Andrew Silva

Education
University of California, Irvine (2008-2012)
B.A. Psychology (Departmnet of Cognitive Sciences), magna cum laude (expected 2012)

Research Interests
Auditory and visual perception; Sensory integration
Human memory and decision making
Cognitive neuroscience, esp. mechanisms/deficits of perception and memory

Research Experience
Chubb-Wright Lab at UCI, Dr. Charles Chubb. Music Perception, Vision Perception
Madlab at UCI, Dr. Michael Lee. Human Decision Making
Hearing Lab at UCI, Dr. Virginia M. Richards. Auditory Perception

Honors

Campuswide Honors Program at UCI (2008-Present)
Honors in Psychology, Department of Cognitive Science (2010-Present)
Psi Chi, International Honor Society in Psychology (2010-Present)
Chancellors Distinguished Graduate Fellowship (2012)
Regent's Scholarship at UCI (2008-Present)
Summer Undergraduate Research Program Grant ($2,000) (summer 2010)
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Grant ($900) (winter 2012)

Presentations

Silva, A., Gorbanov, M., and Li, A. (2012). Framing and Adaptation Effects in Optimal Stopping Problems, to be presented at the 2012 UCI Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Silva, A., (2012). “Visual Search Asynchrony in Luminance, Contrast, and Blackshot, to be presented at the 2012 UCI Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Andrew Silva
Laboratory Assistant
Department of Cognitive Science
University of California, Irvine


184 Social Science Lab
Irvine, CA 92697-5100

949.824.8951 (phone)
aesilva at uci dot edu