Amanda Estephan
PhD candidate in Psychology
Département de psychologie et psychoéducation, UQO
Département de psychologie, UQAM
Research interests:
. The impact of culture on attentional and perceptive processes. Specifically the differences between Westerners and Easterners pertaining to visual information extraction and integration mechanisms.
. The time course of the formation of perceptive representation in both cultures.
. The contributions of the genetic and the environment to the visual and cognitive strategies underlying the recognition of natural objects
Justin Duncan
PhD candidate in Psychology
Département de psychologie et psychoéducation, UQO
Département de psychologie, UQAM
Research interests:
. Low-level image properties (spatial frequency, orientation).
. Face perception (identity, facial expressions).
Marie-Pier Plouffe-Demers
Research Assistant and Lab Coordinator
PhD candidate in Psychology
Département de psychologie et psychoéducation, UQO
Département de psychologie, UQAM
Recipient of NSERC’s Undergraduate Student Research Award
Recipient of the Research Scholarship FRQNT (B1) and the SSHRC Scholarship (CGS M)
Research interests:
. The impact of ethnic bias on perceptive mechanisms and behaviors.
. The impact of culture on the perceptual mechanism and mental representation of the facial expression of pain.
. Honour thesis: Perceptive mechanisms underlying the processing of static and dynamic facial expressions.
Joël Guérette
PhD candidate in Psychology
Département de psychologie et psychoéducation, UQO
Département de psychologie, UQAM
Récipiendaire de la bourse de recherche FQRSC
Research interests :
.The impact of cognitive bias on decision making in sports
. The effect of perceptual learning methods and perceptual-cognitive training
. Thesis of Honor: Shouting at the referee helps your team win
Amélie Roberge
PhD candidate in Psychology – Research and Intervention (RI)
Département de psychologie , UQTR
Research interests:
. Facial expression recognition and underlying mechanisms
. Attentional resources and cognitive limits
. Impact of ethnicity and gender on facial expression processing