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David Fencsik, PhD

Detailed Description of this session:

Ever wonder why you can't remember something you just studied last night? why you can only pay attention to a limited number of things? how your eyes and brain work to let you see the world around you? The Psychology Playground has a sampling of the simple tasks and illusions that psychologists use to study how our minds see, interpret, and remember the world.

David Fencsik's Biography:

I am a native of the Bay Area, born and raised in Berkeley. I moved to Portland, OR, for college, then Ann Arbor, MI, for graduate school. After completing my Ph.D. in 2003, I worked as a Research Fellow in the Visual Attention Lab at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. In 2007, I returned to the Bay Area to become a professor at Cal State East Bay (formerly Cal State Hayward).

Educational Background:

Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR:
B.S. Psychology, 1996
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI:
M.A. Statistics, 1999
M.A. Psychology, 1999
Ph.D. Psychology, 2003