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Dr. Leonard is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at University of Colorado Denver. As an undergraduate, she attended Rutgers University, with a double-major in Psychology and Economics, and a minor in Cognitive Science. She then received a Ph.D. in Psychological and Brain Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University, and conducted postdoctoral work at the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain. She arrived at CU Denver in...

Dr. Ringer is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Psychology at the University of Colorado Denver. He completed his undergraduate (B.S.) and graduate (M.S., Ph.D.) degrees in Psychological Sciences at Kansas State University with Dr. Lester Loschky. Most recently, Dr. Ringer worked as a postdoctoral fellow in Human Factors at Wichita State University with Dr. Rui Ni, as part of the CNAP (Center for Neurobiological Approaches to Plasticity), an...

Chelsea is a senior B.S. undergraduate majoring in Psychology, and minoring in the Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences. She joined the lab in the Fall of 25' to gain hands-on experience in a lab setting. Chelsea is passionate about research and hopes to expand her skills into next semester by continuing to work in CU Denver labs. After obtaining her degree next semester, she plans to pursue further opportunities to engage...

My name is Kyusik Hyun, but I introduce myself as "Kay" to make my name easier to pronounce for others. I am an international student from the Republic of Korea, majoring in psychology and recording arts with a minor in physics. I studied music production and audio engineering for 7 years (starting from 2018) in diverse environments, including as my major in college, as a soldier in a South Korean...

Kelly Karagias is a graduate student in the CU Denver School of Education’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling program. Once she is a licensed professional counselor, she hopes to become certified to administer psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. During her undergrad, under the mentorship of Dr. Leonard, she completed a thesis on left-right differences and the presence of pseudoneglect during a useful field of view (UFOV) task. In her free time, Kelly enjoys spending...

Michelle is an undergraduate student majoring in B.S. Psychology and plans to minor in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience. Michelle joined the lab in the Summer of 2025 to help her prepare for rigorous graduate school demands. She is concurrently working on her project about human interpretation of AI-generated images, thanks to the lab facilities. She hopes to continue her contribution to the lab for the rest of her undergraduate years...

Bradley Stewart grew up in Columbia, South Carolina and moved to Denver in 2021 to pursue a dual degree in Psychology and Biology here at CU Denver. He has inspired after taking Psychology of Perception, and has been a research assistant in the lab since Spring of 2022. Bradley is graduating in Spring 2025 and is seeking a research position before applying to graduate school to pursue a PhD in...