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Megan Peters

Megan Peters, M.A., C.Phil.
Graduate Student
Visual and Multisensory Perception Lab
UCLA Psychology Department

Address:
Megan Peters
UCLA Psychology Department
7531 Franz Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563

Contact:
meganakpeters [at] ucla [dot] edu
my google page

Research Interests:

  • Cognitive neuroscience & computational cognition
  • Bayesian statistical modeling
  • Multisensory and sensorimotor integration and learning
  • Brain stimulation (tDCS)
  • Personal Interests:
    Philip K. Dick, philosophy of mind, starting small businesses



    Publications

    • Peters, M.A.K., Thompson, B., Merabet, L.B., Wu, A.D., & Shams, L. (in press). Anodal tDCS to V1 blocks visual perceptual learning consolidation. Neuropsychologia
    • Kim, R., Peters, M.A.K., & Shams, L. (2011) 0+1>1 : how adding non-informative sound improves performance on a visual task. Psychological Science, 23(1), 6-12. doi:10.1177/0956797611420662

    Conference Presentations and Talks
    • Peters, M.A.K., Thompson, B., Merabet, L.B., Wu, A.D., & Shams, L. [talk]. Anodal tDCS to V1 blocks visual perceptual learning consolidation. Vision Sciences Society 13th Annual Meeting, Naples, FL, May 2013.
    • Peters, M.A.K. [talk]. 0+1>1: how adding non-informative sound improves performance on a visual task. CogFog meeting, UCLA, May 2011.
    • Peters, M.A.K. [talk]. Not so irrelevant after all: Task-irrelevant stimuli and multisensory models. Presentation of research leading to the Masters degree. Cognitive Forum, UCLA, December 2010.
    • Peters, M.A.K. [talk]. Fractionating the binding process: Neuropsychological evidence from reversed search efficacies. Behavioral Neuroscience Journal Club, UCLA, April 2010.
    • Peters, M., Welday, A., & Mintz, T. [poster]. Novel word extensions reflect syntactic knowledge in 18-month-old infants. Southern California Symposium on Cognitive and Language Development, Los Angeles, CA, May 2009.

    Scholarships, Fellowships, and Awards
    • 2010, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
    • 2009, NIH Behavioral Neuroscience Training Fellowship
    • 2009, UCLA Chancellor's Prize
    • 2009, University of Southern California Provost's Fellowship (declined)
    • 2001, Reed College Young Scholars Program Vollum Scholarship