I'm interested in how people mentally represent spaces and objects. I'm also interested in how our typical interactions with objects and the environment can shape our mental representations of space. I am currently investigating how people transform mental images when those images represent human beings, other animals, or inanimate objects. I am also investigating whether humans have a specialized ability to imagine things from a different perspective, and if so, how this ability interacts with perceptual processes.

As part of my graduate education, I am participating in the interdisciplinary Cognitive, Computational, and Systems Neuroscience (CCSN) training pathway.

I'm receiving funding from the Department of Defense's Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarship-for-service program. I've been assigned to work for the U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Human Research and Engineering Directorate during summers and after I graduate.

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