Amy Joh

Biography

Amy Joh completed her Ph.D. from New York University in 2006. As a developmental psychologist, she is interested in the relationship between cognitive, perceptual, and motor skills that allow children and adults to plan and execute goal-directed actions. Currently, her students and she himself, are conducting three distinct, but related, lines of research. In the first line of work, we are examining the perceptual basis for goal-directed actions: What types of information are available for goal-directed actions, and how do they learn to gather and use relevant perceptual information for different types of actions? In the second line of work, they are investigating the role of different learning mechanism in the development of goal-directed actions. Finally, in the third line of work, they are asking how children acquire useful problem-solving strategies to cope with challenges to goal-directed actions.

Research Interest

Relationship between cognitive, perceptual, and motor skills that allow children and adults to plan and execute goal-directed actions