Stories by Alexander P. Burgoyne

Alexander P. Burgoyne earned his Ph.D. in cognition and cognitive neuroscience at Michigan State University in 2019. He is currently a postdoctoral research fellow in the Attention & Working Memory Lab at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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PsychologyAugust 31, 2021

Sometimes Mindlessness Is Better Than Mindfulness

In some situations, don’t pay so much attention

Alexander P. Burgoyne, David Z. Hambrick

CognitionJune 2, 2021

Pupil Size Is a Marker of Intelligence

There is a surprising correlation between baseline pupil size and several measures of cognitive ability

Jason S. Tsukahara, Alexander P. Burgoyne, Randall W. Engle

BehaviorMay 29, 2019

Looks Matters, but so Does Smarts

A lesson from parakeet romance on how to get a date

David Z. Hambrick, Alexander P. Burgoyne

CognitionAugust 22, 2017

Intelligence and the DNA Revolution

Scientists identify 22 genes associated with intelligence

Alexander P. Burgoyne, David Z. Hambrick