Working-Memory Laboratory

People

Lab Members

• 
• Dr. Nelson Cowan
• Lab Director
  Curators Distinguished Professor of Psychology - Principal Investigator
• CowanN@missouri.edu
• https://psychology.missouri.edu/people/cowan
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• Please contact Bret, Lab Coordinator, regarding any questions related to studies, study sign-up and participation.
• 
• Bret Glass
• CSM Operations Coordinator
  University of Missouri Alumnus
  Master’s in Education and Counseling Psychology
• glassb@missouri.edu
• 573-882-7417

• 
• Zehra Unal
• Graduate Student
  Multi-Lab Research Assistant (David Geary Lab)
  Research Interests: Mathematical Cognition, Individual Differences, and Cognitive Development.

• 
• Chenye Bao
• Graduate Student
• cbvm5@umsystem.edu

• 
• Neyla Sfeir
• Research Collaborator
• neyla@idm.net.lb

• Research Interests: Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Phenomenology (Cognitive), Neuro-Linguistics, Working Memory, Language Learning and Working Memory

• 
• Hamid Nourbakhshi
• Graduate Student
• hnth5@missouri.edu

• Graduate student in the Department of Psychological Sciences, Spring 2024
  Research Interests: Working Memory, Perception, Imagery, and Consciousness.

• 
• Matthew Luke
• Undergraduate Research Assistant
• Psychology
• mslqdf@umsystem.edu
• mattluke2001@gmail.com

• Research Interests: Music Psychology, Auditory Perception
  Special Skills: Extensive knowledge of music theory and performance, 3 years studying Psychology and Music at the University of Sydney

• 
• Kellen Hendrix
• Graduate Student – Cognition & Neuroscience
• Multi-Lab Research Assistant (Dr. Moshe Naveh-Benjamin’s Memory and Cognitive Aging Lab)
• khendrix@missouri.edu

• Research Interests: Attention, Working Memory, and Episodic Memory

• 
• Samsad Afrin Himi, Ph.D.
• Fulbright Visting Scholar (Postdoc)
• samsad@psy.jnu.ac.bd
• shhcp@umsystem.edu

• Research Interests: Working Memory, Relational Integration, Executive Functions, and Multitasking

Former Doctoral Student and Formal Research Assistant Professor

• 
• Dr. Scott Saults
• Lead Research Associate
• SaultsS@missouri.edu

Former Graduate Students

• 
• Duangporn Pattanakul
• Graduate Student
  Multi-Lab Research Assistant (Yuyan Luo Lab)

• 
• Eryn Adams
• Postdoctoral Researcher, University of New Orleans; Postdoctoral Scientist, Baby’s First Years
• https://www.babysfirstyears.com/

• 
• 2020
• Tara Nguyen
• Graduate Student

• Research Interests: Language and Cognition, Language Processing, Bilingualism
  Studying Data Science at UCLA Extension

• 
• 2019
• Christopher L. Blume, Ph.D.
• Education Manager at AJ Tutoring, Palo Alto, California
• blumecl@missouri.edu

• 
• Kyle Hardman, Ph.D.
• Graduate Student
• kh832@mail.missouri.edu

• Winner of the 2013 Department of Psychological Sciences Outstanding Master's Thesis Award.

• 
• Kaity Clark, M.A.
• RN BSN (Registered Nurse Bachelor of Science in Nursing) at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
• kmcw24@mail.missouri.edu

• 
• 2013
• Dawei Li, Ph.D.
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Duke University
• dlmgf@mail.missouri.edu

• 
• 2013
• Timothy J. Ricker, Ph.D.
• Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of South Dakota
  The City University of New York
• Timothy.Ricker@csi.cuny.edu
• http://www.csi.cuny.edu/faculty/RICKER_TIMOTHY.html

• 
• 2012
• Angela Aubuchon, Ph.D.
• Director, Working Memory and Language Laboratory at Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska
• amaubuch@indiana.edu

• 
• 2012
• Joshua Sandry, Ph.D.
• Assistant Professor, Montclair State University, New Jersey
• sandryj@mail.montclair.edu
• http://www.montclair.edu/profilepages/view_profile.php?username=sandryj

• 
• 2011
• Amanda L. Gilchrist, Ph.D.
• Associate Professor, Cottey College, Nevada, Missouri
• amanda.gilchrist@psych.gatech.edu
• http://cottey.academia.edu/AmandaGilchrist

• Graduate Student Excellence Awards from the Department of Psychological Sciences and from Life Sciences. In 2011, winner of award for best dissertation on campus.

• 
• 2009
• Zhijian (David) Chen, Ph.D.
• Lab Manager, Noa Ofen Laboratory for Cognitive and Brain Development
• by0300@wayne.edu
• http://ofenlab.wayne.edu/people_details.php#DChen

• 
• 2008
• Christopher Zwilling
• Postdoctoral Reseawrch Associate
  Beckman Institute, Illinois
• zwillin1@illinois.edu

• 
• 2007
• Candice C. Morey, Ph.D.
• Senior Lecturer, University of Cardiff, Wales, UK
• cmorey@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
• http://www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/people/candice-morey

• Sponsored predoctoral NRSA; In 2008, one of 2 winners of the Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award at the University of Missouri.

  Candice won a 2017 Early Career Award from the Psychonomic Society.

