James Cavanagh (PI)

I direct the Cognitive Rhythms and Computation Lab at the University of New Mexico Department of Psychology where I am an Associate Professor.  

I've recently been awarded the Early Career Award from the Society for Psychophysiological Research, as well as an NIMH Biobehavioral Research Award for Innovative New Scientists (BRAINS) RO1.  

These resources help our lab advance the use of electrophysiology as a theoretical and methodological hub in the neural sciences, translating findings directly from the lab bench to the patient bedside.

Research here at UNM is enhanced by the tremendous centers and resources, including:

CRCL:

Psychology Clinical Neuroscience Center:

Center for Brain Recovery and Repair:

MIND Research Network:

Educational History:

Professor, Department of Psychology 2025 - now

University of New Mexico | Albuquerque, New Mexico

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology 2019 - 2025

University of New Mexico | Albuquerque, New Mexico

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology 2013 - 2019

University of New Mexico | Albuquerque, New Mexico 

Postdoc, Laboratory for Neural Computation and Cognition 2010 - 2013

Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island  

Visiting Scholar, ACACia Lab and SINCS Lab 2010

University of Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands

Ph.D, Cognition and Neural Systems | Psychophysiology Lab 2005 - 2010

University of Arizona | Tucson, Arizona 

M.A., Psychophysiological Research | Cognitive Psychophysiology Lab 2002 - 2004

San Francisco State University | San Fransisco, California 

B.A., Sociology (Social Psychology) 1996 - 2000

Western Michigan University | Kalamazoo, Michigan