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Andrea L. Patalano is the RDM Lab director. She is a cognitive scientist and faculty member in the Department of Psychology and the Program in Neuroscience and Behavior. Her interests in high-level cognition include decision making, judgment, and reasoning. See her profile page for her publications.
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Julia Xing is a postdoctoral associate with the RDM Lab. She earned a Ph.D. from Columbia University Teachers College in 2016 in Cognitive Studies in Education and an M. A. in Developmental Psychology. Her dissertation focused on the effects of semantic content and diagram format on probability problem solving. In the RDM Lab, she is studying contextual influences on the interpretation of probabilities in decision making.
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Ali Zax is a lab coordinator for the RDM Lab. She graduated from Boston College in 2015 with a B.A. in Psychology and Hispanic Studies. As an undergraduate, she studied number cognition in young children and the effects of emotional stimuli on numerical estimation in adults, and she continues number cognition research at Wesleyan. She plans to attend graduate school in cognitive psychology or clinical psychology.
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Liana Mathias ’17 is majoring in Neuroscience and Behavior. She is interested in understanding how creativity impacts human decision making. She is also interested in childhood mental illnesses. Liana is the captain of the Women’s Lacrosse team and enjoys hiking, the outdoors, drawing, and biking. She plans on attending medical school after graduation.
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Joanna Paul ’18 is majoring in Psychology and Sociology. She is interested in the ways in which both adults and children make decisions, and is studying how probabilities are interpreted and used during decision making. In her spare time, she can be found hiking, playing the clarinet, or speaking German; she spent last semester studying abroad in Berlin!
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Marcia Mata ’18 is majoring in Neuroscience and Behavior. She brings a background in the neuroscience of reward processing and is interested in extending her expertise into cognitive decision research. She is particularly interested in the role uncertainty plays in decision making. In her free time, she can be found on the beach, reading mystery novels and cooking with friends.
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Lily Segal ’17 is majoring in Psychology and Neuroscience and Behavior. She is fascinated to learn more about how people make decisions, and is conducting research on individual differences in probability judgment. In her spare time, she can be found taking photos, playing the piano or singing, or tutoring!
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