In my research I focus on how attentional priorities are affected by involuntary, and implicit processing; such as task history, environmental statistics, reward history, and the state of arousal. I also participate in a research project aimed at understanding the phenomenology, behavioral consequences, neural underpinnings, and development of synesthesia. On slow days, I enjoy computational modeling of attention and memory, as well as experimental work on visual short-term memory. My research is primarily behavioral, but may include EEG, eye tracking, pupillometry, and psychometrics.
I received my Ph.D. 2014 from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, where I worked at the Center for Visual Cognition, with Dr. Claus Bundesen. I spent 2 years in the lab of Dr. Sander Nieuwenhuis at the Cognitive Psychology Research Unit, University of Leiden, The Netherlands. I am currently Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Akureyri.
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Media appearances and mentions:
- 2024 – Vísindafólkið okkar / Our Scientists (local newspaper, Akureyri)
- 2023-Interview in Landinn RÚV (The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service)
- 2019-Interview with Rás 2 (Icelandic Public Radio). Synesthesia (30:19)
- 2018 – Scientists Calendar: Icelandic Web of Science/Icelandic
- 2018 – Infrastructure grant notification (UNAK)
- 2018 – Interview with Rás 1 (Icelandic Public Radio) where I discussed synesthesia
- 2014 – Interview with the University Post (University of Copenhagen) where I discussed the “human cyborg” and self-made synesthete; Neil Harbisson.