Department of Psychology
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
phone: 805-893-7909
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08/07/08

Reprints page updated! We have replaced the majority of poorly scanned pdf files with smaller, neater pdf's.

08/07/08

Sebastien Heilie joins the lab.

 

Research Interests:

(cognitive neuroscience;learning;
memory; categorization;decision processes in perception and cognition; mathematical psychology) Dr. Ashby is interested in basic cognitive and neural processes of human learning and memory. As a vehicle for studying
these processes, his research focuses on understanding how people categorize objects in their environment. Dr. Ashby’s approach is to collect a wide variety of empirical data (e.g., from cognitive behavioral experiments, studies with various neuropsychological patient groups, and fMRI experiments), and use these data to develop and test neuro-biologically detailedmathematical models. Thus, Dr. Ashby's research combines a three-pronged approach: empirical data collection, cognitive neuro-science, and mathematical modeling.

Representative Publications:

Ashby, F. G. (Ed.). (1992). Multidimensional models of perception and cognition. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

Ashby, F. G., Alfonso-Reese, L. A., Turken, A. U., & Waldron, E. M. (1998). A neuropsychological theory of multiple systems in category learning. Psychological Review, 105, 442-481.

Ashby, F. G., Ennis, J. M., & Spiering, B. J. (2007). A neurobiological theory of automaticity in perceptual categorization. Psychological Review, 114, 632-656.

Ashby, F. G. & Maddox, W. T. (2005). Human category learning. Annual Review of Psychology, 56, 149-178.

Ashby, F. G., Isen, A. M., & Turken, A. U. (1999). A neuro-psychological theory of positive affect and its influence on cognition. Psychological Review, 106, 529-550.

Author: Duncan Ashby ashby@psych.ucsb.edu
Last Modified: August 2008