In The Media

Elizabeth Phillips, Assistant Professor, Psychology, Human Factors/Applied Cognition, is conducting a study to examine two aspects of norm violation response in human-robot teams.

Dr. Daniel Gartenberg, HFAC alum is working on tech that stimulates deep sleep, the most regenerative stage which (among other wonderful things) might help us consolidate our memories and form our personalities. Find out more about how playing sounds that mirror brain waves during this stage might lead to deeper sleep -- and its potential benefits on our health, memory and ability to learn.

The work of Mason's Human Factors and Applied Cognition lab is central to the NPR Hidden Brain podcast on cultivating deep work.

Scientific American reports on changes to the marketing of Lumosity's brain training site following a report from George Mason researchers questioning its efficacy, along with FTC refunds to its customers. Faculty and students from the Department of Psychology found evidence of a placebo effect on the brain-training games' results.