Director: Mark Fenske, Ph.D.

   We use behavioural tasks and neuroimaging techniques (e.g., fMRI)
   to examine the cognitive and neural mechanisms of visual recognition
   and affective response, and how they are influenced by attention,
   emotion, contextual associations, and previous experience.

   We are interested in how these mechanisms operate in healthy individuals
   and the nature of their impairment in affective and neurological disorders.

   We are also interested in cognitive and behavioural tasks that can improve
   brain functioning. 

Recent Publications

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Ferrey, A.E., Frischen, A., & Fenske, M.J. (2012). Hot or not: Response inhibition reduces the hedonic value and motivational incentive of sexual stimuli. Frontiers in Emotion Science, 3, 575.

Eastwood, J.D., Frischen, A., Fenske, M.J., & Smilek, D. (2012). The unengaged mind: Defining boredom in terms of attention. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7, 482-495

Hanif, A., Ferrey, A.E., Frischen, A., Pozzobon K., Eastwood, J.D., Smilek, D., Fenske, M.J. (2012). Manipulations of attention enhance self-regulation. Acta Psychologica, 139, 104-110.

Lab Members

Graduate Students
    David De Vito     Rachel Driscoll     Asma Hanif    

Undergraduate  Students
     Alix Ginsberg     David Miedzinski     Elise Millett

Research / Technical Assistants
     Alaina MacDonald    Krista Mitchnick   Andrea Schmidt