Brandon M. Turner is a Professor in the Psychology Department at The Ohio State University. He received a B.S. from Missouri State University in mathematics and psychology in 2008, a MAS in statistics from The Ohio State University in 2010, and a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in 2011. He then spent one year as a postdoctoral researcher at University of California, Irvine, and two years as a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University. His research interests include dynamic models of cognition and perceptual decision making, efficient methods for performing likelihood-free and likelihood-informed Bayesian inference, and unifying behavioral and neural explanations of cognition. His current focus is on understanding how selective attention causes “cognitive inertia”, a pattern of information search that is dictated by previous allocations of attention, and how curated information (e.g., Google, YouTube) can harm or distort learning. Vita [@ 11/25/2025]
Eeshan Hassan is a postdoctoral researcher in the MbCN lab. He combines computational and experimental methods to study cognitive decision-making, focusing on the interplay between perception and attention with decision making. His research explores the interaction between human and machine cognition, aiming to use insights from one to improve the other.
Nicole C. King is a fourth-year doctoral student at The Ohio State University. She received her B.A. from Rutgers University – New Brunswick majoring in Psychology and minoring in Statistics. She is now working toward a Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience and a MAS degree in Statistics. Her research background includes prior knowledge in the form of scripted events, episodic memory, agency, intentional binding, decision making, and attention. Currently she is investigating the structure and relation of memory in category learning tasks. In her free time, she loves to read, play music, explore amusement parks, and practice yoga. https://nicoleking.my.canva.site/
Yiming Wang is a first-year doctoral student. She received her B.S. in Psychology in 2022 and her M.S. (Research) in Cognitive Neuroscience in 2023. Then, she took one year off exploring and feeling the world. Now, she is working toward a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology at The Ohio State University. She is specially interested in understanding cognition through the lens of mathematical models and currently exploring topics including goal-directed attention, reinforcement learning, decision-making, cognitive efficiency, etc. Outside of academia, she has a sweet tooth, enjoys music, and likes to work out or hang out in good weather.
Bingsong Zhao (Benson) is a PhD student who joined in Fall 2024. He received a B.S. in Economics and an M.S. in Psychology from Sun Yat-sen University. He is interested in the computational and neural mechanisms of decision-making and learning, as well as related individual and cultural differences. In his free time, Benson enjoys traditional music, hiking, and traveling.
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