David Brang

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
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Dr. David Brang is an Associate Professor of Psychology and the Principal Investigator of the Multisensory Perception Lab. Dr. Brang investigates how the human brain integrates information from auditory, visual, and tactile modalities to generate computationally efficient estimates of the external world. He received his Ph.D. from University of California San Diego, and conducted postdoctoral work at University of Chicago and Northwestern jointly through the Psychology and Neurology departments. 

Emily Cunningham

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Dr. Emily Cunningham is a postdoctoral researcher in the Multisensory Perception Lab. A vision scientist by training, her research interests lie broadly at the intersection of audition and vision. Her previous work has handled questions related to visual perception & awareness, auditory-visual interaction, and sustained attention, leveraging EEG and behavior to probe the neural circuitry that enables (and restricts) these processes in humans. She earned her PhD in Experimental Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, specializing in Attention & Perception. Outside of the lab, she manages the research activities of two curious canines: Mabel and Bob (notable for their recent coauthored discovery of ‘the top of the fridge’). 

Alexis Mansour

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Alexis is a lab manager and research technician lead for the Multisensory Perception Lab. She oversees and runs the day-to-day operations of the lab and is researching multisensory speech perception. Alexis received her B.A. in linguistics from the University of Oregon and her M.A. in speech-language pathology from the University of Iowa. Prior to joining the lab, she practiced as a medical speech-language pathologist in both inpatient and outpatient settings, primarily serving individuals with acquired neurological disorders. In previous research roles, she contributed to studies investigating aphasia, hearing loss, and developmental stuttering. In the future, Alexis plans to pursue a Ph.D. related to the cognitive neuroscience of language.

Appa

Appa is the Lab pup (but not a lab). He studies the visuotactile and olfactory properties of tasty treats and uses advanced statistics to predict the trajectory of airborne sticks.