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Dr. Smith specializes in cognitive neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and quantitative research methods. A proud U.S. Navy veteran and former first-generation, non-traditional student, he is especially committed to supporting students from diverse backgrounds, including veterans, first-generation college students, and non-traditional learners. His teaching emphasizes hands-on research experiences, critical thinking, and scientific communication, helping students develop the skills needed for graduate study and careers in psychology and neuroscience. Through individualized mentorship, he guides students in independent and collaborative research projects, fostering their academic and professional growth. Dr. Smith has served as a mentor for several McNair Scholars, and his students have been awarded internal grants (a student FUSE grant, CURCA mini-grant, CURCA travel grants) and prestigious external awards including the Goldwater Scholarship and the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.

• Research Methods
• Cognitive Psychology
• Cognitive Psychology Lab
• Biopsychology
• Biopsychology Lab
• Principles of Neuroscience
• Advanced Neuroscience
• Conditioning and Learning

• Postdoctoral training, Cognitive Neuroscience, The Ohio State University, 2010-2014
• Ph.D., Psychology, University of Oklahoma, 2010
• M.S., Experimental Psychology, University of Texas at Arlington, 2007
• Honors B.S., Interdisciplinary Studies, Cum Laude, University of Texas at Arlington, 2001

Major research interests include measuring prediction error in the brain using EEG, computational models of memory, metacognition and ways to improve learning/memory, and false memories, but I’m always open to mentoring student research projects that connect to cognition and neuroscience more broadly.

Topics of past student projects include examining whether binaural beats can modify brain wave activity and enhance memory (Cameron & Smith, 2017), creating a standardized set of norms for semantic relationships associated with common colors (Young & Smith, 2018), investigating the impact of self-referential learning on metacognition (Wright & Smith, 2018), and using EEG to study the cognitive processes that enable the brain to discern between different interpretations of ambiguous sentences that use ditransitive verbs (Barfield & Smith, 2019).

Troy Smith’s CV