Faculty Research Interests
Boot, Walter: Research in visual cognition, training, and transfer of training. Currently investigating video games as a means to improve perceptual and cognitive abilities. Other research interests include visual search, attention capture, eye movement control, and visual attention across the lifespan.
Charness, Neil: Age and human factors
in technology use (computer interfaces and training, computer
- based cognitive assessment); age and expert performance (e.g.,
in domains such as chess, bridge, software applications); age
and work performance.
Ericsson, Anders: Thinking,
reasoning and planning that mediate problem solving, learning
and skilled performance. The structure of cognitive processes
and attention revealed by the analysis of think-aloud protocols
and retrospective verbal reports. The acquisition of expert performance
through deliberate practice in domains, such as music, science,
golf and darts. The structure and acquisition of Long-Term Working
Memory.
Kaschak, Michael: The
role of learning and memory in language processing; embodied cognition,
particularly the relationship between language and systems of
perception and action; How language comprehenders process idiosyncratic
and creative language; The influence of idiosyncratic syntactic
structures on the course of language acquisition.
Kelley, Colleen: Research
in human memory, particularly factors that create the subjective
experience of remembering, including illusions of memory, aging
and memory, and memory effects on judgment. Other research interests
include metacognition and eyewitness memory.
Radach, Ralph: Word recognition
and reading; visual perception, attention and eye movement control;
acquired and developmental reading disabilities; cognitive neuropsychology
with a focus on visual and oculomotor functions; human factors
and internet usability.
Schatschneider, Chris: Educational psychology,
learning disabilities, quantitative methods and research design, reading
and language comprehension.
Torgesen, Joseph: Psychology
of reading and prevention of reading disabilities; cognitive characteristics
of children with learning disabilities; assessment practices with
children; computer assisted instruction in basic academic skills.
Wagner, Richard: Major
area of research interest is the acquisition of complex cognitive
knowledge and skills, which is pursued in two domains. In the
domain of reading, research has focused on the role of reading-related
phonological processing abilities in normal and abnormal development
of reading skills, and in the prediction, prevention, and remediation
of dyslexia. In the domain of human intelligence, research has
focused on the role of practical knowledge and intelligence in
intellectual performance manifested outside the classroom setting.
Ward, Paul: Identifying
the mechanisms and representations responsible for expert performance
in professional, occupational, and sporting domains through the
use of process-tracing methods (i.e., verbal reports, eye movements,
psycho-physiological responses, and motion analysis). Fundamental
issues of interest include how experts acquire, refine, control
or automate their performance.
