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Laboratory Director: Laura E. Thomas
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Dr. Thomas received her Ph.D. in 2008 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Before joining the Department of Psychology at NDSU in 2011, she was
a post-doctoral researcher at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Thomas is interested in the ways in which action, affordances, and social interactions affect perception and cognition.
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Graduate Student: Griffin Newell
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Griffin joined the Action and Cognition Lab in 2023 after receiving his undergraduate degree from Morehead State University in Kentucky. Griffin is currently investigating representations of peripersonal space.
Lab alumni:
Stephen Agauas – Director, Moore Neuro-Fundraising Lab, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Bobby McManus – Human Factors Scientist, Exponent Inc., Phoenix, Arizona