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Robin D. Thomas

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Robin D. Thomas has been promoted to professor of psychology. Thomas joined the Miami faculty as an assistant professor in August 1995, after completing her doctorate in cognitive science at Indiana University. Her research concerns how people learn to classify objects into categories and how these categories are used in decision-making, problem solving and other higher order processes in cognition.

Thomas’ approach involves the construction of mathematical models that can be tested against behavioral and neural data. Her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Mental Health. In 2007, Thomas received an outstanding paper award by the Society for Mathematical Psychology for her work published in the Journal of Mathematical Psychology in 2006. Earlier in her career, Thomas was recognized with new investigator awards from the American Psychological Association and the Society for Mathematical Psychology.

Currently, she directs the Center for Psychophysiology that brings together researchers across diverse disciplines who are interested in using technologies measuring brain function (e.g., electroencephalography or EEG) in their research. In 2008, the center received a grant from the Ohio Board of Regents to initiate a laboratory in EEG housed in the psychology building.

Date Published: 02/20/2009
Volume: 27 Number: 22