GENERAL INFORMATION
Vaibhav A. Diwadkar
Department of Psychology
301 Wilson Hall
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee 37240
U.S.A.
Phone: 615-322-6050 (O)
Residence:
2602, Ellington Circle
Nashville, TN 37211
Phone: 615-834-6941 (R)
Internet:
diwadkva@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu
www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/psychology/grads/diwadkar/home.htm
EDUCATION
B.A., Computer Science & Psychology, Coe College (1989)
Ph. D. (anticipated). Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Science, Vanderbilt University (1997).
GRADUATE ADVISOR
Dr. Timothy P. McNamara
Department of Psychology
301 Wilson Hall
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee 37240
Phone: 615-322-4150 (O)
e-mail: mcnamara@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu
SCHOLARSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS
Coe College Undergraduate Scholarship (1985-1989)
Vanderbit University Graduate Fellowship (1989-1992)
EMPLOYMENT
Vanderbilt University, Department of Psychology, Teaching Assistant, 1990- 1992; 1994-1995
Vanderbilt University, Department of Psychology, Graduate Research Assistant, 1993-present.
AFFILIATIONS
American Psychological Society
TEACHING ASSISTANT EXPERIENCE
- Fall-1990 PSY-209. Quantitative Methods in Psychology
(with Dr. Jeffrey J. Franks)
- Spring-1991 PSY-231. Social Psychology
(with Dr. D. Roskos-Ewoldsen)
- Fall-1991 PSY-213. Experimental Psychology - Cognition.
(with Dr. Carolyn Cave)
- Spring-1992 PSY-213. Experimental Psychology - Perception
(with Dr. Joseph. S. Lappin)
- Fall-1994 PSY-225. Thinking and Cognition
(with Dr. Timothy P. McNamara)
- Spring-1995 PSY-213. Experimental Psychology - Perception
(with Dr. Joseph. S. Lappin)
RESEARCH BACKGROUND & INTERESTS
Assessing the role of mental transformations in spatial cognition; Processes in visual recognition; Evaluating formal models of spatial cognition; mechanisms of higher-order judgment in spatial memory; Mechanisms of storage and retrieval in semantic and episodic memory
IMMEDIATE GOALS
Post-Doctoral Research Experience
CONFERENCES & PUBLICATIONS
- Diwadkar, V. A., & McNamara, T. P. (in press). Viewpoint dependence in scene recognition. Psychological Science.
- McNamara, T. P., & Diwadkar, V. A. (in press). Symmetry and asymmetry of human spatial memory. Cognitive Psychology
- McNamara, T. P., & Diwadkar, V. A. (1996). The context of memory retrieval. Journal of Memory and Language, 35, 877-892.
- McNamara, T. P., & Diwadkar, V. A. (1996). Viewpoint dependence in human spatial memory. Cognitive & Computational Models of Spatial Representation: Papers from the 1996 AAAI Spring Symposium. AAAI Press: Menlo Park, CA
- Diwadkar, V. A., & McNamara, T. P. (1996, November). Viewpoint dependence in scene recognition. Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, IL.
- Christensen, B. K., Diwadkar, V. A., & Soloman, G. S. (1996, February). Patterns of neuropsychological functioning among solvent-exposed individuals: A cluster analytic approach. Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Chicago, IL.
- McNamara, T. P., & Diwadkar, V. A. (1994, November). Symmetry and asymmetry in human spatial memory. Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St. Louis, MO.
- Diwadkar, V. A., & McNamara, T. P. (1994, May). Mechanisms of retrieval in episodic memory. Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
- Diwadkar, V. A. (1989, May). A comparison of validation methods for emotionally valenced stimulus words. Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Updated: 2/14/97; VAD