Current Lab Members
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Randy Jamieson (CV)
I use computational and experimental methods to investigate how people and other animals learn, remember, think, and know. I am a Professor of Brain and Cognitive Science in the Department of Psychology and an Associate Dean in the Faculty of Arts. |
Jackie Spear
Jackie is a PhD student. Her work is focused on recognition memory and elaborative processing.
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Lab alumni
Dr. Nick Reid was a postdoc in the lab from 2021-2023. He uses experimental and computational methods to investigate how people represent, comprehend, and remember language and concepts -- especially complex language expressions like metaphors. He is now an Assistant Professor of Cognitive Psychology at the University of Northern British Columbia.
Élias Daigle is a PhD student at Université de Moncton. He visited the lab for May of 2023 to learn computational methods for investigating social stereotypes. Nathan Mathews completed his Honours thesis in 2022/2023 on the distinction between analytic and non-analytic cognition in cooperative decision making. He went on as a graduate student at McGill University in Ross Otto's laboratory.
Michelle Dollois is a PhD student at University of Guelph. She visited the lab for Fall Term of 2022 to develop a computational account of sequential structure of response patterns in recognition memory.
Dr. Matthew Cook completed his Ph.D. in 2022 on natural language processing and cognitive computing in relation to attitude detection in data from newspapers from 1750 to 2010. His Masters work focused on natural language processing and diagnosis of depression. His Honours work focused on a computational analysis of Type 1 and Type 2 error rates associated with statistical procedures and assumption violations. He earned a number of awards for his research including the John Castellan Student Paper Award from the Society for Computers in Psychology, the Peter Graf Award from the Brain and Cognitive Section of the Canadian Psychological Association, the Kenneth Dion Award from the Social and Personality Section of the Canadian Psychological Association, and two CPA Certificates of Academic Excellence, one for his Masters thesis and another for his Doctoral thesis. His work was funded by NSERC along the way. He went on to positions as a Data Scientist.
Dr. Dominic Guitard visited the lab from March to May of 2022 to develop an instance based model of serial recall. He is now a Lecturer at Cardiff University in the United Kingdom.
Abdelrahman Elzayadi completed his Honours thesis in 2021/2022 on blocking in associative learning.
Katie Davies completed her Honours thesis in 2020/2021 on perception and (mis)comprehension of graphed data.
Stefaniia Martsynkevych completed her Honours thesis in 2020/2021 on learning and memory deficits associated with state depression and anxiety.
Dr. Michelle Crease-Lark was a visiting PhD student from Dr. Peter Graf's laboratory at University of British Columbia. She worked on problems related to prospective memory. She completed her PhD at UBC in 2019. She taught psychology courses for the University of Winnipeg and is now working as the Research Coordinator for The Rehabilitation Centre for Children. Brad Smith completed his Masters thesis in 2019 on associative learning. Brad is now working as a Data Scientist for the Canadian Institutes for Health Research.
Lisa Tarnowski completed her Honours in 2018/2019 on semantic modelling and language classification related to depression and anxiety.
Chelsea Matsumoto completed her Honours in 2018/2019 on embodiment, robotics, and cognition.
Dr. Evan Curtis completed his PhD in 2017 on selective memory impairment in amnesia. He previously completed his Honours thesis in the lab on audition and artificial grammar learning. His Honours thesis was awarded the W. N. Ten Have Award for Best Honours Thesis in Psychology and his PhD thesis is published. He is now an Associate Professor at Booth University College.
Dr. Chrissy Chubala completed her PhD in 2017 on group function learning and her MA in 2012 on memory and retrospective revaluation. Her PhD thesis was awarded a CPA Certificate of Academic Excellence. She went on as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Dr. Aimée Surprenant and Dr. Ian Neath's laboratory at Memorial University of Newfoundland. She is now a Defense Scientist in Halifax at Defense Research and Development Canada.
Dr. Robert Collins was a visiting PhD student in 2017 from Dr. Bruce Milliken's laboratory at McMaster University. He worked on a computational account of the repetition decrement effect that is now published. He finished his PhD at McMaster University in 2018 and is now a Defense Scientist in Toronto at Defense Research and Development Canada.
