The gist of this work is to identify the psychological and neural mechanisms underlying visual cognition. A second area of interest is visual problem solving, including mental imagery and the interaction of language and visual cognition. Students who are interested in the above topics are welcome to collaborate on or initiate their own research projects. Experimental studies examine human performance characteristics during task performance, and computer simulation models incorporate those characteristics into their design. Primary interests are in the development of problem solving skills, ranging from simple puzzles to scientific reasoning skills.
Subject populations range from preschool children to adults.
Interested in perceptual modalities other than vision, including touch and locomotion. Student involvement in research is welcome. Another area is on how we experience the passage of time. Student initiated research proposals welcome. My first interest is understanding deeply the mechanisms and explanatory power of each of the model types, and to compare and contrast their power in explaining data in areas where two or more architectures address the same data.