Principal investigator
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Randy Jamieson [CV] is a cognitive scientist who uses experimental and computational methods to investigate how people and other animals learn, remember, think, and know. He is particularly interested in the problems of implicit learning, associative learning, memory, knowledge representation, and translating discoveries in those domains to the design of cognitive technologies. He teaches courses on computational psychology, cognition, memory, and statistics/experimental methods. He is presently the Editor-in-Chief for the Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, CSBBCS Representative to the Canadian Psychological Association's Board of Directors, and a member of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council's Discovery Grants Evaluation Group. He previously served as Acting Head of the Department of Psychology, President of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science, President of the Society for Computation in Psychology, and Chair of the Canadian Psychological Association's Brain and Cognitive Science Section.
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Current lab members
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Matt Cook is a PhD student interested in natural language processing and cognitive computing. His Honours work focused on a computational analysis of Type 1 and Type 2 error rates associated with statistical procedures and assumption violations. His Masters work focused on natural language processing and diagnosis of depression. His PhD work applies large-scale semantic modelling to big data problems in both clinical and social psychology. He has 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 a CPA Certificate of Academic Excellence for his Masters thesis. His work has been funded by NSERC along the way.
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Brad Smith is a PhD student who completed his undergraduate work in Dr. John Vokey's Micro-Cognition Laboratory at the University of Lethbridge. His Honours work focused on the perception of differences from a statistical point of view. His Masters work focused on developing an instance-based account of associative learning. His PhD work is focused on understanding the mechanisms and structures that give rise to behaviours associated with the study of mental organization in learning and memory. His Masters thesis was recognized with a CPA Certificate of Academic Excellence Certificate of Excellence. His work has been funded by NSERC along the way.
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Jackie Spear is a Masters student interested in recognition memory, mental representation, and distinctiveness. Her Honours work focused on the production effect in recognition memory. Her Masters work is focused on developing a rigorous mathematical theory of distinctiveness and recognition memory. She worked for a time as a research assistant in Dr. Murray Singer's Psycholinguistics Laboratory.
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Stefaniia Martsynkevych is an Honours student interested in selective differences in cognitive performance associated with conditions of depression and anxiety.
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Katie Davies is an Honours student interested in understanding people's comprehension of graphed data and designing better ways to graph data to alleviate the illusions and mis-comprehensions that people suffer when reading data presented in media outlets.
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Lab alumni
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Essence Perera was an undergraduate student who helped to collect experimental data on contingency learning. She is pursuing her Honours Degree in Psychology.
Matt Slusky was an undergraduate student who helped to collect experimental data on a number of projects. He is pursuing his Honours Degree in Psychology. Anna Polyvyanna was an undergraduate student who helped to collect experimental data related to recognition memory. She is pursuing her Honours Degree in Psychology. Dr. Michelle Crease-Lark was a visiting PhD student from Dr. Peter Graf's laboratory at University of British Columbia and worked on problems related to prospective memory. She completed her PhD from UBC in 2019. She taught psychology courses for the University of Winnipeg and is now the Research Coordinator for The Rehabilitation Centre for Children. Lisa Tarnowski completed her Honours on semantic modelling and language classification related to depression and anxiety. She is now pursuing a Graduate Degree in Clinical Psychology. Chelsea Matsumoto completed her Honours on embodiment, robotics, and cognition. Dr. Evan Curtis completed his Honours in 2010 on audition and artificial grammar learning and his PhD in 2017 on selective memory impairment in amnesia. 