I am a doctoral candidate at Brown University, in the department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences. My research with Dr. William Warren concerns visually-guided navigation and spatial cognition.
I study human navigation in the VENLab. I have recently worked on projects to create a new model of path integration, the continuous updating of position and orientation in the environment. I am also interested in the nature of our geometric knowledge of the environment, such as topological or affine structures. In addition, I am currently running experiments to determine what information people pick up and use in different modes of learning an environment. For example, when driving through a new area, the driver of the car may acquire much richer knowledge of the area than a passenger. My research has recently been funded by the NASA/RI Space Grant Consortium.
I graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 2002. I received an MS in biology from Tufts University in 2006. When I’m not getting people lost in hedgemazes, I like to hike, dance, and travel. I usually carry the map, since I’m a professional.
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