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Alex White is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neuroscience & Behavior at Barnard College. He leads the Barnard Vision Lab, focusing on visual perception, attention, and visual word recognition. His work employs behavioral assessments, eye-tracking, and functional MRI to study how the brain processes visual information, particularly written words. He joined Barnard in 2021 and teaches courses including Introduction to Neuroscience and Visual Neuroscience.
Educational Background:
- BA, Yale University
- MS, University of Sydney
- PhD, New York University
Research Interests: Dr. White's research explores the neural mechanisms underlying visual perception, with a focus on how attention and expectation influence visual processing. His lab investigates word recognition through eye-tracking and fMRI, addressing questions about serial vs. parallel processing, visual field position effects, and neural bottlenecks in lexical access. Recent work also examines dyslexia-related visual encoding deficits and the interplay between attention and language in the visual word form area.
Publications Overview: His articles emphasize capacity limits in word recognition, spatial attention dynamics, and neural correlates of visual processing. Recent work highlights hemifield asymmetries in crowding and the role of expectation in modulating covert attention. The lab's findings contribute to theories of parallel/serial processing and neuroplasticity in reading.
Labs/Teams: The Barnard Vision Lab collaborates with students and researchers to advance understanding of visual cognition. Openings for student research assistants require programming skills.
