Principal Investigators

Vivian Ciaramitaro

Vivian Ciaramitaro’s research focuses on the processing of visual and auditory information in adulthood and throughout development. She investigates mechanisms of attention and plasticity using various methodologies to link quantified changes in behavior with quantified changes in the brain.

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Zsuzsa Kaldy

Zsuzsa Kaldy's research focuses on the early development of visual attention and visual working memory in humans. What kind of information do infants encode about objects and what do they remember about them? She is also interested in making connections between behavioral research and developmental neuroscience.

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Tashauna Blankenship

Tashauna Blankenship's research focuses on the developmental trajectories of memory and attention, using behavioral (eye-tracking) and neuroimaging (EEG) methods. Her research interests include better understanding how memory processes interact with other cognitive systems across development, exploring the developmental origins of memory and attention, and investigating how these may impact academic achievement.

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Erik Blaser

Erik Blaser’s research focuses on visual development in infants and toddlers. He uses eye tracking, pupillometry, and baby-friendly psychophysical paradigms to track the development of visual attention, memory, and, most recently, cognitive effort (how can we tell when an infant is ‘on task’ and actively engaged with the visual world?).

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Sarah Vogel

Sarah Vogel's research focuses on how early social experiences shape cognitive and emotional development across the first few years of life. She investigates the role of the system of connections between the gut and the brain, known as the microbiome-gut-brain axis, as a mechanism linking the social world to developmental outcomes. She is interested in better characterizing early gut-brain interactions across development and how these interactions shape cognition and mental health throughout the lifespans.

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