Papaioannou is an assistant professor in the Psychology department. They are particularly interested in the neural mechanisms behind working memory and attention, as well as applying electrophysiological approaches to novel questions. From 2015 to 2021 they worked with Dr. Steve Luck...

Chris Ralston is a licensed psychologist in the state of Iowa. As a co-author of the Juvenile Sexual Offender Recidivism Risk Assessment Tool - II (JSORRAT-II), his research focuses on factors predictive of sexual recidivism amongst individuals already detected for historical sexual offenses. In...

The general goal of my research program is to document the dynamic functioning of personality across different social situations. Specifically, I am interested in (a) the extent to which personality traits wax and wane across time—both short- and long-term, (b) predicting these changes in...

My primary research interest is ingestive behavior - specifically, the role of learning in food choice and food motivation, with a particular focus on how these influence, and are influenced by, obesity. My lab uses a rat model to study the behavioral and neural mechanisms underlying these processes...

I am a social psychologist with a focus on intergroup relations research. As an intergroup relations researcher, I am interested in the causes and consequences of intergroup inequality as well as factors that promote social change. I pursue these interests in two related lines of research. In my...