Research Description

My general research interests concern the systematic limitations of human cognition and how we can profitably use educational and technological interventions to compensate for those shortcomings. Specifically, my research addresses basic questions in learning and memory, judgment and decision-making, and problem-solving, as well as how to use scientific knowledge of the relative cognitive strengths and weaknesses of humans versus computers to offset shortcomings in these cognitive domains. These interventions can be metacognitive, by training learners to improve their metacognitive skills, or technological, by offloading difficult cognitive demands onto the environment. New opportunities for exploring these approaches -- and a balance between them -- will likely emerge as accelerating advances in information technology continue to change how we live.

Education

• B.S. in Cognitive Science, UCLA

Webpages

• Aaron Benjamin's Human Memory & Cognition Lab
• jasonfinley.com