Ms. French is an eighth-year graduate student in the Cognitive Sciences program at Georgia State.
She graduated from Georgia State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and a Minor in Biology. As an undergraduate, she worked with David Washburn at the Language Research Center on a reversal learning project and with Charles Menzel on chimpanzee memory and gestural/vocal communication.
Her research interests include metacognition and memory in children, nonhuman primates, and adults. She currently works with the COMIC lab at various daycare centers. She is also beginning to study issues related to computer-human interface including topics related to cognitive control, and the role of cognitive load in other areas of performance. Her dissertation will focus on the role of integrating text and images in the learning of adult humans.
Kristin completed her Masters thesis entitled “The assessment of cognitive bias in capuchin monkeys.”