Dillon is interested in consciousness, complex thought, and the relationship between the two. Which mental processes do we consciously experience and what determines the character of those experiences? What kinds of thoughts are we capable of thinking and how does the brain encode them? He investigates these questions using neuroimaging, computational modeling, and behavioral experiments. He did his PhD research at Harvard with Joshua Greene. Before that, he studied philosophy at Harvard as an undergraduate and was a lab manager at UC Berkeley with Tania Lombrozo and Tom Griffiths. Outside of research, Dillon is interested in climbing, physics, wilderness conservation, and team games (with a particular fondness for bughouse chess). His favorite color is purple.

d.plunkett@northeastern.edu

Michaela is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Psychology, interested in how the visual system transforms the basic building blocks of vision into complex representations. She completed her PhD at Boston University with Sam Ling, where she used fMRI to study how spatial context shapes processing in early visual cortex. Prior to joining The Subjectivity Lab, she worked with MiYoung Kwon at Northeastern, investigating how dim viewing conditions affect visual performance and spatial integration in the visual cortex. Michaela holds a BSc and MSc in Psychology from the University of Edinburgh, where she first developed an interest in consciousness research. Before focusing on visual neuroscience in her PhD, she worked as a predoctoral research assistant at the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science. Outside of research, Michaela enjoys running, yoga, cooking, and reading.

m.klimova@northeastern.edu

Xueyi is a PhD student in the Department of Psychology. She is interested in mental representations, perception, and imagery, and in how the external world constructs our inner minds. During her undergraduate research, she compared the attentional biases from items embedded in visual imagery and visual working memory, and she explored whether visual imagery and visual working memory share the same representational system. Xueyi was born and raised in Shanghai and obtained her B.S. from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China. In her spare time, she enjoys exploring Boston, watching movies and tennis games, and playing ping pong.

huang.xueyi@northeastern.edu

Michael McPhee is a PhD student in the Department of Psychology. His research focuses on consciousness, perception and metacognition, and uses psychophysics, pupillometry and neuroimaging to investigate conscious awareness in neurotypical people and patients with disorders of consciousness. Before coming to Northeastern, Michael was a Junior Research Scientist and Lab Manager in the Ripollés Lab at New York University, the Assistant to the Associate Director of NYU’s Music and Audio Research Laboratory (MARL), and a research assistant in the Laboratory of Neural Systems at Rockefeller University. Michael received a B.A. in Biology, Neuroscience, and Cognitive Science from Williams College in 2015. Outside of the lab, Michael loves to bike around Boston and overanalyze TV shows. He and his team are the 2023 champions, and he was the MVP, of the Boston chapter of the APA (American Pool Association).

mcphee.mi@northeastern.edu

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Morgan is a third-year Computer Science major in the Artificial Intelligence concentration with a minor in Cell and Molecular biology. His studies have focused on missing components of AI and how incorporating psychological research can help finding them. His research interests are very diverse: from evolutionary algorithms to the dangers of autonomous driving, Morgan is very interested in studying anything that can have a direct connection to the human world through the use of AI. In the Subjectivity Lab, Morgan is working on a project for assessing conscious awareness using pupillometry and Virtual Reality. Outside of research and study, Morgan loves to take a step back from technology and hike trails in the woods, go for long bike rides, or row on the Charles River.

morgan.mo@northeastern.edu

Jasmine is in her third year at Northeastern with a combined major in Philosophy and Math and a minor in Physics. Her academic interests lie at the intersection of these fields, with a focus on empirical approaches to Philosophy of Mind and the fundamental nature of perception and reality. She is currently a research assistant at the Meditation Research Program at Harvard Medical School, and is working with the Subjectivity Lab to study perceptual changes in advanced meditators. Outside of research, she loves hiking, art, and reading.

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