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 Assistant Professor at Booth University College in Winnipeg. Dr. Chrissy Chubala completed her MA in 2012 on retrospective revaluation and her PhD in 2017 on group function learning. Her PhD thesis was awarded a CPA Certificate of Academic Excellence. She went on as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Dr. Aimée Surprenant and Ian Neath's laboratory at Memorial University of Newfoundland and is now a Defense Scientist at Defense Research and Development Canada in Halifax. Dr. Robert Collins was a visiting PhD student from Dr. Bruce Milliken's laboratory at McMaster University to work on a computational account of the repetition decrement effect and the work is now published. He finished his PhD at McMaster University in 2018 and is now a Defense Scientist at Defense Research and Development Canada in Toronto. Mikayla Preete completed her honours thesis in 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 a Interaction Designer/Developer for Farm Credit Canada. Mitch Cunningham was a philosophy student who completed an Undergraduate Student Research Award in 2017 to work on knowledge representation in humans and machines Adam Hawkeye completed his Honours thesis in 2015 on modality effects in artificial grammar learning. He is now pursuing a degree and career in actuarial accounting. Rory Waisman completed his honours thesis in 2017 that compared the quality of data collected using on-line versus in-lab procedures. He is now pursuing a PhD in the Business Program at the University of Alberta 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. He went on to travel the world and teach surfing in the Canary Islands. Andrew Gabel completed his honours thesis in 2015 on the list-length effect in recognition memory. He is pursuing a graduate degree in psychology at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dr. Alexa Yakubovich completed an Undergraduate Student Research Award and her honours thesis in 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 is now a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Urban Health at the University of Toronto. Thomas Toles completed an Undergraduate Student Research Award and his honours thesis in 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 and then pursued a career in theatre and acting. He is now pursuing a PhD in Clinical Psychology. Nigel Daly completed his honours thesis in 2012 on decision making in relation to climate change. Chris Cadonic completed his honours thesis in 2012 on implicit learning. He went on to complete his MSc in Computational and Biological Engineering and is now a Machine Learner/Artificial Intelligence Developer at BOLDCommerce. Scott Bridgeman completed his honours thesis in 2010 on serial recall Julianna Hurley completed her honours thesis in 2010 on decision making and gambling. She went on to pursue a career in social work. Uliana Nevzorova completed an Undergraduate Student Research Award and her honours thesis in 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 clinical psychologist in Winnipeg. Courtney O'Brien completed her honours thesis in 2009 on the relationship between classification and recognition. She is now a Youth Care Worker at Knowles Centre. Dr. Signy Holmes completed her honours thesis in 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. Anthony Pranata completed his honours thesis in 2008 on the relationship between classification and recognition. His thesis was recognized with a CPA Certificate of Academic Excellence. He is now practicing law in British Columbia. |
Our collaborators
Scott Allen (University of Lethbridge)
Harinder Aujla (University of Winnipeg)
Glen Bodner (Flinders University)
Chrissy Chubala (Defence Research and Development Canada · Halifax)
Robert Collins (Defence Research and Development Canada · Toronto)
Matt Crump (Brooklyn College)
Evan Curtis (Booth University College)
Peter Graf (University of British Columbia)
Sam Hannah (Capilano University)
Bill Hockley (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Brendan Johns (McGill University)
Mike Jones (Indiana University)
Steve Lindsay (University of Victoria)
Bruce Milliken (McMaster University)
Penny Pexman (University of Calgary)
Jean Saint-Aubin (Universite de Moncton)
Rachel Searston (University of Adelaide)
Jason Tangen (University of Queensland)
Debra Titone (McGill University)
John Vokey (University of Lethbridge)
Harinder Aujla (University of Winnipeg)
Glen Bodner (Flinders University)
Chrissy Chubala (Defence Research and Development Canada · Halifax)
Robert Collins (Defence Research and Development Canada · Toronto)
Matt Crump (Brooklyn College)
Evan Curtis (Booth University College)
Peter Graf (University of British Columbia)
Sam Hannah (Capilano University)
Bill Hockley (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Brendan Johns (McGill University)
Mike Jones (Indiana University)
Steve Lindsay (University of Victoria)
Bruce Milliken (McMaster University)
Penny Pexman (University of Calgary)
Jean Saint-Aubin (Universite de Moncton)
Rachel Searston (University of Adelaide)
Jason Tangen (University of Queensland)
Debra Titone (McGill University)
John Vokey (University of Lethbridge)