Marcia Spetch, PhD

Contact

Faculty of Science - Psychology Science
Email
mspetch@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-7139
Address
P-438 Bio Science - Psychology Wing
11355 - Saskatchewan Drive
Edmonton AB
T6G 2E9

Overview

Research

Comparative studies of learning, memory and cognition, including spatial memory and navigation, avian visual cognition, and object recognition. Memory biases and gambling.

Publications

Perception of complex motion in humans and pigeons (Columba livia).

Author(s): Nankoo, J.-F., Madan, C. R., Spetch, M. L., & Wylie, D. R.
Publication Date: 2014
Publication: Experimental Brain Research

Remembering the best and worst of times: Memories for extreme outcomes bias risky decisions.

Author(s): Madan, C.R., Ludvig, E.A. & Spetch, M.L.
Publication Date: 2014
Publication: Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

Reward context determines risky choice in pigeons and humans.

Author(s): Ludvig, E. A., Madan, C. R., Pisklak, J. M., & Spetch, M. L.
Publication Date: 2014
Publication: Biology letters

Reorientation in diamond-shaped environments: Encoding of features and angles in enclosures versus arrays by adult humans and pigeons (Columba livia).

Author(s): Lubyk, D.M., Spetch, M.L., Zhou, R., Pisklak J. & Mou, W.
Publication Date: 2013
Publication: Animal Cognition