Alexander Litovchenko

Alexander Litovchenko

Research Interests

Lab Member

Core Lab (PI-Lila Davachi) 

Metacognition & Memory Lab (PI-Janet Metcalfe)

Area of Research

My current research explores a mysterious cognitive property known as curiosity. How does curiosity function as a mental and neural state? How does it shape our attention and motivate learning? How does curiosity help us process information and interact with the world?

In the past, I have worked on the real-world dynamics of attention, video game immersion, novel skill acquisition, and mental imagery reconstruction, among other topics.