Kristin is a post doctoral fellow in the Vision and Attention Lab and Dr. Evan Risko’s Cognition and Natural Behaviour Lab. Broadly speaking Kristin is interested in how attention, motivation and metacognition operate in various learning environments. She is presently exploring how different modes of presenting lecture material online (e.g., video, audio, text, lecture speed, etc.,) impact attention, mind wandering, metacognition, and learning outcomes in online learners. To this end, Kristin is also investigating how individual differences in motivation, metacognition, preferences and beliefs about learning may influence these outcomes as well as learners chooses in how they engage with online learning materials. Other areas of research close to Kristin’s heart include the exploration of the nature of mind wandering, boredom, flow states, and media multitasking. Kristin completed her PhD at the University of Toronto, under the supervision of Dr. Susanne Ferber. Kristin’s PhD explored individual differences in visual attention and visual memory, demonstrating the utility of using the Big Five personality traits as a way of predicting and accounting for variance in behavioural and electrophysiological measures of visual attention, iconic and visual working memory.
Postdoctoral Fellow