NACS members investigating these basic human cognitive processes are primarily found in the Psychology Department, distributed across several labs and areas. This research typically involves the collection of reaction time and accuracy measurements during memory or reasoning tasks. Many members of this group employ sophisticated mathematical techniques not only to analyze data but also to formally instantiate theory and to direct future experimentation.

Anderson, Michael, Computer Science

DeBoer, Tracy, Psychology

Dougherty, Michael, Psychology

My research is focused on understanding the cognitive, motivational, and affective components of hypothesis generation and human judgment. The primary thesis underlying my research is that hypothesis generation processes serve as the lynchpin for understanding and interpreting information in the natural environment, for evaluating the probability of various hypotheses, and for searching for information in the environment to test hypotheses. Addressing this thesis requires an integration of work from long-term memory, working memory, visual attention, and judgment and decision making.

Horiuchi, Timothy,

Dr. Horiuchi's research program is centered on the development of neural models of sensorimotor behavior and their implementation in VLSI for use in robotic demonstration systems. The laboratory is currently focused on bat echolocation and other auditory and visual projects.

Israel, Michael, English

Linguistics

Norman, Kent, Psychology

His interests are in cognitive psychology, judgment and decision making, and cyberpsychology. Cyberpsychology includes the study of psychological issues at the intersection of human behavior and computer technologies including the Internet, social computing, human-computing, and mobile computing. Current research involves the cognitive aspects human/computer interaction, interface design, usability testing, online surveys and experiments, menu navigation, and the assessment of user satisfaction to frustration and computer rage. In addition, Dr. Norman is interested in the design of electronic educational environments for collaborative learning and the construction of knowledge.

Perlis, Donald, Computer Science

I am a member of the Artificial Intelligence Group at the University of Maryland. I study various aspects of commonsense reasoning, including the related areas of cognitive modeling and philosophy of mind and language. An ongoing project of my research team (Active Logic, Metacognitive Computation, and Mind) is the use of time-situated metacognitive computation for enhanced flexibility and generality of reasoning.

Wallsten, Thomas, Psychology

As a cognitive psychologist with a penchant for formal models and a primary research interest in behavioral decision theory, I seek to develop useful, well-grounded cognitive theory and methods of data analysis regarding judgment and choice processes.