Perception, Action & Cognition
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Lab members
Devpriya Kumar (devpriya [at] iitk.ac.in)
Assistant Professor (Cognitive Science), Department of Cognitive Science, IIT Kanpur
Primary research interest in the area of percpetion, action, self, and consciousness
Sumantran Ray
Graduate Student, Department of Cognitive Science, IIT Kanpur
Sumantran is working on intentional/ unintentional mind-wandering
Dhuniraj Chettri
Graduate Student, Department of Humanities and Social Science, IIT Kanpur
Dhuniraj Chettri is currently investigating the underlying cognitive mechanism of the autism spectrum. He is also interested in understanding other neurodevelopmental disorders like ADHD, LD etc. . He is a certified rehabilitation psychologist and has worked with children with the neurodevelopmental disorder before starting his PhD. He has completed his MPhil in rehabilitation psychology from NIMH(NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CURRENTLY KNOWN AS NIED). Outside the lab, he is engaged in mental health programs and advocacy. .
Shivani Pande
Graduate student, Department of Cognitive Science
Shivani is investigating the role of predictions on attention and awareness. Her primary research interests are attention, motivation and emotions.
Niteesh Sharma
MS-R student, Department of Cognitive Science
Niteesh is investigating the attentional mechanism underlying perception and action when guided by our intentions and, the role different intentions play during the inhibitory control process.
Tanvi Padia
MS-R student, Department of Cognitive Science
Tanvi is currently studying affordances, object concepts and perception-action links. She has studied Psychology and English Literature in her Bachelor’s. Tanvi enjoys reading, mountains and chai.
Tanvi Wadhwani
MS-R student, Department of Cognitive Science
Tanvi did her bachelors in life sciences and biotechnology. She is interested in the intersection of perception, awareness and temporality. Currently, she is trying to understand how the brain rhythms influence the same. Her favourite past times are star gazing, trying out different physical and esports, exploring random and new stuff and watching anime.
Yashika Tiwari
Intern
Yashika is passionate about understanding how the minds work, particularly in the areas of perception and action control. She is enthusiastic about exploring the intricacies of human behavior and perception in the lab's research.
Lab Alumni
Aditi Jublie
Assistant Professor, IISER Bhopal
Rujuta Pradhan
Post-Doctoral candidate, Kansas State University
Rasika Lokhande
MS-R student, Department of Cognitive Science