Previous Lab Members

Katie joined the lab as an Honours student in 2019. Katie’s research focused uses a variety of techniques, including hand tracking, eye tracking, and electroencephalography (EEG), to study the dynamics of inhibitory control across development. She was co-advised by Paul Corballis, director of the Cognitive Psychophysiology Lab.

Sam completed her Bachelor of Science (Hons) at the University of Auckland in 2019 and before joining the CMND Lab as a PhD student. Sam also worked as research assistant at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute where she contributed to the development of an AI infant, BabyX. Broadly, Sam is interested in human cognition and its development across the lifespan, particularly in the areas of cognitive control and learning, and has an interest in machine learning and artificial intelligence. Sam was co-advised by Paul Corballis, director of the Cognitive Psychophysiology Lab, and Matthew Egbert from the School of Computer Science.

Jess has a background in education and psychology. Her research interests lay broadly in the area of social development, especially the way in which parenting and aspects of the child (such as temperament) work together to support young children’s growing ability to help and cooperate with others. Jess helped with admin and training in the CMND Lab, helped run the Early Learning Lab’s long-term cooperation study, and lectured in undergrad courses PSYCH 200 and PSYCH 326.​

Honours/MSc Student (Completed 2024)

Dana joined the CMND lab as an Honours student in 2022 after completing a BA in psychology and criminology. Dana’s Honours project used Virtual Reality to measure the dynamics of attention and cognitive control in adults. She completed her Masters project in 2024 using Virtual Reality to investigate the automaticity of perspective-taking.

Honours/MSc Student (Completed 2024)

Jay joined the CMND lab as an Honours student in 2022 after completing BSc in psychology. Jay’s Honours research used motion tracking to study how emotional valence influences cognitive control in a version of the Stroop task that uses faces and words. He completed his Masters in 2024 exploring the links between emotion and inhibition in Virtual Reality tasks.

MSc Student (Completed 2023)

Huseina has joined the lab as a Masters student after completing a Conjoint degree in Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Commerce. Her research focused on understanding how teleological and mechanistic considerations influence causal ascriptions.

Meg joined the CNMD Lab in 2020 as a Masters student working with Dr. Christopher Erb and Dr. Raamy Majeed from the School of Philosophy at UoA. Her thesis focused on understanding the ‘hot’ cognitive aspects of executive control with an emotionally-laden Stroop test. 

dIsabella joined the lab as an Honours student in 2019 after completing her bachelor’s degree in computer science. She subsequently worked as a Research and Development Software Engineer for an artificial intelligence company called Soul Machines. Her research in the CMND Lab explores how virtual reality systems can be used to record hand and eye movements while participants complete psychological tasks in immersive, three-dimensional environments.

Sam joined the CMND lab as an Honours student in 2021 after completing a Graduate Diploma in psychology at the University of Auckland. Sam’s research recorded manual dynamics to understand the development of cognitive control and attention across the lifespan.

Kim is an undergraduate conjoint student of Psychology and Global Politics & Human Rights who joined the lab in 2021. She is currently working on a project investigating how various types of conflict impact performance on tasks designed to place demands on controlled attention.

Sarah joined the lab as an undergraduate student in Bachelor of Advanced Sciences specialising in Psychology. She supported research projects investigating the dynamics of rule switching. Her primary interests involve the psychological process children undergo during development, and how varying environmental factors affect cognitive control.