 | Cognition and Daily TemperaturesLab studies have shown that acute heat exposure leads to significant declines in cognitive performance. Our goal with this project is to understand whether natural exposure to daily ambient temperatures leads to similar impacts on cognitive performance, especially in older adults already vulnerable to cognitive declines. |
 | Daily Variability in Cognition and MoodMood is known to vary on a daily basis, and to impact cognitive performance. This project is examining whether cognition likewise varies on a daily basis. Our initial evidence suggests both answers are yes, but that some individuals may be more resilient to these mood effects than others. |
 | Concussions and Mind WanderingOur brains have a natural tendency to cycle between periods of paying attention to the outside world versus having our thoughts turn inward, or tuning-out from what's going on around us. This project examines whether traumatic brain injuries lead to disruptions in these natural attentional cycles. |
 | Managing ADHD as a StudentHaving ADHD comes with any number of cognitive challenges, and poses unique issues for life learning as a student. This project centers on using qualitative methods to begin understanding how students with ADHD strategically manage their challenges in the academic environment, and using electrophysiology to assess strategy impacts on attentional mechanisms in the brain. |
 | Attention to FidgetingAs we reported back in 2021, upwards of 1 in 3 people report having some sensitivity to seeing the fidgeting behaviours of others, a social-perceptual challenge termed misokinesia. This project has been examining possible neurocognitive underpinnings of misokinesia, and more recently, has begun to look at cultural variability in misokinesia triggers. |