Research

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Broadly, I am interested in how humans integrate multiple sensory modalities (vision, hearing) to guide actions on moving objects. Specifically, I am interested in questions like how sensory uncertainty influences multi-sensory integration and action, and also how multisensory integration leads to inhibitory effects on action when sensory signals are distracting.

Publications

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Journal publications: Click here for my google scholar profile.

• Thomas, J.J., & Caplan, J.B. (2023). Modelling constituent order despite symmetric associations in memory. Journal of Mathematical Psychology. 115, 102774.
• Thomas, J.J., Ayuno, K.C., Kluger, F.E., & Caplan, J.B. (2023). The relationship between interactive-imagery instructions and association memory. Memory & Cognition, 51(2), 371–390.

Conference proceedings (first author only):

• Thomas, J.J., Caplan, J.B. (2023). Recombined probes test mechanisms of order within associations. Poster at Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, San Francisco, CA, USA.
• Thomas, J.J., Caplan, J.B. (2022). Modelling constituent order despite symmetric associations in memory. Poster at Context and Memory Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
• Thomas, J.J., Caplan, J.B. (2021). Aphantasia and the use of imagery-based associative strategies. Virtual poster session presented at the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society.
• Thomas, J.J., Caplan, J.B. (2021). Four models of ordered, symmetric associations. Virtual talk at the Australasian Mathematical Psychology Conference, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
• Thomas, J.J., Caplan, J.B. (2020). Imagery ability does not predict memory-success with interactive-imagery. Virtual poster session presented at the Context and Memory Symposium.

CV

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Education:

• B.Sc. (Honours) in Neuroscience from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (April 2019)
• M.Sc. in Psychology from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (August 2022)

Selected awards:

• 11/2023 - Graduate Conference Award, Psychonomic Society
• 12/2022 - Walter H. Johns Graduate Fellowship, University of Alberta
• 05/2020-04/2021 - CGS-Masters, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
• 05/2018-08/2018 - Summer Studentship, Alberta Innovates Health Solutions (AIHS)

Research experience:

• Since 09/2023 - PhD student in the UBC Oculomotor Lab (Prof. Dr. Miriam Spering), Dept. Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada
• 07/2023-08/2023 - Research Assistant in the UBC Oculomotor Lab (Prof. Dr. Miriam Spering), Dept. Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada
• 11/2022-05/2023 - Research Assistant in the UofA Computational Memory Lab (Prof. Dr. Jeremy Caplan), Dept. Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
• 09/2019-08/2022 - Graduate (MSc) student in the UofA Computational Memory Lab (Prof. Dr. Jeremy Caplan), Dept. Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
• 05/2018-08/2018 - Undergraduate summer student (Prof. Dr. Bradley Kerr), Dept. Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
• 05/2017-08/2017 - Undergraduate summer student (Prof. Dr. Emmanuelle Cordat), Dept. Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Teaching experience (selected):

• 01/2022-04/2022 - TA, Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Alberta
• 01/2022-04/2022 - TA, Introductory Psychology, University of Alberta
• 09/2021-12/2021 - TA, Introduction to Research Methods, University of Alberta