Projects

Research

Comparative cognition, working memory, and cross-cultural psychology at Georgia State and Emory.

Comparative Cognition

Active Aug 2026 – Present

Cognitive Flexibility Across Species & Cultures

ADAPT Lab, Dr. Sarah Pope-Caldwell · Georgia State University

As a PhD student in the Adaptive Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Thinking (ADAPT) Lab, I study how cognitive flexibility varies across species, developmental stages, and cultural contexts.

  • Comparative cognition research with rhesus macaques and capuchin monkeys at GSU’s Language Research Center.
  • Cross-cultural fieldwork with Bandongo and BaYaka communities in the Likouala region, Republic of the Congo.
  • Human behavioral research with participants in Georgia, contributing to a broad comparative framework.

Cognitive Flexibility Capuchin Monkeys Cross-Cultural Republic of the Congo Comparative Framework

Completed May 2024 – May 2026

Memory Strategies in Rhesus Macaques

Laboratory of Comparative Primate Cognition, Dr. Robert R. Hampton · Emory National Primate Research Center

Research project that examined how rhesus macaques adapt working memory strategies to task demands, investigating the conditions under which animals can and will flexibly shift between different memory encoding strategies.

  • Designed and implemented touchscreen-based cognitive paradigms for nonhuman primates.
  • Personally trained rhesus macaques on tasks and managed daily data collection sessions.
  • Programmed behavioral testing software and analyzed performance data using Python and R.
  • Presented at the Georgia Southern Psychological Society Conference, April 2026.
Conference Poster · 2026 Do Task Cues Influence Memory Strategy Use in Rhesus Macaques? Georgia Southern Psychological Society Conference · April 2026 Summary, poster & citation →

Working Memory Rhesus Macaques Touchscreen Paradigms Python R

Research Software

Open Source

LSICT — Image Toolkit for Cognitive Testing

Open-source research tool · Python · Cross-platform (macOS / Windows / Linux)

A toolkit for curating very large image folders into clean stimulus sets for cognitive testing. It filters out people and faces, removes duplicates, optionally screens for unsafe content, and exports processed images as JPEGs.

View on GitHub →

Python Dataset Curation Cognitive Testing Cross-platform

Earlier work

2024

Break Quality & Attentional Restoration

Department of Psychology · Emory University

Experiment on how the quality and length of work breaks affect attentional restoration. Rebello, A., Cordish, B., Womack, J., & Piramal, N. (2024). Poster, Psychology Department Research Symposium, Emory University.

2023 – 2024

Sustainable Erosion Control

Environmental Science · Oxford College of Emory University

Field research on soil erosion measurement and intervention for the Oxford Organic Farm. Rebello, A., Yu, C., & Black, H. (2024). Poster, Oxford College Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Contact

Get in touch

I’m always happy to discuss comparative cognition, working memory, research methodology, or potential collaborations. Feel free to reach out via email.

Atlanta, GA · PhD Student · Georgia State University

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