Stories by Alexander P. Burgoyne

Alexander P. Burgoyne earned his Ph.D. in cognition and cognitive neuroscience at Michigan State University in 2019. He is currently a postdoctoral research fellow in the Attention & Working Memory Lab at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Psychology

Sometimes Mindlessness Is Better Than Mindfulness

In some situations, don’t pay so much attention

August 31, 2021 — Alexander P. Burgoyne and David Z. Hambrick

Cognition

Pupil Size Is a Marker of Intelligence

There is a surprising correlation between baseline pupil size and several measures of cognitive ability

June 2, 2021 — Jason S. Tsukahara, Alexander P. Burgoyne and Randall W. Engle

Behavior

Looks Matters, but so Does Smarts

A lesson from parakeet romance on how to get a date

May 29, 2019 — David Z. Hambrick and Alexander P. Burgoyne

Cognition

Intelligence and the DNA Revolution

Scientists identify 22 genes associated with intelligence

August 22, 2017 — Alexander P. Burgoyne and David Z. Hambrick