Graduate Students

Youmna Alhaij

Pure mathematics; mathematical mindsets and processing

Lab Affiliation:
Marghetis
Melissa Almeida

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
Polyphony J.Bruna

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

Lab Affiliation:
Spivey, Kello
Cognitive and Information Sciences Graduate student Rachel Casper

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

Lab Affiliation:
Aguirre–Munoz, Bortfeld
Headshot Judy Zhuo Chen

Language comprehension, meaning, natural language processing, language models, human-AI interaction, cognitive modeling.

Lab Affiliation:
Ryskin
Ziyi Cheng

Beat Perception; Error Processing

Lab Affiliation:
Balasubramaniam
Kaylee Davis

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

Lab Affiliation:
Holbrook

Cultural evolution, complex systems, group assortment, signaling theory, distributed systems, mathematical and agent-based modeling

Lab Affiliation:
Marghetis, Smaldino
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
Makenzy Gilbert

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
Adam Holm

Perception of errors, the role of uncertainty in consciousness

Lab Affiliation:
Backer, Shahin

Speech and language processing, language comprehension, language models, automatic speech recognition models

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

Lab Affiliation:
Backer, Bortfeld

Cooperation and collective action; Cultural evolution; Evolutionary psychology; Beliefs and ideology; Cognitive styles; Human-AI interaction; Technology and culture

Lab Affiliation:
Holbrook, Smaldino
Chen (Joyce) Liu

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

Lab Affiliation:
Aguirre–Munoz

creativity, phenomenology, mechanistic explanations

Lab Affiliation:
Spivey
Hosahmand Malaie

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

Lab Affiliation:
Noelle

Cultural Evolution, Cooperation, Social Norms, Social Learning

Lab Affiliation:
Marghetis

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

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 auditory neuroscience, crossmodal perception, music cognition.

Lab Affiliation:
Backer
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

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

Lab Affiliation:
Balasubramaniam