PBS faculty and their trainees conduct cutting-edge interdisciplinary research and are recognized as world-class contributors to their fields. In addition, we have numerous faculty and teaching assistants who have been recognized for excellence in mentoring and teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels. All of these efforts are supported by the outstanding staff and students who are key to the success of our department.

Most members of our department are present in this directory, which can be filtered by Research Areas, Center and Institute Affiliations, and/or Positions. To see groups of researchers with similar interests, regardless of their research areas, try entering relevant search terms below.

Lori Astheimer
Senior Lecturer
My research uses neuroimaging techniques to explore the relationship between attention and language processing across the life span.
Office: Tobin 539
Research Area(s):
Behavioral Neuroscience, Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience
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Professor
I study various aspects of visual cognition, focusing on visual attention, visual search, and the interference between targets and distractors in complex visual scenes.
Office: Tobin 432
Research Area(s):
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience
Andrew Cohen
Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies
Reasoning, judgment, decision-making, and computational modeling.
Office: Tobin 427
Research Area(s):
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience
Alexandra Jesse
Associate Professor
My research focuses on speech perception, with a special emphasis on audiovisual speech perception.
Office: Tobin 433
Research Area(s):
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience
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Associate Professor and Honors Faculty
Cognitive, neural (fMRI/EEG), and developmental mechanisms underlying the acquisition and emergence of uniquely human and culturally-transmitted abilities such as reading and mathematics.
Office: Tobin 414
Research Area(s):
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental Science
Professor, Associate Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Neurocognitive research on basic auditory perception, speech perception, and selective attention with the goal of helping listeners (including children and older adults) understand speech in noise.
Office: Tobin 415
Research Area(s):
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental Science
Professor
Physiology and cognitive functions of sleep in development and aging; learning and memory; sleep (polysomnography); activity monitoring (actigraphy).
Office: Tobin 419
Research Area(s):
Behavioral Neuroscience, Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental Science