{"id":34,"date":"2025-10-23T16:34:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T22:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/shaylynkress\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2026-07-31T19:08:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T01:08:54","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/shaylynkress\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-a026a47a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-column-is-layout-ef7f9200 wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/shaylynkress\/files\/2025\/10\/shaylynkress_2025_by_chelseaekstrand-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21\" style=\"width:259px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/shaylynkress\/files\/2025\/10\/shaylynkress_2025_by_chelseaekstrand-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/shaylynkress\/files\/2025\/10\/shaylynkress_2025_by_chelseaekstrand-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/shaylynkress\/files\/2025\/10\/shaylynkress_2025_by_chelseaekstrand.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2\">\u200bI am a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Lethbridge, collaborating with Dr. Chelsea Ekstrand (University of Lethbridge) and Dr. Jody Culham (University of Western Ontario). My past work explored the intersections of <strong>reading<\/strong> and <strong>attentional processes<\/strong> through <strong>video game experience<\/strong>. My current postdoctoral research dives into the emerging realm of <strong>digital neuroscience,<\/strong> investigating how perception and action in the brain operate when faced with virtual environments.<br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2024 PhD, Psychology (Cognition &amp; Neuroscience), University of Saskatchewan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2021 MA, Psychology (Cognition &amp; Neuroscience), University of Saskatchewan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2019 BSc Honours, Psychology (Minor in Computer Science), University of Saskatchewan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best way to contact me is by email: [first].[last](at)uleth.ca<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bI am a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Lethbridge, collaborating with Dr. Chelsea Ekstrand (University of Lethbridge) and Dr. Jody Culham (University of Western Ontario). My past work explored the intersections of reading and attentional processes through video game experience. My current postdoctoral research dives into the emerging realm of digital neuroscience, investigating how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":486,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/shaylynkress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/shaylynkress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/shaylynkress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/shaylynkress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/486"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/shaylynkress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/shaylynkress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/shaylynkress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/67"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/shaylynkress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}