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Purpose:
Doctoral Dissertation for Ph.D. at George Mason University Role: Research Scientist Industry: Science, Design |
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Problem Statement
Studies show that the amount of items in a visual scene can change the way we experience and use time. However, the nature of how these magnitudes interfere with each other remains unclear. Most studies use a comparison element when designing the task protocol, with little known about how time and numerosity interact when there is no comparison being made — when the decisional bias is reduced or eliminated.
Objective
Understand how context changes the way people experience and use time in their everyday lives. Create a better way to understand the nature of magnitude integration in human perception to improve research protocols and increase replicability in psychological experiments.
Results and Outcomes
- Changing the context of the study design parameters changes the way we experience time.
- More coming soon...
Awards and Recognition
- Received the highly competitive "Early Career Scientist Travel Grant" from the National Institute of Health’s National Eye Institute to attend the annual Vision Sciences Society conference in 2022.
Methods
- Behavioral measures
- Psychophysics
- Iterative testing driven by evidence-based insights