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Britt Anderson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Waterloo. She holds a BA from the University of Arizona, an MD from the University of Southern California, and a PhD from Brown University. Her research focuses on computational and behavioral approaches to understanding cognition, particularly attention, mental model updating, and statistical learning. She investigates how the brain adapts to probabilistic environments and how neurological injuries (e.g., cerebellar lesions) impact spatial and temporal attention.
Dr. Anderson’s work integrates experimental psychology, neuropsychology, and computational modeling to study phenomena like neglect dyslexia, probabilistic cueing, and decision-making under uncertainty. Her lab has developed tools like the 'Plinko' task to measure prior beliefs and assess perceptual updating. Collaborations span neuroimaging (fMRI), eye-tracking, and clinical studies, particularly with patients exhibiting neglect or cognitive impairments.
Recent research highlights include uncovering cerebellar contributions to visuospatial attention and demonstrating how right hemisphere damage disrupts mental model adaptation. Her articles frequently explore the interplay between neural mechanisms, probabilistic learning, and behavioral outcomes, often emphasizing the role of the brain’s spatial and temporal representation systems.
