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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. Her faculty profile and the lab’s publications are here. |
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Katie Williams graduated from Skidmore College in 2017 with a BA in Psychology and a minor in Education Studies. She is interested in how social, linguistic, and cognitive factors interact to support learning. She plans to attend graduate school in educational and developmental psychology. |
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Kolbi Bradley ’20 is a Psychology and Neuroscience & Behavior double major. She is interested in how situational factors influence decisions, along with the role of identity in decision-making. In her spare time she can be found dancing, listening to music, or reading a new book. |
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Bryce Gillis ’22 plans to be a Psychology major. He is interested in the cognitive processes that underlie decision making, especially the influence or prior expectations. Outside of the lab, he can be found working at a local farm or visiting Middletown coffee shops. |
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Camilla Rodlauer ’21 is double majoring in Economics and Neuroscience & Behavior. She is fascinated by the neural processes of decision making, especially as related to behavioral economics. Outside the lab, she can be found playing soccer or giving Wesleyan tours to perspective students. |
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SeArah Smith ’21 is double majoring in Psychology and Hispanic Literatures and Cultures with a minor in Dance. She is interested in how family dynamics during childhood affect later decision making skills, along with concept of intuition in decision making. Her interests include dancing, poetry, and spirituality. |
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Gillian Weeks ’22 is majoring in Psychology. She is particularly interested in how social and environmental factors influence a person’s ability to reason. In her free time, she likes to run, play frisbee, and enjoy the outdoors. |
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Kayla Zentmaier ’21 is double majoring in Neuroscience & Behavior and Psychology and minoring in Educational Studies. She is interested in how traits and genetic characteristics are related to decision making, including temporal discounting. Outside the lab she can be found volunteering at hospitals, tutoring, and traveling. |
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Claudia Stenbaek ’21 is majoring in Neuroscience & Behavior and minoring in Integrated Design, Engineering and Applied Science (IDEAS). She is interested in the cognitive processes that drive judgements and will be focusing on research involving the left digit effect in both children and adults. Outside the lab, she can be found playing tennis, listening to music and traveling. |
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Greg Fischer ’22 is a psychology major on a premed track. He is curious about the ways our decisions are influenced by external factors. He is also a member of the Varsity Wrestling team and enjoys reading in his spare time. |
