The Gilliam Lab : Situated Cognition Lab

The ways in which we think about and perceive information are affected by our individual backgrounds and surrounding environments. Our minds and mental processes are always situated within a greater context, or culture. 

Our research focuses on how culture influences cognition and vice versa. In particular, we explore the acquisition of culture cognitively and acquisition of culturally-influenced cognitive patterns in terms of their underlying mechanisms. We are particularly interested in within-culture variation and the flexibility of culturally-influenced cognitive biases as a function of this.