Jeff Mounts

Attention and Perception Lab

Research Interests

• Effect of visual attention on spatial and temporal processing.

Student Involvement

• Research assistants are responsible for the following tasks:
  • Reading relevant scientific literature and discussing research ideas
  • Writing the code to control experiments
  • Running subjects and analyzing resulting data

Recruitment Opportunities

• Dr. Mounts is not currently accepting new research assistants.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• Sophomore or junior standing.
• Interest in cognition and perception.
• Good computer skills.

Current Lab Members

• Ashley Edwards (class of 2017) from Marilla, NY is a senior psychology major with mathematics and cognitive science minors. This is Ashley’s sixth (and sadly last) semester working in Dr. Mounts’ lab. After Geneseo, Ashley will attend a cognitive psychology Ph.D. program at Florida State University where she will study dyslexia and work toward her career goals of being a professor with a research lab studying dyslexia.
• Gage Matyasovszky (class of 2019) from Rochester, NY is a sophomore psychology major with mathematics and cognitive science minors. In his spare time, he sings acapella with Emmelodics, which he is currently the treasurer of. After Geneseo, Gage plans to pursue research in the field of psychology.
• Megan Hillis (class of 2019) from Scotia, NY is a sophomore psychology major with a German language minor. Megan also enjoys creative writing and horseback riding. After Geneseo, Megan plans to pursue a doctorate in psychology and possible work in research.
• Anthony Nguyen (class of 2018) from Endwell, NY is a junior psychology and philosophy double major with a minor in cognitive science. Anthony plans to pursue a Ph.D. in either cognitive psychology or cognitive science and eventually conduct research of his own.