ABOUT ME
My name is Jason Davis, and I am a research assistant in Jim Haxby's lab interested in perception and attention. As an undergrad at Dartmouth, I conducted research advised by Viola Störmer and Tor Wager. Now, I seek to pursue a career as a cognitive scientist.
I seek to answer two primary questions related to consciousness:
- How does the mind/brain represent information, or the various characteristics of our subjective experience across different modalities?
- How does this information bubble into conscious awareness?
If I am not conducting research in the lab, I am likely either playing soccer, running, reading philosophy, or cooking one of my signature bowls. If you stay on my good side, I’ll make you one for free…
CURRENT RESEARCH
Currently, my research investigates neural and psychological principles related to multimodal perception and attentional selection. My approach utilizes a range of techniques including behavioral experiments, neuroimaging, and computational modeling to investigate both processes.
Long-term goals include:
- understanding how humans represent information across different modalities
- understanding how attentional selection filters such information into consciousness
Want to learn more about my research?
Here's my award-winning video from this year's Made at Dartmouth (MAD) Undergraduate Research Contest that details my current research of experience-driven attention in the auditory domain!