EDUCATION
Northeastern University, May 2010
B.S. in Biochemistry, Minor in Psychology
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Harvard University Department of Psychology
Vision Sciences Lab
Olfactory Scene Analysis in Mice and Men
July 2015 – present
w/K Nakayama, Ph.D. & VN Murthy, Ph.D.
- assisted with grant application
- wrote IRB proposal
- managing data collection and analysis
Reading Intentions From Bodily Movements
Oct 2013 – present
w/ K Nakayama, Ph.D. & MV Pashkam, Ph.D.
- built testing rigs for new experiments
- collected and analyzed data
- presented findings at conferences
- mentored students
Flexible Resource Allocation in Human Vision
Jan 2011 – Sept 2013
w/ GA Alvarez, Ph.D. & D Fougnie, Ph.D.
- collected data
- assisted in experimental design and piloting
- presented findings at conferences
Stimulus Categories in Visual Search
Aug 2012 – Sept 2013
w/ GA Alvarez, Ph.D. & M. Cohen
- created stimulus sets
- collected data
- performed preliminary analyses
PUBLICATIONS
Vaziri-Pashkam, M., Cormiea, S., & Nakayama, K. (submitted), Predicting Actions Before They Occur.
Fougnie, D., Cormiea, S.M., Kanabar, A., & Alvarez, G.A. (in press), Strategic tradeoffs between quality and quantity in working memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.
Fougnie, D., Cormiea, S. M., Zhang, J., Alvarez, G. A., & Wolfe, J. M. (2015). Winter is coming: How humans forage in a temporally structured environment. Journal of Vision, 15(11), 1-1.
Fougnie, D., Cormiea, S. M., & Alvarez, G. A. (2013). Object-based benefits without object-based representations. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 142(3), 621.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Cormiea, S., Vaziri-Pashkam, M., & Nakayama, K. Unconscious perception of an opponent's goal. Poster presented at Vision Science Society Annual Meeting, St. Pete's Beach, Florida, May 2015.
Nakayama, K., Cormiea, S., Vaziri-Pashkam, M. Fast mirroring of an opponent’s action in a competitive game. Talk presented at Vision Science Society Annual Meeting, St. Pete's Beach, Florida, May 2014.
Fougnie, D., Zhang, J., Cormiea, S., Gong, X., Alvarez, G.A., Wolfe, J.M. Winter is coming: How humans forage in a temporally structured environment. Poster presented at ECVP Annual Meeting, Belgrade, Serbia, August 2014.
Cormiea, S., Fougnie, D., Alvarez, G.A. Quality vs. Quantity: Strategic trade-offs in working memory. Poster presented at Vision Sciences Society, Naples, Florida, May 2013.
Fougnie, D., Cormiea, S., Alvarez, G.A. Object-based benefits without object-based representations. Poster presented at Object Perception, Attention, & Memory, Conference, Minneapolis, November 2012.
Cormiea, S., Fougnie, D., Alvarez, G.A. Object-based benefits without object-based representations. Poster presented at Vision Sciences Society, Naples, Florida, May 2012.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Stimulus creation: MATLAB, Photoshop, FaceGen, olfactometer
Data Collection: PsychToolbox with EyeLink 1000 eye-tracker, stereoscope, Polhemus hand-tracking equipment and olfactometer
Data Analysis: MATLAB, Excel
LABORATORY EXPERIENCE
Microlytic North America
Production Manager, Sept 2011 – Aug 2012
- manufactured crystallization solutions
- maintained aseptic clean room
- customized and shipped orders to clients
- trained new personnel