Mikayla Preete completed her Honours thesis in 2016/2017 on developing a model for visual semantics. Her thesis was recognized with a CPA Certificate of Academic Excellence. She went on to complete a postgraduate degree computer science at the University of British Columbia and is now an Interaction Designer/Developer at Farm Credit Canada.
Mitch Cunningham was a philosophy student who completed an Undergraduate Research Award in 2017 to work on knowledge representation in humans and machines Adam Hawkeye completed his Honours thesis in 2014/2015 on modality effects in artificial grammar learning. He pursued a degree in actuarial accounting after graduation and is now working as an Actuarial Intern at Canada Life.
Rory Waisman completed his Honours thesis in 2016/2017 that compared the quality of data collected using on-line versus in-lab procedures. He went on to pursue a PhD at the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary.
Andrew Gabel completed his Honours thesis in 2014/2015 on the list-length effect in recognition memory. He earned his Law Degree in 2023 at the University of Manitoba.
Dr. Alexa Yakubovich completed an Undergraduate Student Research Award and her Honours thesis in 2012/2013, both on the illusion of truth. Her thesis was recognized with the W. N. Ten Have Award for Best Thesis in Psychology and a CPA Certificate of Academic Excellence. She completed a PhD degree at University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Urban Health at the University of Toronto. She is now an Assistant Professor at in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology at Dalhousie University.
Thomas Toles completed an Undergraduate Student Research Award and his Honours thesis in 2012/2013, both on the illusion of truth. His Honours Thesis was recognized with a CPA Certificate of Academic Excellence. He completed a Masters Degree at University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.
Brian Hauri completed an Undergraduate Student Research Award award in 2009, his Honours thesis in 2010 on unconscious decision making, and his MA in 2013 on symmetry and pattern processing.
Nigel Daly completed his Honours thesis in 2011/2012 on decision making in relation to climate change.
Chris Cadonic completed his Honours thesis in 2011/2012 on implicit learning. He went on to complete his MSc in Computational and Biological Engineering and is now a Machine Learning Engineer at Meta.
Scott Bridgeman completed his Honours thesis in 2009/2010 on serial recall
Julianna Hurley completed her Honours thesis in 2009/2010 on decision making in gambling contexts. She went on to pursue a career in social work.
Uliana Nevzorova completed an Undergraduate Student Research Award and her Honours thesis in 2009/2010, both on artificial grammar learning. Her thesis was recognized with a CPA Certificate of Academic Excellence. She went on to pursue a MA in Clinical Psychology and is now a practicing counsellor and psychotherapist.
Dr. Signy Holmes completed her Honours thesis in 2008/2009 on implicit learning and amnesia. Her thesis was recognized with the W. N. Ten Have Award for Best Thesis in Psychology and a CPA Certificate of Academic Excellence. Signy went on to pursue a degree in medicine and is now a Diagnostic Radiologist at Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg.
Courtney O'Brien completed her Honours thesis in 2008/2009 on the relationship between classification and recognition. She is now a Youth Care Worker at Knowles Centre.
Anthony Pranata completed his Honours thesis in 2007/2008 on the relationship between classification and recognition. His thesis was recognized with a CPA Certificate of Academic Excellence. He is now an Estate and Trust Consultant with Scotia Wealth Management.
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Our collaborators
Harinder Aujla (University of Winnipeg)
Matt Crump (Brooklyn College)
Dominic Guitard (Cardiff University)
Bill Hockley (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Brendan Johns (McGill University)
Mike Jones (Indiana University)
Bruce Milliken (McMaster University)
Penny Pexman (University of Calgary)
Nick Reid (University of Northern British Columbia)
Jean Saint-Aubin (Université de Moncton)
Vanessa Taler (University of Ottawa)
Debra Titone (McGill University)
John Vokey (University of Lethbridge)
Matt Crump (Brooklyn College)
Dominic Guitard (Cardiff University)
Bill Hockley (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Brendan Johns (McGill University)
Mike Jones (Indiana University)
Bruce Milliken (McMaster University)
Penny Pexman (University of Calgary)
Nick Reid (University of Northern British Columbia)
Jean Saint-Aubin (Université de Moncton)
Vanessa Taler (University of Ottawa)
Debra Titone (McGill University)
John Vokey (University of Lethbridge)