Jeff Mounts

Jeff Mounts

Attention and Perception Lab

Research Interests

  • Effect of visual attention on spatial and temporal processing.


Student Involvement

  • Research assistants are responsible for the following tasks:
    • Reading relevant scientific literature and discussing research ideas
    • Writing the code to control experiments
    • Running subjects and analyzing resulting data

Recruitment Opportunities

  • Dr. Mounts is not currently accepting new research assistants.


Preferred Skills and Qualifications

  • Sophomore or junior standing.
  • Interest in cognition and perception.
  • Good computer skills.

Current Lab Members

  • Ashley Edwards (class of 2017) from Marilla, NY is a senior psychology major with mathematics and cognitive science minors. This is Ashley’s sixth (and sadly last) semester working in Dr. Mounts’ lab. After Â鶹´«Ã½ÍŶÓ, Ashley will attend a cognitive psychology Ph.D. program at Florida State University where she will study dyslexia and work toward her career goals of being a professor with a research lab studying dyslexia.
  • Gage Matyasovszky (class of 2019) from Rochester, NY is a sophomore psychology major with mathematics and cognitive science minors. In his spare time, he sings acapella with Emmelodics, which he is currently the treasurer of. After Â鶹´«Ã½ÍŶÓ, Gage plans to pursue research in the field of psychology.
  • Megan Hillis (class of 2019) from Scotia, NY is a sophomore psychology major with a German language minor. Megan also enjoys creative writing and horseback riding. After Â鶹´«Ã½ÍŶÓ, Megan plans to pursue a doctorate in psychology and possible work in research.
  • Anthony Nguyen (class of 2018) from Endwell, NY is a junior psychology and philosophy double major with a minor in cognitive science. Anthony plans to pursue a Ph.D. in either cognitive psychology or cognitive science and eventually conduct research of his own.