Adrian is interested in how stress and a lack of sleep can shift important dynamics in attention and mind-wandering behaviours. He is also interested in how people transition to and from flow states in classroom settings and while using electronic devices.
Allison’s research interests concern attention and methodological issues related to the study of attention. Some of her recent work has focused on topics such as boredom, mind-wandering and media multitasking.
Email Allison: acdrody@uwaterloo.ca
Alyssa is interested in how different physiological factors (e.g., medication use, hormones) are related to the everyday experience of attention. Her research has also examined individual differences in cognition, attention during lectures, information search behaviours, media multitasking, and flow.
Email Alyssa: alyssa.smith@uwaterloo.ca
Brandon has conducted research in the areas of vigilance, mind wandering, learning in the classroom, and media multitasking.
Email Brandon: bcwralph@uwaterloo.ca
Bruno Korst is interested in understanding how high-performing practitioners learn, apply and adapt their practical skills in their practice, and how professional training programmes can be improved to motivate high-performance. Bruno holds a professional designation and a graduate degree in engineering, and has been responsible for the design and delivery of practical training in Electrical Engineering for the last 17 years. He has received a few awards in leadership and innovation in laboratory instruction.
Emilie's research focuses on exploring individual differences and factors that influence levels of attention. The primary goal of her research is to ultimately find ways to improve the maintenance of attention.
Jeremy is interested in the way people experience the spectrum of attentional states, from mindlessness to deep concentration, focusing mainly on mind-wandering and the experience of flow.
Noah completed his PhD under joint supervision of Dr. Smilek and Dr. MacLeod. Noah's dissertation examined mind wandering while reading text, focusing primarily on the relation between text difficulty, text interest and mind wandering. Noah is currently a Post Doctoral Fellow at McMaster University.
Email Noah: nforrin@uwaterloo.ca
Samantha is interested in studying inattention, mind wandering, and flow, as well as individual differences and the relation between female reproductive hormone fluctuations and cognition.
Tyler is interested in the everyday experience of attentional states such as mind-wandering and flow. More specifically, he is interested in how different components of healthy living relate to different facets of attention. Tyler is also interested in understanding slot machine play and the "zone" that some players report while playing multiline slot machines.
Zion's broad research interests concern the factors that elicit mindless engagement. His master's thesis will examine the influence of positive friction on mindless engagement in social media and online platforms. Outside of academia, Zion has aswell worked on video-image classifier systems, for Diversity & Inclusion efforts. He is always learning from others' perspectives, so don't hesitate to reach out if you want to chat!