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Graduate Students

Pure mathematics; mathematical mindsets and processing

Lab Affiliation:
Marghetis

Embodied cognition; AR/VR technology; human-computer interaction in pedagogy

Lab Affiliation:
Aguirre–Munoz
CIS Graduate Student Chanuwas Aswamenakul

Wealth inequality, political structure, cultural evolution, agent-based models

Lab Affiliation:
Marghetis, Smaldino

Neural Networks, Complex & Dynamical Systems, Collective Intelligence, Coordination, Joint Action, Alignment, Philosophy

Lab Affiliation:
Spivey, Kello
CIS Graduate Student Ellis Cain

Changes in language usage, semantics, natural language processing

Lab Affiliation:
Ryskin
Cognitive and Information Sciences Graduate student Rachel Casper

Language acquisition, lexical access, bilingualism, executive functions, language change

Lab Affiliation:
Aguirre–Munoz, Bortfeld

Beat Perception; Error Processing

Lab Affiliation:
Balasubramaniam

Artificial Intelligence, Human-AI interaction, AI Companionship, Attachment and Trust, Ethical and Affective Design

Lab Affiliation:
Holbrook

Human-computer interaction, human-robot interaction, evolutionary psychology, technology and cognition, decision-making

Lab Affiliation:
Holbrook
Cognitive and Information Sciences Graduate student Benjamin Fried

Social & behavioral dynamics; complex systems theory; complexity economics; political economy;cooperation; collective action; mathematical & agent-based modeling

Lab Affiliation:
Smaldino
Cognitive and Information Sciences Graduate student Olivia Gawel

Language comprehension and production, cognitive neuroscience, computational methods

Lab Affiliation:
Ryskin

Dynamical Systems,
Neural Networks,
Attractor Topology 

Lab Affiliation:
Yoshimi
Cognitive and Information Sciences Graduate student Yasemin Gokcen

Cognitive modeling, cognitive neuroscience, language

Lab Affiliation:
Ryskin, Noelle
Mariel Grace Gonzales

Crossmodal perception, audiovisual illusions

Perception of errors, the role of uncertainty in consciousness

Lab Affiliation:
Backer, Shahin
Helia Hosseinpour

Decision-making, risk and uncertainty, visual cognition and emotions

Lab Affiliation:
Padilla
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Cognitive and auditory neuroscience, bilingualism, speech perception, speech in noise processing

Lab Affiliation:
Backer, Bortfeld

Educational Technology, Cognitive Load, Metacognitive Monitoring, and Second Language Learning

Lab Affiliation:
Aguirre–Munoz

Computational Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Control, Decision-Making, Attention

Lab Affiliation:
Noelle

creativity, phenomenology, mechanistic explanations

Lab Affiliation:
Spivey
Graduate Student David Marcos Cuesta

Consciousness, Perception and Attention, Complex Systems, Neural Networks, Nonlinear Data Analysis

Lab Affiliation:
Yoshimi, Spivey

Cooperation and collective action; evolution of institutions; multi-level selection theory; hierarchy and inequality; complex systems; formal modeling

Lab Affiliation:
Marghetis, Smaldino

Metaphor, gesture, embodied cognition

Lab Affiliation:
Marghetis

Cultural evolution, decision-making under risk and uncertainty, cooperation, hierarchy, kinship

Lab Affiliation:
Smaldino

Consciousness, philosophy of mind, artificial intelligence, computational cognitive neuroscience

Lab Affiliation:
Yoshimi, Backer

Bilingualism and cognition, bilingualism in education, language and thought, metaphor

Lab Affiliation:
Aguirre–Munoz

Multimodal integration, Developmental cognitive neuroscience

Lab Affiliation:
Backer, Bortfeld
Cognitive and Information Sciences Graduate student Maribel Viveros

cognitive neuroscience applications in instructional design and content sequencing for STEM learning, oculomotor behaviors, and eye-tracking

Lab Affiliation:
Aguirre–Munoz
CIS graduate student Tevin Williams

Interpersonal coordination, language, music improvisation, music cognition

Lab Affiliation:
Ryskin, Spivey

Sensorimotor and cognitive neuroscience; music cognition; physiological response to music

Lab Affiliation:
Balasubramaniam