Reasoning and Decision Making Lab

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Andrea Patalano Andrea L. Patalano is the lab director. She is a cognitive psychologist and faculty member of the Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience and Behavior Program. Her interests in high-level cognition include decision making, judgment, and reasoning. Her faculty profile includes a full list of downloadable publications. Outside the lab, she enjoys reading, traveling, yoga, and exploring the outdoors. 

 

Emily Berman Emily Berman ’13 is a Neuroscience and Behavior major who hails from Concord, MA. She works on a collaborative project with the CAPS lab on decision making and emotion regulation. Outside the lab, she leads Wesleyan Science Outreach to elementary schools. In Spring 2012, Emily will be in Ecuador studying ecology and conservation. After Wesleyan, she hopes to work on science education reform. 

 

Laura Machlin Laura Machlin ’13 is a Psychology and Science in Society double major originally from Silver Spring, MD. She studies the use of explicit  probabilities in decision making. Laura also works in the Cognitive Development Lab studying proportional reasoning. She volunteers at Connecticut Valley Hospital and loves to bake cupcakes. After graduation, she hopes to continue psychology research. 

 

Estee Rubien Thomas Estée Rubien-Thomas ’13 is a Neuroscience and Behavior major from Philadelphia, PA. She works on a collaborative project with the CAPS lab on decision-making and emotion regulation. Outside the lab, Estée enjoys mentoring high school students and improving her ice skating. After graduation, she hopes to continue research in graduate school (but has not totally ruled out medical school). 

 

Emma Weizenbaum Emma Weizenbaum ’14 is a Psychology major from Austin, TX. She is conducting behavioral studies on indecisiveness. Outside the lab, she has also studied neuropsychological disorders of higher order cognition, and co-authored a research presentation on ADHD. Emma enjoys cooking and eating with family and friends and exploring the outdoors. After Wesleyan, she plans to go to graduate school in psychology. 

 

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