Christina
L. Blaxton
christina.l.blaxton(@)vanderbilt.edu
Curriculum Vitae [ download PDF ]
About
Me: Past and Present
After working with Dr. Stephen Engel and Dr. Yuhong Jiang at the University of Minnesota my research interests became concentrated in the area of
attention.
I find myself dedicating time and thought to how it is the brain
allocates attentional resources through space and time. Currently, I
have begun using eye-tracking as a method to study this question. My
most recent eye-tracking project aimed at discriminating between the
fixed vs. flexible theories of attentional allocation. For more
information on this project, check out the poster that I presented this
year at VSS 2011.
I
am also interested in what constitutes a visual object in which we
attend to. Also, I hope to pursue research in order to disambiguate the
interplay between the attentional and memory systems.
Current and Future Interests
This
fall I will be starting my first year of graduate school at Johns
Hopkins University in the Lab of Dr. Howard Egeth. I am very excited to
further my career and pursue my research interests under his
supervision.
When I am not attempting to discover how
the brain works I spend time with my fiancé and friends exploring
Nashville. I also enjoy reading murder mystery novels (Stieg Larsson
series - My personal favorite), and I have taken up the new hobby of
painting on canvas.
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Education
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MA, Ph.D Candidate
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, B.A. in Psychology, 2010.
Positions and Research Experience
Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN
Perception, Attention and Control Laboratory
Advisor: Adriane Seiffert, Ph.D. June 2010 - June 2011
Research Assistant
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Attention, Memory and Cognition Laboratory
Advisor: Yuhong Jiang, Ph.D.
January 2010 - May 2010
Research Assistant
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Engel Vision and Imaging Laboratory
Koutstaal Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory
Advisors: Stephen Engel, Ph.D. and & Wilma Koutstaal, Ph.D. September 2009 - May 2010
Research Assistant
Relevant Coursework, Editing Experience, Computer Skills
See CV.
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