
Viola S. Stoermer
Associate Professor
Appointments
Associate Professor in Psychological and Brain Sciences
Biography
My research aims at understanding the cognitive and neural mechanisms of human perception, attention, and memory. Particularly, I am interested in understanding the fundamental principles of selective attention, how attention shapes perception, and the capacity and structure of visual working memory. I am also interested in what role attention plays in connecting across sensory modalities to form multimodal objects. My research draws on a variety of methods, including psychophysics, experimental psychology, and functional neuroimaging with a particular focus on EEG (electroencephalography).
Education
M.A. Humboldt-University Berlin
Ph. D. Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Postdoc at Harvard University
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