Cary Stothart, Cognitive Scientist

I Study How People Think and Decide When the Stakes Are High and the Technology Is New

I'm a cognitive scientist studying human attention, decision-making, and how AI and other new technologies affect performance on demanding tasks. My research is applied: I care about findings that hold up outside a lab and are useful to people doing real jobs.

My Background

  • Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology, Florida State University
  • Postdoctoral research on visual attention and inattentional blindness, University of Notre Dame
  • Applied research improving older adult driving safety using field studies, driving simulators, and eye-tracking
  • Research Psychologist at the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI), studying how AI affects cognitive performance in operational settings
  • Professional certifications: CompTIA Security+ and Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I).

My Work Has Been Featured In

The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, The Atlantic, Forbes, and more.

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