• 
• 2006
• Anna Hismjatullina, Ph.D.
• Department Chair, Department of Applied Behavior Analysis Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis
• u_r_grand@hotmail.com
• http://www.inpsycho.ru/ob-institute/lecturers/kafedra-prikladnogo-povedencheskogo-analiza/hismyatullina.html

• 
• 2001
• Emily M. Elliott, Ph.D.
• Professor and Chair, Psychology Department, Louisiana State University
  Louisiana State University
• eelliott@lsu.edu

• 
• 1996
• Noelle Wood, Ph.D.
• Project Manager, Rhode Island Department of Mental Health

• 
• 1995
• Linda S. Day, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
• Research Associate Professor Emeritus
  Communication Science & Disorders, University of Missouri
• DayL@health.missouri.edu

• 
• 1994
• Timothy Keller, Ph.D.
• Senior Research Associate with expertise in fMRI
  Center for Cognitive Brain Imaging
  Carnegie Mellon University
• tk37@andrew.cmu.edu%A0

Former Postdoctoral Fellows

• 
• Luísa Superbia Guimarães
• Lecturer, School of Psychology, University of Leeds, UK
• L.SuperbiaGuimaraes@leeds.ac.uk
• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Luisa-Guimaraes
• https://medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk/psychology/staff/11896/dr-luisa-superbia-guimaraes

• Research Interests: Working Memory, Attention, Cognitive Development in Childhood

• 
• Dominic Guitard, Ph.D.
• Lecturer, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, UK
• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dominic-Guitard
• https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/guitardd

• Research Interests: Memory, Attention, Language, Computational Modeling

• 
• Alicia Forsberg, Ph.D.
• Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, UK.
• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alicia-Forsberg
• https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/psychology

• Research Interests: Working Memory, Cognitive Development

  Women in Cognitive Science Networking Award for Junior Scientists, 2020

• 
• 2016-2018
• Stephen Rhodes, Ph.D
• Postdoctoral Associate
  Rotman Research Institute, Toronto

• 
• 2016-2018
• Qiang Jiang, Ph.D.
• Lecturer, ZhengJiang YueXiu University, Life Education and Mental Health
  Psychological Scientist and Educator
  Shanghai KNX Human Resources Technology Co., Ltd.
  Shang Hai, China

• 
• 2013-2015
• Evie Vergauwe, Ph.D.
• Associate professor (Chair of Cognitive Development) and SNSF Eccellenza Fellow, University of Geneva, Switzerland
• Evie.Vergauwe@unige.ch
• http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Evie_Vergauwe

• Recently selected as a Rising Star in the Association for Psychological Science (APS). The Rising Star designation recognizes outstanding psychological scientists in the earliest stages of their research career post-PhD whose innovative work has already advanced the field and signals great potential for their continued contributions.

• 
• 2007-2009
• Tina Miyake, Ph.D.
• Human Factors Scientist in Idaho National Laboratory’s Human Factors and Reliability Department
• miyatin2@isu.edu

• 
• 2003-2005
• Michael Bunting, Ph.D.
• Research Scientist and Program Director, Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security
  University of Maryland, College Park, MD
• mbunting@arlis.umd.edu

• Winner of APA’s 2006 Young Investigator Award for the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition

Former Visitors

• 
• Gerly Tamm, PhD Psychology
• Visiting Graduate Student and Researcher from University of Tartu (Estonia)
• Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies
  The Centre for Applied Social Sciences (CASS)
  Project Manager-Analyst 0.2 p
• gerly.tamm@ut.ee

• 
• Justus-Florian Krebs
• Visiting Student and German Researcher from Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany
• justus-florian.krebs@unibw.de

• Research Interests: Working memory capacity, emotion regulation through listening to music

Former Undergraduate Assistants

Note: There are many more former undergraduate assistants for whom we have deep appreciation, and expect to post more about them soon.

• 
• Emma Hill
• Former Undergraduate Research Assistant 2024
• elhfbb@umsystem.edu

• 
• Lauren McCarron
• Former Undergraduate Research Assistant 2024
• lrmn3c@missouri.edu

• 
• Reese Lavers
• Former Undergraduate Research Assistant 2020 to 2024
  University of Missouri Class of 2024 - Psychology

• University of Colorado Graduate Program

• Reese.Lavers@colorado.edu

• 
• Kendra Mehl
• Former Undergraduate Research Assistant 2022 to 2024
  Missouri University of Science & Technology
  Lab Manager for Music Cognition and Aesthetics Lab
• kem4bb@umsystem.edu
• mehlkendra@gmail.com

• Research Interests: Trauma and the Brain, Cognitive Development, Memory and Attention
  Special Skills: fNIRS, Programming with R

• 
• Cayden Lawrence
• Former Undergraduate Research Assistant 2021 to 2022
  University of Missouri Alum
  Medical Student at Saint Louis University
• Class of 2027
• cayden.lawrence@health.slu.edu

• 
• Bailey Brimer
• Former Undergraduate Research Assistant 2021 to 2022
  University of Missouri Class of 2022 - Psychology
• bsbnfm@umsystem.edu

• 
• Daniel Fridman
• Former Undergraduate Research Assistant 2020 to 2022
  University of Missouri Senior – Biological Sciences Major
• drftmp@mail.missouri.edu

• 
• Rayanna Aull
• Former Undergraduate Research Assistant 2019
  Patient Account Representative
• raand3@health.missouri.edu

• 
• Mariah Hawkins
• Former Undergraduate Research Assistant 2017
  University of Missouri - ONCORE Team Lead
  Chief Information Officer
• mdhq66@health.missouri.edu

• 
• Riley Stephens
• Former Undergraduate Research Assistant 2018

• 
• Maximilian Stroyeck
• Former Undergraduate Research Assistant 2017 to 2020
  University of Missouri Class of 2020
  Washington University in St. Louis, MO
  Clinical Research Coordinator - I

• 
• Caleb Burns
• Former Undergraduate Research Assistant 2018 to 2019
• cbwb8@mail.missouri.edu

• 
• Matthew Sinquefield
• Former Undergraduate Research Assistant 2018 to 2019
  University of Missouri Senior – Psychology Major
• masc96@mail.missouri.edu