Biography
Elyssa Twedt is Director of the Spatial Cognition and Perception lab at St. Lawrence University.
I am an Associate Professor of Psychology at St. Lawrence University. My areas of teaching expertise are Sensation and Perception with Lab, Research Methods with Lab, Introduction to Psychology, and a Cognitive Science Seminar.
My program of research is focused on spatial cognition. I use both natural and virtual environments to ask questions such as how people remember where objects are located in space, how people perceive spatial layout (e.g., distance, height), and how people learn new navigational routes. I also study how the environment affects well-being, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.
I grew up in Venice, FL, a small beach town on the gulf coast. I received my B.S. at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, and my Ph.D. at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. After graduate school, I spent two years as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Richmond. In 2015, I joined the SLU faculty. I like to be outside, read, play board games, cook, and spend time with my husband, children, and dog.
For additional information about my teaching and research, visit my website: https://myslu.stlawu.edu/~etwedt/home.html
A.I. Engagement
Elyssa Twedt is an Associate Professor of Psychology, with expertise in spatial cognition and perception. One of her research interests is understanding how digital technologies impact the ways people think and interact with their environments, and she plans to expand this work to include generative AI. She also teaches a seminar called Cognitive Science, in which students explore how the mind works through an interdisciplinary lens that includes psychology, computer science, and philosophy, among other perspectives.