Ali Hashemi, PhD

My name is Ali Hashemi.
I’m a psychology professor.

My name is Ali Hashemi.
I’m a psychology professor.

My name is Ali Hashemi.
I’m a psychology professor.

I got my PhD researching how the visual system becomes an expert in identification of faces and novel patterns. I measured both behaviour and brain (EEG) data.

I got my PhD researching how the visual system becomes an expert in identification of faces and novel patterns. I measured both behaviour and brain (EEG) data.

I got my PhD researching how the visual system becomes an expert in identification of faces and novel patterns. I measured both behaviour and brain (EEG) data.

I am a teaching-stream Assistant Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University's Department of Psychology where I teach undergraduate courses to the inaugural cohort at the new Milton campus. I also tend to supervise undergraduate students on research questions that intersect both of our interests.

I am a teaching-stream Assistant Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University's Department of Psychology where I teach undergraduate courses to the inaugural cohort at the new Milton campus. I also tend to supervise undergraduate students on research questions that intersect both of our interests.

I am a teaching-stream Assistant Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University's Department of Psychology where I teach undergraduate courses to the inaugural cohort at the new Milton campus. I also tend to supervise undergraduate students on research questions that intersect both of our interests.

Current and recent courses

Introductory psychology

Introductory psychology

Introductory psychology

Test & measurements

Test & measurements

Test & measurements

Descriptive statistics & research methods

Descriptive statistics & research methods

Descriptive statistics & research methods

Inferential statistics & research methods

Inferential statistics & research methods

Inferential statistics & research methods

Human perception & cognition

Human perception & cognition

Human perception & cognition

Human learning & cognition

Human learning & cognition

Human learning & cognition

History of psychology

History of psychology

History of psychology

Perception laboratory

Perception laboratory

Perception laboratory

Sensory processes

Sensory processes

Sensory processes

Attitudes & persuasion

Attitudes & persuasion

Attitudes & persuasion

Current and recent research

The hidden factors of perceptual learning.

The hidden factors of perceptual learning.

The hidden factors of perceptual learning.

The role of attention in face perception.

The role of attention in face perception.

The role of attention in face perception.

Affective influences on attentional spread.

Affective influences on attentional spread.

Affective influences on attentional spread.

Strategies underlying visual expertise.

Strategies underlying visual expertise.

Strategies underlying visual expertise.

Memory effects of perceptual degradation.

Memory effects of perceptual degradation.

Memory effects of perceptual degradation.