The Dynamic Cognition Laboratory is directed by Dr. Jeff Zacks in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.
Research in the lab explores two main areas – how we perceive and represent temporal structure in everyday activity and how we process spatial relationships between the body and external objects. Research methods combine behavioral experimentation, eye-tracking, functional neuroimaging studies, and information technology design.
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DCL in the News
- The New York Times: Three Great Documentaries to Stream – ‘The Cinema Within’ (5/29/2025)
- Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman: What happens when brains watch movies? (5/26/2025)
- Quanta Magazine: How ‘Event Scripts’ Structure Our Personal Memories (2/21/2025)
- WashU’s The Ampersand: The main events: How scenes from life shape consciousness, build memories (10/30/2024)
- WashU’s Newsroom: Faculty named to American Academy of Arts & Sciences (4/26/2024)
- WashU’s The Record: Zacks named president of brain sciences organization (2/5/2024)
- CBC Radio: How the most celebrated films at the Oscars shape how we see ourselves (3/9/2023)
- WashU’s The Record: Psychonomic Society recognizes Zacks with Mid-career Award (1/6/2021)
- Forbes: Why ‘Brownouts’ Undermine Career Success And How To Outsmart Them (12/7/2020)
- Science Magazine: Reading the pandemic data (5/12/2020)