Lauren J. Myers
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology (2008-2011)
Ph.D. 2008, The Pennsylvania State University
“Pictures are realizations of mentality. We have a glimmer of such a possibility from a comment made by a 7-year-old…‘That's a picture, that's someone's mind being put on paper.' That's perfectly correct…the central fact of depicting is someone's mind being ‘put on paper.' ” (Freeman, 1995, p. 146)
Lauren J. Myers is a developmental psychologist who focuses on cognitive and social-cognitive development. She studies symbolic and representational development, or how children of all ages learn to use, create, and understand symbols such as maps, drawings, photographs and written notations. Professor Myers' current research interests include children's use of symbols as communicative representations to other people; children's notations and drawing strategies; transparency of the meaning of gestures; theory of mind development (in children as well as in adults); and developmental changes in spatial and mapping abilities throughout the lifespan.
Starting fall semester 2011, Lauren J. Myers is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. She welcomes colleagues and former students to keep in contact via e-mail at: myersl(at)lafayette(dot)edu
