Visual Thinking Lab

We study visual thinking: how it works, and how education + design can make it work better.

About

We study how leveraging the visual system - the largest single system in your brain - can help people think, remember, and communicate more efficiently. Our basic research is inspired by real-world problems, guiding our laboratory toward the most interesting basic research questions, while producing results that translate directly to science, education, business, & design.

News

Dr. Franconeri and Dr. McColeman receive NSF IIS grant to study low-level perceptual tasks in data visualization.

Former Lab Manager Elsie Lee begins a Ph.D. program in the School of Information at the University of Michigan.

Cristina Ceja receives an NSF Graduate Fellowship to study how the visual system glues features to objects.

Congratulations to Dr. Christie Nothelfer and Dr. Dian Yu on receiving their Ph.D.s.

Dr. Miriam Novack receives an NIH NRSA grant to study attention in infants.

Research Areas

Data Visualization

Visual Attention

Visual Structure

Education

Opportunities in the lab!

We are always looking for enthusiastic undergraduates interested in learning about visual cognition research.

Please email our lab manager at cresap112@gmail.com with a resume and cover letter if interested.

Professor Steven Franconeri will consider new graduate students for admission for Fall 2021. Prospective PhD students are welcome to apply to the Psychology graduate program.