To function successfully, we need to continuously select the perceptual information relevant to current task goals, and the responses appropriate given the current task goals.  I am interested in the attentional control processes that we use to flexibly control our perceptions, memories, and actions in our attempt to successfully complete tasks.  Using a combination of behavioural studies and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging studies, I examine limitations in attentional control, how attentional control processes shape the world that we perceive, and the cortical mechanisms that underlie attentional control.

I am a new faculty member having arrived at Queen’s University in July, 2006. I am in the process of having the Attention Lab built, which will be completed by summer of 2007. The Attention Lab will contain three behavioural testing computers, one or two eye-tracking systems, a transcranial magnetic stimulation system, and several computers needed to examine functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging data sets.

If you are interested in joining the Attention Lab, please email me. Those with a background in Psychology, Neuroscience, Mathematics, or Computer Science are encouraged to apply. Programming experience (Matlab, C++) and/or experience with functional imaging would be a definite asset.