Kress, Shaylyn

Kress, Shaylyn
Postdoctoral Fellow

Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience (CCBN)

Email
shaylyn.kress@uleth.ca

Biography

Shaylyn is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Lethbridge, collaborating with Dr. Chelsea Ekstrand (University of Lethbridge) and Dr. Jody Culham (Western University). She previously completed her undergraduate and graduate training at the University of Saskatchewan under the supervision of Dr. Ron Borowsky. Shaylyn's past work explored the intersections of reading and attentional processes through video game experience. Her current postdoctoral research dives into the emerging realm of digital neuroscience, investigating how perception and action in the brain operate when faced with virtual environments.

Degrees

PhD in Psychology

MA in Psychology

BSc Honours in Psychology

(All degrees from USask)

Research Interests

cognitive neuroscience, digital neuroscience, video games, functional magnetic resonance imaging, diffusion tensor imaging

Languages

English