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• How does the brain solve the "binding problem" of integrating the multiple parts of an experience (perceptual, conceptual, emotional) into a unified episodic memory? • What are the cognitive and emotional factors that determine why some experiences are more likely to be successfully bound than others? • How do the personal beliefs and motivations that we bring to a learning situation influence this success? |
As of September 1, 2007, Dr. Mangels will be at Baruch College and the Graduate Center at the City University of New York
The goal of research in this lab is to understand the complex manner in which attention and learning interact, from both multiple perspectives. We accomplish this objective through three intersecting research lines:
- Studies defining a functional network of neurocognitive processes subserving successful encoding into episodic memory using EEG coherence and fMRI connectivity methods
- Studies examining the influence of top-down, cognitive control and bottom-up stimulus salience on episodic encoding (and feature selection more generally) using convergent neuroscience methods
- Social cognitive neuroscience studies based in models of cognitive control that investigate how personality and social context separately and interactively influence affective and cognitive engagement in a challenging academic environment.
Selected Upcoming Research Talks:
May 22-25, 2008: "Performance and Learning in Challenging Situations: Why Mindset Matters"; Presentation at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL
Selected Past Talks
Science of Diversity Conference, Columbia University, November, 17, 2006
New York Academy of Sciences, May 2, 2005
University of Delaware Undergraduate Research Symposium, "Enigma Variations", May 6, 2000