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Rachel Heaton employs computational experimental methods to study the impact of cognitive psychology on design. Her research aims to understand how people mentally represent and reason about objects in the world. She is particularly interested in the ways that perception and cognition influence human responses to designed artifacts, and the psychological processes that underlie design creativity. Her work includes computational models of object recognition, perceptual grouping, visual attention, eye movements, reasoning by visual analogy, perception of visual affordances, and the study of generative capabilities of artificial intelligence, alongside general issues in neural computation. Prior to her academic career, she worked in the semiconductor industry, designing digital logic for CPU and network processor architectures.
Department of Philosophy • Urbana, IL
Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy focusing on cognitive psychology and design.
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