Graduate Student, Psychology
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Kevin Niall Dunbar
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About
My primary interests are in complex cognitive processes such as analogy and creativity, as well as artificial intelligence and the nature of animal, human and machine consciousness. My current research focuses on the interactions between the frontal and temporal lobes in analogical reasoning, using a combination of functional Near-InfraRed Spectroscopy (fNIRS) and magnetoencephalography (MEG). Analogical reasoning touches nearly every aspect of our daily lives, from planning and decision-making to learning and making hypotheses about our world. Understanding it will allow us to develop better teaching strategies and scientific methodologies, as well as to provide assistive technologies to those with cognitive deficits.
I am also developing web-based software for running psychology experiments over the web. I am very interested in how online experimentation will change the way research is done in the future, and I hope to contribute to it by making this software freely available as soon as possible. If you are interested in running an online experiment in the future, please feel free to contact me!
Contact Information
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| Address: | Department of Psychology |
