Lab Members
Principal Investigator
Michael Mack, PhD
Assistant Professor Department of Psychology Ph.D., Vanderbilt University (2011) View CV Schedule a meeting with Dr. Mack |
Want to join the team?We are actively recruiting talented students to join the lab through the Psychology Graduate Program. We are also looking for motivated undergraduates or recent grads interested in research experience. Contact Dr. Mack for more details. |
Lab Manager
Melisa Gumus
University of Toronto, 4th year undergraduate
Melisa is in her fourth year, double majoring in Neuroscience and Mathematics and minoring in Physiology at University of Toronto. As part of the work-study program, her managerial position includes running day-to-day activities in the lab and coordinating with the study participants and ensuring that the Mack Lab operates smoothly. Additionally, in her research project, she uses computational models and analyses of DTI data to investigate how individual differences in white matter tracts influence learning ability. She aims for graduate studies in computational neuroscience and believes that math can solve anything, even the complexity of the human brain.
melisa.gumus@mail.utoronto.ca
University of Toronto, 4th year undergraduate
Melisa is in her fourth year, double majoring in Neuroscience and Mathematics and minoring in Physiology at University of Toronto. As part of the work-study program, her managerial position includes running day-to-day activities in the lab and coordinating with the study participants and ensuring that the Mack Lab operates smoothly. Additionally, in her research project, she uses computational models and analyses of DTI data to investigate how individual differences in white matter tracts influence learning ability. She aims for graduate studies in computational neuroscience and believes that math can solve anything, even the complexity of the human brain.
melisa.gumus@mail.utoronto.ca
Undergraduate Thesis Students
Marlie Tandoc
University of Toronto, 4th year undergraduate
I am an undergraduate student in the Psychology Research Specialist program at the University of Toronto. I am currently working on my undergraduate thesis which investigates how experiment trial context affects perceptual category learning. I am also continuing to work on a project exploring how selective attention and category learning interact in the parietal cortex. My goal is to attend graduate school for cognitive psychology or cognitive neuroscience to continue to pursue my love for learning how we learn.
marlie.tandoc@mail.utoronto.ca
University of Toronto, 4th year undergraduate
I am an undergraduate student in the Psychology Research Specialist program at the University of Toronto. I am currently working on my undergraduate thesis which investigates how experiment trial context affects perceptual category learning. I am also continuing to work on a project exploring how selective attention and category learning interact in the parietal cortex. My goal is to attend graduate school for cognitive psychology or cognitive neuroscience to continue to pursue my love for learning how we learn.
marlie.tandoc@mail.utoronto.ca
Research Assistants
Jason Chow
University of Toronto, 4th year undergraduate
I'm a fourth year psychology specialist focusing on perception's effect on learning and memory. Using a variety of stimuli, we're exploring how people develop and use categories. Particularly, I've been developing a new stimulus set using 3D modeling techniques to give us careful control over the features we are presenting. Another method that I've used is object substitution masking to control how much information participants can draw from stimulus. I'm hoping to move on to grad school when I graduate.
jaso.chow@mail.utoronto.ca
University of Toronto, 4th year undergraduate
I'm a fourth year psychology specialist focusing on perception's effect on learning and memory. Using a variety of stimuli, we're exploring how people develop and use categories. Particularly, I've been developing a new stimulus set using 3D modeling techniques to give us careful control over the features we are presenting. Another method that I've used is object substitution masking to control how much information participants can draw from stimulus. I'm hoping to move on to grad school when I graduate.
jaso.chow@mail.utoronto.ca
Ian Mahoney
University of Toronto, 4th year undergraduate
Currently completing my degree in Statistics and Psychology. Under Dr. Mack, my past individual project and current work-study position investigates how selective attention evolves during category learning and its interactions with visual working memory. By integrating modern statistical techniques into the research (e.g hidden Markov models) I aim to increase my utility as a researcher and broaden the range of inquiry. I will be applying for my masters this Fall 2017.
ian.mahoney@mail.utoronto.ca
University of Toronto, 4th year undergraduate
Currently completing my degree in Statistics and Psychology. Under Dr. Mack, my past individual project and current work-study position investigates how selective attention evolves during category learning and its interactions with visual working memory. By integrating modern statistical techniques into the research (e.g hidden Markov models) I aim to increase my utility as a researcher and broaden the range of inquiry. I will be applying for my masters this Fall 2017.
ian.mahoney@mail.utoronto.ca
Phil Johnston
University of Toronto, Graduated with Hon. B.Sc. in 2017
Phil is a recent graduate of the University of Toronto, where he studied neuroscience and cognitive science. As part of the Mack Lab, he is using perceptual decision-making to investigate whether dissociable learning systems support different representations of probabilistic information. Beyond this, Phil’s primary research interests combine perception, cognition, and embodiment, and he hopes to pursue a career in neuroscience research at the intersection of these fields.
phil.johnston@mail.utoronto.ca
University of Toronto, Graduated with Hon. B.Sc. in 2017
Phil is a recent graduate of the University of Toronto, where he studied neuroscience and cognitive science. As part of the Mack Lab, he is using perceptual decision-making to investigate whether dissociable learning systems support different representations of probabilistic information. Beyond this, Phil’s primary research interests combine perception, cognition, and embodiment, and he hopes to pursue a career in neuroscience research at the intersection of these fields.
phil.johnston@mail.utoronto.ca
Josh Seltzer
University of Toronto, Graduated with Hon. B.Sc. in 2017
Josh recently completed his undergraduate degree, specializing in computer science and cognitive science. He is primarily interested in the intersection of cognitive neuroscience with developments in artificial intelligence / deep learning, and is looking to incorporate insights between the two fields to consolidate our understanding of cognition. His research also touches on pedagogical practices, environmental science, and altered states of consciousness. Josh's other hobbies include hiking, soccer, writing, gaming, and exploring new countries and cultures!
seltzerj@cdf.toronto.edu
University of Toronto, Graduated with Hon. B.Sc. in 2017
Josh recently completed his undergraduate degree, specializing in computer science and cognitive science. He is primarily interested in the intersection of cognitive neuroscience with developments in artificial intelligence / deep learning, and is looking to incorporate insights between the two fields to consolidate our understanding of cognition. His research also touches on pedagogical practices, environmental science, and altered states of consciousness. Josh's other hobbies include hiking, soccer, writing, gaming, and exploring new countries and cultures!
seltzerj@cdf.toronto.edu
Elliane Croce
McGill University, 4th year undergraduate
Elliane is in her fourth year of undergrad at McGill University in Montreal majoring in Cognitive Science with a minor in Spanish. She is currently working with Dr. Mack on creating models of stimulus activation in the brain using Multi-Voxel Pattern Analysis on behavioural and fMRI data. After Elliane graduates in December, she hopes to pursue a PhD in Cognitive Science focusing on Computer Science and Neuroscience. Elliane is also a Varsity athlete with the McGill and University of Toronto Track and Field Teams.
elliane.croce@mail.mcgill.ca
McGill University, 4th year undergraduate
Elliane is in her fourth year of undergrad at McGill University in Montreal majoring in Cognitive Science with a minor in Spanish. She is currently working with Dr. Mack on creating models of stimulus activation in the brain using Multi-Voxel Pattern Analysis on behavioural and fMRI data. After Elliane graduates in December, she hopes to pursue a PhD in Cognitive Science focusing on Computer Science and Neuroscience. Elliane is also a Varsity athlete with the McGill and University of Toronto Track and Field Teams.
elliane.croce@mail.mcgill.ca
