Tor Wager

University of Michigan
Department of Psychology
525 East University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1109

Office: 734-615-2480
Email: torw@umich.edu

      
Education

      
 

      
 

      
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

      
Ph.D. Student in Psychology, Cognition
      and Perception Area

      
Certificate program in Cognitive Science
      & Cognitive Neuroscience

      
Principia College, Elsah, IL

      
Bachelor of Arts, Highest Honors, Music,
      June 1996
Awards
 

      
National Science Foundation Fellowship,
      1999

      
        
National Defense Science and Engineering
        Graduate Fellowship,
        
Honorable Mention, 1999
      

      
Regents Fellowship, University of Michigan,
      1998

      
National Merit Scholarship (1992-1996)

      
Principia College Trustee Scholarship
      (1992-1996, full tuition)

      
Marion L. Ackley Music Award for excellence
      in music theory, history and research

      
AP Scholar with Honors
Affiliations
 

      
Student member, American Psychological
      Association

      
Student member, American Psychological
      Society

      
Student member, Cognitive Neuroscience
      Society
Research Experience
 

      
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

      
Graduate student. Advisor: Dr. Edward
      E. Smith

      
Neuroimaging research on working memory
      and response selection

      
with Dr. John Jonides and Dr. Edward
      E. Smith

      
Event-related potential research on
      response selection

      
with Dr. William Gehring

      
University of Colorado, Boulder

      
Research assistant in the lab of Dr.
      Akira Miyake

      
Research on working memory and executive
      function

      
with Dr. Akira Miyake

      
Research on training and transfer of
      cognitive skills

      
with Dr. Alice F. Healy and Dr. Lyle
      E. Bourne

      
Computational modeling of attention

      
with Dr. Randall C. O. Reilly

      
Publications

      
 

      
 

      
 

      
 

      
 

      
 

      
 

      
 

      
 

      
 

      
 

      
Miyake, A., Friedman, N. P., Emerson,
      M. J., Witzki, A. H., Howerter, A., & Wager, T.D. (1999).
      Fractionating the Central Executive: Evidence for Separability
      of Executive Functions. Manuscript in preparation, University
      of Colorado at Boulder.

      
Wager, T.D. & O. Reilly, R.C. (1999).
      A computational simulation of the thalamic reticular nucleus
      in perceptual selection. Manuscript in preparation, University
      of Michigan.

      
Wager, T.D., Greenberg, A., & Healy,
      A.F. (1999). Training, imageability, and contextual interference
      in a free recall task. Manuscript in preparation, University
      of Michigan.
Posters & Presentations

      
Wager, T.D. & O’Reilly, R.C.
      A computational simulation of the thalamic reticular nucleus
      in perceptual selection. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting
      of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Washington, D. C., 1999.

      
Wager, T.D., Greenberg, A., & Healy,
      A.F. Training, imageability, and contextual interference in
      a free recall task. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting
      of the American Psychological Society, Denver, Colorado, 1999.

      
Wager, T.D., Miyake, A., & Healy,
      A.F. Working memory and distractor suppression in a visual
      search task. Presented at the Seventeenth Annual Ekstrand
      Memorial Departmental Mini-Convention, May 4, 1998, at the University
      of Colorado, Boulder.

      
Work Experience

      
1997-1998

      
 

      
1997-1998

      
 

      
1996 (fall)

      
 

      
1995-1996

      
 

      
1994

      
 

      
Developmental Disabilities Center,
      Boulder, CO

      
Direct care provider

      
University of Colorado, Housing Department

      
Resident advisor

      
Imperial Language School, Bangkok,
      Thailand

      
English teacher

      
Principia College Writing Center

      
Writing Tutor

      
Principia College Microcomputer Lab

      
Lab Assistant

      
Volunteer Experience

      
1997 (spring)

      
1996

      
1993

      
1992

      
 

      
 

      
Apnalaya,
      Bombay, India; Drug rehabilitation counseling & teaching

      
Pere Marquette State Correctional Facility,
      Tutor

      
Alton High School, Tutor

      
Evergreen High School, Tutor