Congrats to Spring 2025 Graduates
Congrats to the lab’s Spring 2025 Graduates! Andrew Frankel and Ashley Gurung both graduated from the Grad Center’s Cognitive Neuroscience Master’s program, and Aubrey Valdez graduated from the CCNY Psychology…
Posts by Edward Vessel
Victor Omilabu Poster Presentation @ EPA 2025
In March, Victor Omilabu presented a poster on his work at the Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) 2025 annual meeting in NYC. Victor’s poster detailed the analysis work he’s done of…
VisNA Lab @ APA Division 10 Annual Meeting
This past March, the VisNA Lab showed up in force at the 2nd annual APA Division 10 conference on the Psychology of the Arts, Creativity and Aesthetics. The conference was…
Dr. Vessel Elected Secretary General of IAEA
At the beginning of the year, the International Association for Empirical Aesthetics (IAEA) has elected lab PI Edward Vessel as its next Secretary General. The term is for two years.…
Edwarné Woodley-Gift Receives ORCA Fellowship
Edwarné Woodley-Gift, a CCNY Psychology and Biology double major, has been awarded a fellowship from ORCA (Opportunities in Research and Creative Arts) to do research in the VisNA Lab over…
New Paper out in PNAS
New paper alert! We’re very excited to announce that a new paper from the lab is out today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: Conwell, C., Graham, D.,…
VisNA Lab Welcomes 4 New Members
We are very excited to welcome three new Master’s students and a new undergraduate assistant to the lab! August Miller is pursuing a Master’s in Cognitive Neuroscience at the GC…
Edward Vessel Receives Junior Faculty Research Award
Dr. Vessel has been awarded a 2025 CUNY Junior Faculty Research Award in Science and Engineering (JFRASE). This award aims to identify and advance the careers of talented untenured faculty…
Spring 2025 Course in Psychology of Aesthetics and Creativity
What makes a face beautiful? How can a painting or music “move” us? What is inspiration, and why does it feel good? What can AI tell us about creativity? In…
Aubrey Valdez Receives Research Mentors Fellowship
Dr. Vessel and CCNY Psychology BA/MA student Aubrey Valdez have been awarded a Colin Powell School Research Mentors Fellowship. This competitive program provides stipends for both Aubrey and Dr. Vessel…
