Jay Rueckl

Jay Rueckl is a Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Connecticut (Storrs campus), affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He also serves as a Research Scientist at Haskins Laboratories and holds roles such as Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, Chair of the Steering Committee for the Cognitive Science Focus, and Coordinator for Psychology 132 (Introduction to Psychology).

His research focuses on reading processes, implicit and explicit memory, and computational modeling (e.g., connectionist networks). Key themes include morphological influences on word recognition, the role of phonology/semantics in reading development, and neurobiological underpinnings of reading disorders like dyslexia. Rueckl combines behavioral experiments with neuroimaging (fMRI) and computational models to explore these topics, emphasizing cross-linguistic comparisons and developmental trajectories.

Teaching responsibilities include courses on cognitive psychology, connectionist models, and the mental lexicon. His work has been published in top journals like Memory and Cognition, Brain and Language, and Journal of Experimental Psychology, spanning over four decades of contributions to understanding language processing and cognitive systems.