Regina Calloway, PhD
Cognitive Psychologist
I am a cognitive psychology researcher with 12 years of experience researching memory, learning, cognitive effort, and language processing. I use behavioral and neuroimaging techniques to investigate impacts of various situations on human cognition. I have a passion for expanding our knowledge of how the human brain works to benefit members of society. I am currently a Humans Systems Engineer at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.
This space is where I implement statistical methods to explore personal topics of interest.
Research Interests
As a child I was obsessed with shows like Law and Order SVU and Criminal Minds, fascinated with the psychology underlying criminal behavior. I've since focused my research interests within Cognitive Psychology, with a passion for understanding how humans process information, learn, and interact with the world. With the goal of using applied research and software tools to improve human performance. I am constantly expanding my repertoire of cutting edge analytic tools and techniques to interpret behavioral and neural data.
In my research, I investigate ways to promote neuroplasticity through behavioral and neural modulation interventions that can increase quality of life, such as improved speech-in-noise perception, learning outcomes, and anxiety reduction. I frequently employ neuroimaging methods, such as EEG/ERPs and pupillometry to further understand the neural mechanisms that underlie high-level cognitive processes of communication, attention, learning, and memory. My research also investigates auditory processing mechanisms associated with speech perception.
Currently, as a Human Systems Engineer, I utilize skills of data management, data analysis, and user experience research to assist programs associated with medical and mental health.
I am constantly striving to expand on existing measures of cognitive function to be more user-friendly, accessible, and affordable. In the future, I hope to combine statistical analyses and UX design to develop powerful tools that will provide readily accessible (and actionable) information related to health outcomes.
Selected
Publications
Johns, M. A., Calloway, R. C., Phillips, I., Karuzis, V. P., Dutta, K., Smith, E., ... & Kuchinsky, S. E. (2023). Performance on stochastic figure-ground perception varies with individual differences in speech-in-noise recognition and working memory capacity. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 153(1), 286-303.
Phillips, I., Calloway, R. C., Karuzis, V. P., Pandža, N. B., O'Rourke, P., & Kuchinsky, S. E. (2021). Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Strengthens Semantic Representations of Foreign Language Tone Words during Initial Stages of Learning. Journal of cognitive neuroscience, 34(1), 127-152.
Calloway, R. C. , Tseng, A., Karuzis, V.P., Martinez, D., & O’Rourke, P. (2020). Auricular Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (tVNS) Affects Mood and Anxiety during Second Language Learning. In the 42nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Toronto, Canada: Cognitive Science Society.