How do we learn about the complex multisensory world?
The Computation, Learning, and Representation (CLEAR) Lab, located in the Department of Psychology at the University of New Hampshire, investigates how we learn about the complex sensory world using tools from computational cognitive neuroscience. We study how we learn by interacting in complex environments like video games and virtual reality. We are especially interested in how adults learn second languages and how language itself influences how we learn.
I will be reviewing applications for PhD students to start Fall 2025.
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Recent Updates
- 2024-08: Welcome to Hooman Amiri and Hedieh Nejatmand Malari who joined the lab as PhD students! Welcome to Megan, Kaylie, Michael, and Stephanie who joined the lab as RAs!
- 2024-07: Our review paper, Single and multiple systems in categorization and category learning, with John Paul Minda, Priya Kalra, and Anthony Cruz is out now in Nature Reviews Psychology! We review the theoretical debate about the mechanisms supporting category learning and how it has evolved over the last 10 years.
- 2024-06: The lab is up and running over the summer! Lyra (along with research partner Braelyn) received funding to work on a SURF Interdisciplinary Teams project with Casey Roark and Kate Christison-Lagay, new research assistant Kay received funding from McNair to work on a project in the lab on incidental learning, and Mauricio also joined the lab as a research assistant. Welcome Kay and Mauricio!
- 2024-05: Darrin graduated from UNH and will start a PsyD in Clinical Psychology program at William James College in the fall! Best of luck, Darrin!
- 2024-02: Nusrat joined the lab as a graduate research assistant! Welcome Nusrat!
- 2024-01: Kevin joined the lab as an RA! Welcome Kevin!
- 2024-01: Happy New Year! Our collaborative paper with researchers at the University of Texas Austin and Northwestern University has been accepted for publication in PLOS ONE! Check out the pre-print here -- Individual differences in working memory impact the trajectory of non-native speech category learning.
- 2023-11: Our collaborative paper with Vishal Thakkar, Bharath Chandrasekaran, and Tracy Centanni has been accepted for publication in Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research! Check out the pre-print here -- Auditory category learning in children with dyslexia.
- 2023-10: Our collaborative paper with Hadeer Derawi and Yafit Gabay was published in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review: Procedural auditory category learning is selectively disrupted in developmental language disorder.
- 2023-10: We ran the first participant in the CLEAR Lab at UNH!
- 2023-09: Five new RAs have joined the lab! Welcome Darrin, Lyra, Meredith, Marissa, and Virginia!
- 2023-08: Dr. Casey Roark joined the Department of Psychology at the University of New Hampshire as an Assistant Professor!
- 2023-04: Check out coverage of our 2023 Psychological Science paper on learning in dyslexia from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh!
CLEAR Lab
University of New Hampshire McConnell Hall Room 164 15 Academic Way Durham, NH, 03824 [email protected] |