Psychology Faculty

Associate Professor
Email: conwaych@grinnell.edu
I study the neurocognitive mechanisms of learning and memory, specifically a form of implicit learning referred to as 鈥渟tatistical learning鈥, and how such mechanisms are used in the service of language development across diverse experiences. My work relies on a combination of cognitive and cognitive...
Professor
Email: ellisa@grinnell.edu
I spend my research time exploring the development of children鈥檚 cognitive processes. My work is motivated by the goal to understand how children鈥檚 developing abilities and their experiences in the world interact with their developing cognitive processes. I teach classes on psychology and child...
Professor
Emerita
Email: gibsonj@grinnell.edu
A s a cognitive psychologist, Professor Gibson鈥檚 research focused on executive functions (flexibility, updating, and managing resources) and on implicit memory (the influence of past experience in the absence of conscious recollection) with a focus on aging and problem solving. In recent years...