Jeff Zacks

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Jeffrey Zacks
NationalityAmerican
Alma materStanford University MA, PhD Psychology
Yale University BA in Cognitive Science
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology
InstitutionsWashington University in St. Louis
Thesis Event structure perception: Studies in perceiving, remembering, and communicating  (1999)
Doctoral advisor Barbara Tversky

Jeffrey Zacks is an American psychologist, currently at Washington University in St. Louis and an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. [1] [2] He specializes in research on event segmentation, media processing, and cognition in natural settings. His laboratory at Washington University focuses on the development neurological disorders through the use of various psychological testing methods. [3]

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References

  1. "Jeff Zacks". wustl.edu. Archived from the original on April 24, 2017. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  2. "Zacks, Jeff". aaas.org. Archived from the original on April 23, 2017. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  3. Sciences, Psychological & Brain (2017-05-04). "Jeffrey Zacks". Psychological & Brain Sciences. Retrieved 2023-11-03.