Lab Director
Steven B. Most
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., Harvard University, 2002
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., Harvard University, 2002
curriculum vita
Steve employs behavioral experiments and neuroimaging techniques (e.g., fMRI) to investigate interactions between emotion, attention, and perception. He also studies the degree to which such interactions are influenced by individual differences. In his spare time, he enjoys photography and travel (especially when combined).
Graduate Students
Briana Kennedy
1st Year Graduate Student
B.A., Marist College, 2009
Briana is interested in investigating relationships between motivation, attention, and emotion, and her first year project integrates these topics with her strong interest in memory. In her spare time, she enjoys music, traveling, and being outdoors.
1st Year Graduate Student
B.A., Marist College, 2009
Briana is interested in investigating relationships between motivation, attention, and emotion, and her first year project integrates these topics with her strong interest in memory. In her spare time, she enjoys music, traveling, and being outdoors.
Lingling Wang
3rd Year Graduate Student
B.S., Beijing Normal University, 2004
M.E., Southeast University, 2007
Hailing from China, Lingling is interested in exploring mechanisms underlying interactions between attention, working memory, and emotion. Using both ERP and behavioral techniques, she bridges our lab and the Hoffman lab at UD. In her spare time, she enjoys comics, traveling, and cooking. Rumor has it that she cooks delicious Chinese food... A continuing mission of our lab is to subject such rumors to rigorous empirical investigation.
3rd Year Graduate Student
B.S., Beijing Normal University, 2004
M.E., Southeast University, 2007
Hailing from China, Lingling is interested in exploring mechanisms underlying interactions between attention, working memory, and emotion. Using both ERP and behavioral techniques, she bridges our lab and the Hoffman lab at UD. In her spare time, she enjoys comics, traveling, and cooking. Rumor has it that she cooks delicious Chinese food... A continuing mission of our lab is to subject such rumors to rigorous empirical investigation.
Lab Coordinator
Mandy Skoranski
B.S., University of Delaware, 2009
From our lab, Mandy coordinates a multi-lab, multi-institution, NIH-funded investigation of attentional control and emotion regulation as they relate to childhood and adolescent obesity. In her spare time, Mandy enjoys hiking, biking, kayaking, and just generally being outdoors. In the not-too-distant future, she plans to attend graduate school to conduct research in clinical psychophysiology.
B.S., University of Delaware, 2009
From our lab, Mandy coordinates a multi-lab, multi-institution, NIH-funded investigation of attentional control and emotion regulation as they relate to childhood and adolescent obesity. In her spare time, Mandy enjoys hiking, biking, kayaking, and just generally being outdoors. In the not-too-distant future, she plans to attend graduate school to conduct research in clinical psychophysiology.
Undergraduate Researchers
Jen Cinicolo
3rd Year Undergraduate
A born and raised New Yorker, Jennifer is a junior double majoring in psychology and sociology. She is working to focus her interests in psychology through research and hopes to attend graduate school. In her spare time, she enjoys caring for and teaching others about animals, watching scary movies, listening to country music, and eating sushi.
3rd Year Undergraduate
A born and raised New Yorker, Jennifer is a junior double majoring in psychology and sociology. She is working to focus her interests in psychology through research and hopes to attend graduate school. In her spare time, she enjoys caring for and teaching others about animals, watching scary movies, listening to country music, and eating sushi.
Dustin Engelhardt
4th Year Undergraduate
Returning for his fourth year at college, Dustin initially earned academic "street cred" by surviving Honors General Psychology, which he took with a very tough professor. His psychology interests include personality, emotion, and the accuracy of memory, and he is following up on an independent study on the "attentional blink" to be submitted for publication (and which he also presented at the international meeting of the Vision Sciences Society). He recently spent the summer learning fMRI data analysis and is currently striving to meld his interests in psychology with his interest in political science. Outside of psychology, Dustin enjoys playing tennis and basketbal, writing and performing music on the acoustic guitar, and exploring international relations.
4th Year Undergraduate
Returning for his fourth year at college, Dustin initially earned academic "street cred" by surviving Honors General Psychology, which he took with a very tough professor. His psychology interests include personality, emotion, and the accuracy of memory, and he is following up on an independent study on the "attentional blink" to be submitted for publication (and which he also presented at the international meeting of the Vision Sciences Society). He recently spent the summer learning fMRI data analysis and is currently striving to meld his interests in psychology with his interest in political science. Outside of psychology, Dustin enjoys playing tennis and basketbal, writing and performing music on the acoustic guitar, and exploring international relations.
Frank Gonzalez
3rd Year Undergraduate
Currently a junior at UD, Frank is an officer in the Psychology Club and an aspiring novelist. His psychology interests include neuroscience and its relation to attention disorders like ADD. In his free time, he enjoys writing and reminiscing fondly of his days as a drummer in a New Jersey metal band.
