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Queen's Attentional Dynamics Lab
@quadlab.bsky.social
Studying the cognitive and social neuroscience of attention at @queensu | Find us on Instagram @quadlaboratory or on Twitter @quadlaboratory 🧠
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We are excited to share that Dr. Allison Drody has won the Queen's Postdoctoral Research Award and will be joining our team at the QuAD lab to share her expertise in media multitasking!🎉 @queensuresearch.bsky.social
October 5, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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Come hang out with me and my team for the year for some fun programming and science! Details posted in the link below, with the application closing on August 16th!

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The QuAD Lab is recruiting! We’re hiring a student Programmer from the Work Study Program to join our team from September 2026 to April 2027. If you like programming and are interested in learning more about how we communicate with others, check out our job posting at www.quadlab.ca/jobs.
July 21, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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The QuAD Lab is recruiting! We’re hiring a student Programmer from the Work Study Program to join our team from September 2026 to April 2027. If you like programming and are interested in learning more about how we communicate with others, check out our job posting at www.quadlab.ca/jobs.
July 20, 2026 at 3:58 PM
The QuAD Lab is recruiting! We’re hiring a student Programmer from the Work Study Program to join our team from September 2026 to April 2027. If you like programming and are interested in learning more about how we communicate with others, check out our job posting at www.quadlab.ca/jobs.
July 20, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Our PI Dr. Pereira, @effiejp.bsky.social, was recently on The Last Show with David Cooper, @dtcooper.bsky.social , so check out her work on the importance of attractiveness for attention and eye gaze!
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjcs...
July 14, 2026 at 6:40 PM
So proud of our lab members for presenting at CSBBCS!🧠
They were thrilled to share their exciting new projects, to build new connections, and explore new ideas.
Shout out to our Master's students Mridula and Aahana, our lab coordinator Jocelyne, and our programmer Nicole!
June 11, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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We are delighted to share that Dr. Allison Drody, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Waterloo, has been awarded the Connected Minds Travel Award, allowing her to join Queen's University in the QuAD Lab! Congratulations and welcome Allison! Read more:
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May 7, 2026 at 4:17 PM
We are delighted to share that Dr. Allison Drody, a Postdoctoral Fellow @uwaterloo.ca, has been awarded the @connectedminds.bsky.social Travel Award, allowing her to join our research here at the QuAD Lab! 

Congratulations and welcome, Allison!
May 5, 2026 at 4:40 PM
We’re excited to introduce our @pupil-labs.bsky.social Pupil Labs Neon eye trackers! These mobile glasses allow us to capture where people look while going about their regular everyday activities, which helps us better understand dynamic shifts of attention in the real world!
May 1, 2026 at 7:01 PM
The Queen's Psychology Department Student Council reached out to our labs PI @effiejp.bsky.social and Dr. Li-Jun Ji to ask them about their experiences as researchers from racialized backgrounds. You can read more of their answers here: www.instagram.com/p/DWwpqPOid5...
April 24, 2026 at 7:29 PM
We are ecstatic to share that Aahana Uppal, MSc1 student at the QuAD Lab, has won an NSERC Canada Graduate Research Scholarship! Congratulations Aahana!
April 14, 2026 at 4:40 PM
We are excited to celebrate our team members, Aleah, Leila, and Mia, for presenting their thesis/directed lab projects at the 2026 @queensuresearch.bsky.social Psychology Research Day!
April 8, 2026 at 4:32 PM
We’re excited to welcome our EEG system into the lab! Our brand new BioSemi ActiveThree will support our neural data collection to study how temporal dynamics of attention are reflected in the brain.
A big thank you to @cortechsolutions.bsky.social and Lloyd Smith for an incredible training session!
March 19, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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Wonderful memories from the Connected Minds Retreat! The QuAD Lab at our February gathering, where researchers came together to share insights and build collaborations. This is what interdisciplinary community looks like—learning, connecting, and advancing research together!
March 13, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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It was an absolute privilege and pleasure welcoming @churchillfship.bsky.social cultural thinker Suzanne Alleyne as a Visiting Artist to the @quadlab.bsky.social last week!

www.churchillfellowship.org/ideas-expert...
March 9, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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Her work looks at understanding power through the cognitive & social processes that sustain it, and we had great chats about how attention sits at the heart of this. Thanks to her & her team for their passion and for broadening my own views on how attention can be used to create equitable spaces
March 9, 2026 at 4:06 PM
We are excited to share that our PI @effiejp.bsky.social was awarded the Ontario Research Fund grant for her work with uncovering the temporal dynamics of selective attention!
March 4, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Excited to share that our lab attended the 2026 @connectedminds.bsky.social retreat @yorkuniversity.bsky.social.

We had an amazing time meeting so many wonderful people, learning about exciting new projects, sharing our own research, and making new connections!
March 3, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Our lab was excited to return to the LOVE Conference in Niagara Falls this year with our two master's students, and our lab coordinator, to share some of our exciting ongoing studies @queensuresearch.bsky.social and to contribute to ongoing conversations in the field. @connectedminds.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 3:40 PM
So excited to share that our PI Dr. Pereira @queensuresearch.bsky.social was just at the Science Meets Parliament 2025! @connectedminds.bsky.social
Privileged to have been a part of @sciencepolicy.ca CSPC Science Meets Parliament 2025 to bridge the gap between researchers across Canada and the Canadian federal government! #CSPC2025 #SMP2025
November 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We’re happy to share that Dr. Pereira has received funding through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund! @queensuresearch.bsky.social @connectedminds.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Introducing the 2025-2026 QuAD Lab members at @queensuresearch.bsky.social
Special shout-out to key members of the lab Dani, Dilara, and Selina, who were unfortunately not available for photo day.

Check out more information on our website and follow us for updates!
October 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Congratulations to our RA Selina, who has been working with the Bloorview Research Institute this summer. She was selected to give a presentation at Ward Research Day about her work investigating how brain-computer interfaces can assist individuals with cerebral palsy. We're so proud of her!
July 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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June 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Hot off the press—we're so excited to welcome our newest Research Assistant! Izabela is a fourth-year Health Sciences major at Queen’s University. She is fascinated by individual differences in attention and is excited to expand her knowledge through her work in the lab!
June 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM