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Synopsis of Research

Trained as a Comparative Psychologist, my research interests are broad within the realm of learning, memory, and cognition. My research focus is in the area of spatial learning, memory, and cognition. In short, I am interested in determining the mechanisms underlying orientation and navigation.

I attempt to reach this objective through the use of virtual environment technology. Oftentimes, experiments involve participants learning to orient or navigate within a virtual environment. After this initial learning, I modify aspects of the environment (such as wall lengths, corner angles, location of landmarks, etc.) in an attempt to determine the environmental cues utilized for orientation and navigation. Please see Publications for specifics.

Through this research, I hope to inform research and theory on how humans (and other mobile organisms) process, store, and utilize spatial information.

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