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29 results for "Attention"

29 results for "Attention"

Patrick Cavanagh

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Patrick Cavanagh received a degree in Engineering from McGill University in 1968. An interest in artificial intelligence led to a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Carnegie-Mellon in 1972. He taught at the Université de Montréal in Psychology until 1989...

Selva Lewin-Bizan

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Selva received her PhD from Boston College. Her research focuses on advancing the welfare of vulnerable families by paying attention to the pivotal role of fathers in families – particularly families living in poverty – and developing and studying...

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Harvard University and the Department of Psychology offer endless resources for members of our community. We strive to provide curated lists of these resources, outlined by type in the menu. We are actively working to add items as they come to our...

George A. Alvarez

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The human visual system can only select and keep track of a small handful of objects at any given moment. Yet, for the most part, people successfully navigate through busy intersections, find items of interest such as food or friends in a crowd, and...

Whitney Villagran

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Before joining Harvard, I graduated from the University of Massachusetts Boston and double majored in Psychology and English. My past experiences in my career have built a good foundation with strong skills in adaptability, time management, customer...

Cognition, Brain, & Behavior

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Research in the Cognition, Brain, and Behavior (CBB) group includes studies of sensation and perception, learning and memory, attention, mental imagery, conceptual representation, aging, language, emotion, motor control, social cognition, moral decision...

Approved Honors Proposals: Class of 2004

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Author William ADAMS (March 2005) Thesis Title Sub-cultural differences in facial expression: Smiles as indicators of sexual orientation Supervisors N. Ambady H. Gray Readers P. Cavanagh Kristy BENOIT MBB/Psychopathology Selective attention to threat in...

Alfonso Caramazza

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A number of specific issues concerning the structure of lexical forms and their relation to grammatical, morphological and semantic information are being pursued. These issues are addressed through research with brain-damaged and normal subjects. The...

Ken Nakayama

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Research interests: Phenomenology of visual perception, visuo-motor coordination and its perception, and individual differences

Ken Nakayama received his BA from Haverford College and PhD from UCLA.  Originally trained in the field of visual...