I'm a doctoral student studying the overlap of AI and cognitive development at the Ohio State University.

Using only a limited collection of experiences, humans are able to to navigate a complex, ever-changing environment. My research focuses on this ability to generalize our prior knowledge. How is our prior knowledge stored and accessed? Are the mechanisms of generalization common across many domains? And, most importantly, do these mechanisms change through development?

To pursue these questions, I use a combination of behavioral experiments, eye-tracking technology, neuroimaging, and mathematical modeling techniques. If successful, my work will explain how mature generalization emerges from the interaction of developing representational resources, memory, and attention.