The Memory and Attention Laboratory of the City University of New York is located at the College of Staten Island in the Department of Psychology. We are also affiliated with the Cognition & Comparative Psychology Ph.D. program at the City University of New York's Graduate Center. We study memory, attention, multitasking, and decision making in humans. Our work informs current theories of how working memories are formed, the causes of forgetting, and the relationship between working memory and higher-order cognitive behavior.

News

Congrats to our 2018 Graduates!

Seven students from our lab graduated with B.S. or B.A. degrees in Psychology this year. Tiffany Galbo, Hadeel Ayesh, Greg Major, Hamza Tariq, Iryna Pylypchuk, Sochima Ezeude, and Pricilla Hutchinson all survived both their time in college and in the lab. Congratulations, thanks for all of the hard work! We know you will do well in your future careers.

Our Student Researchers Successfully Presented at the CSI Undergraduate Research Conference 

Nine of our researcher assistants presented their research at the 2018 College of Staten Island Undergraduate Research Conference. We had five posters on display and the highest amount of interest in our work yet. Great Job helping your fellow lab members reach their best!

We were invited to present our work in Switzerland!

Professor Ricker was invited to participate in a workshop on attention and memory funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation in June & July of 2017. The workshop brought together 10 international experts with 20 Swiss researchers working at the intersection of attention and working memory research. Prof. Ricker presented the lab's research on masking and consolidation as well as our work on cognitive load in visual working memory. He also visited the University of Zurich and University of Geneva during his trip. All reports are that it was a great experience and many fruitful conversations were had. Many thanks to the conference organizers Alessandra Souza and Evie Vergauwe!

Congratulations to our 2017 Graduates!

Three students in the lab, Mabel Etuknwa, Liya Thomas, and Anthony Wong, graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology at the end of the Spring 2017 semester. In addition, Liya graduated with honors from the Verrazano program. Thanks for all the hard work in the lab and good luck in the future to all three of you!

Congratulations to our Students Presenting at CSI's Undergraduate Research Conference

Eight of our students presented posters at the 2017 CSI Undergraduate Conference on Research, Scholarship, and Performance on May 4th. They presented research they have been conducting over the past year. All reports are that they did an excellent job!