E. Menton McGinnis, Social Coordinator

Prior to entering the Cognitive and Behavioral Neurosciences Graduate Program at the University of Florida, my undergraduate research at Millsaps College included the application of Applied Behavior Analysis techniques with children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders, perceived stereotypes of names and faces, and mouthing habits (hand-to-mouth or object-to-mouth interaction) of infants and the behavior’s effects on learning and developmental progression.  From there, my research interests progressed into questions surrounding the neural underpinnings involved in behavior and perception.  Currently working under the direction of Dr. Andreas Keil at the Center for the Study of Emotion and Attention at UF, I am particularly interested in attention and perception in the human visual system, more specifically, feature-based object attention.  My research stems from an interest in the underlying principles of human perception in relation to affective stimuli.  I am currently engaged in multiple projects aimed specifically at uncovering the the the role of color in emotionally arousing stimuli, using ERP’s and ssVEP’s, and employing selective attention, N2pc, and binocular rivalry paradigms.