3rd Year Undergraduate
Currently a junior at UD, Frank is an officer in the Psychology Club and an aspiring novelist. His psychology interests include neuroscience and its relation to attention disorders like ADD. In his free time, he enjoys writing and reminiscing fondly of his days as a drummer in a New Jersey metal band.
Nicole Hart
4th Year Undergraduate
How is it that two people can look at the very same scene and yet perceive different things? Such questions are what keep Nicole up at night. With a double-major in Psychology and Biology, Nicole is interested in the neurological pathways underlying attention-emotion interactions. In addition to running experiments in the lab, Nicole is a member of E-52 Student Theater and Making Doctors.
4th Year Undergraduate
How is it that two people can look at the very same scene and yet perceive different things? Such questions are what keep Nicole up at night. With a double-major in Psychology and Biology, Nicole is interested in the neurological pathways underlying attention-emotion interactions. In addition to running experiments in the lab, Nicole is a member of E-52 Student Theater and Making Doctors.
Anne Healey
4th Year Undergraduate
Anne is a senior Psychology major with an interest in Cognitive Science. She is especially interested in how individual experiences, expectations, and emotions can alter our perceptions and plans to pursue a graduate degree in Cognitive Psychology. In addition to her psychological interests, Anne is our lab's star volleyball player. She also enjoys being outdoors and listening to and playing music.
4th Year Undergraduate
Anne is a senior Psychology major with an interest in Cognitive Science. She is especially interested in how individual experiences, expectations, and emotions can alter our perceptions and plans to pursue a graduate degree in Cognitive Psychology. In addition to her psychological interests, Anne is our lab's star volleyball player. She also enjoys being outdoors and listening to and playing music.
Alex Petras
2nd Year Undergraduate
Hailing from Pittsburgh, PA, Alex is fascinated by all things Psychology. Why do we notice the things we do, and how do our emotions affect our perception of the world? These are just a couple of the questions that Alex hopes to answer during his career at UD. Working hard, with medical school aspirations, Alex also participates in student theater and is active in the Residence Life community as an RA. He also spends his few spare minutes enjoying TV and movies and playing Frisbee and tennis.
2nd Year Undergraduate
Hailing from Pittsburgh, PA, Alex is fascinated by all things Psychology. Why do we notice the things we do, and how do our emotions affect our perception of the world? These are just a couple of the questions that Alex hopes to answer during his career at UD. Working hard, with medical school aspirations, Alex also participates in student theater and is active in the Residence Life community as an RA. He also spends his few spare minutes enjoying TV and movies and playing Frisbee and tennis.
Laura Szklarski
4th Year Undergraduate
With a major in Neuroscience and minor in Anthropology, Laura dream of cures for today's most prominent neurological disorders. She is motivated by the idea of a brain that is endlessly adaptable. Her heros include Oliver Sacks and Paul Farmer. Laura's interests also include photography, performing on the guitar, longboard surfing, and the great outdoors!
4th Year Undergraduate
With a major in Neuroscience and minor in Anthropology, Laura dream of cures for today's most prominent neurological disorders. She is motivated by the idea of a brain that is endlessly adaptable. Her heros include Oliver Sacks and Paul Farmer. Laura's interests also include photography, performing on the guitar, longboard surfing, and the great outdoors!
Christina Wolff
4th Year Undergraduate
One of the few Wisconsinites on campus (yes, she likes cheese and da'Packers), Christina is majoring in Psychology with a double minor in Figure Skating Science and Art. Her psychological interests stem from teaching figure skating and observing the different learning styles of her students. In order to unwind from intense subject running in our lab, she relaxes by skating on a nationally ranked synchonized skating team. And to unwind from that, she enjoys painting, drawing, photography, and doing whatever she can to get a chuckle out of the people she meets.
4th Year Undergraduate
One of the few Wisconsinites on campus (yes, she likes cheese and da'Packers), Christina is majoring in Psychology with a double minor in Figure Skating Science and Art. Her psychological interests stem from teaching figure skating and observing the different learning styles of her students. In order to unwind from intense subject running in our lab, she relaxes by skating on a nationally ranked synchonized skating team. And to unwind from that, she enjoys painting, drawing, photography, and doing whatever she can to get a chuckle out of the people she meets.
Lab Alumni
Amy Lorenz, '09
Hyun-Young Park, '09
After completing a stellar senior thesis in our lab, Hyun-Young moved to Northwestern University, where she helps conduct visual cognition research under the auspices of Dr. Steve Franconeri.
Nicole Tomlinson, '09
Nicole now works as a Research Assistant at Georgetown University, where she helps Dr. Rhonda Friedman study language processing in the brain.
Hyun-Young Park, '09
After completing a stellar senior thesis in our lab, Hyun-Young moved to Northwestern University, where she helps conduct visual cognition research under the auspices of Dr. Steve Franconeri.
Nicole Tomlinson, '09
Nicole now works as a Research Assistant at Georgetown University, where she helps Dr. Rhonda Friedman study language processing in the brain.
Lab group, circa Fall 2008