Research Interests

My work spans a number of research topics. Here is an overview of a selection

Working memory and executive functions

We know that working memory -active maintenance of transient information- is very important, for children's development and for adult cognitive skills. For example, tasks that measure working memory are often very good at predicting mathematics, reading, comprehension processes and so on. My research investigates the links between working memory and cognition, as well as develop more complete theoretical accounts of how working memory processes unfold.

Executive functions contribute to effective regulation of behaviours towards goals, targets, cognitions and responses. Executive functions form a complex interrelated set of behaviours. So it is important to understand how regulation takes place, the limits and the opportunities that they provide.

Cybercognition

Online environments are increasingly ubiquitous; we communicate through email, we browse websites, we live our lives through social media, etc. This presents cognitive systems with great challenges. We interact with complex systems involving many -sometimes unknown - permuations and consequences, and we are required to trust individuals and systems despite sometimes scant evidence to justify this. We seek to understand how cognitive decisions interact with computer systems & devices and study the software developers and engineers who create the products that we rely on.

Metascience

How do we make the research process more effective? How might we increase the credibility of research and optimise the research processes in order to make the research pipeline stronger and better?