I'm an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University, and the co-director of the Vision Sciences Lab 2.0. My group is interested in visual perception, attention, and memory. The overarching goal of our work is to understand how the mind and brain optimizes the use of its limited resources. Current research topics include neural constraints on attentional allocation; the fluid allocation of attention and memory resources; efficient coding in perception and memory; ensemble coding (a.k.a. set perception, statistical perception, holistic processing); the use of statistical learning to form more efficient representations. To learn more about me, about our research, or about joining the lab, follow the links above. Click here to download a copy of my CV. Please also visit the webpage for the Vision Sciences Lab 2.0 to learn more about people currently working in the lab, their research, our facilities, and the history of the lab. http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/psych/http://www.harvard.eduhttp://www.harvard.eduhttp://visionlab.harvard.eduWelcome_files/AlvarezCV-2009-07.pdfhttp://visionlab.harvard.edushapeimage_4_link_0shapeimage_4_link_1shapeimage_4_link_2shapeimage_4_link_3shapeimage_4_link_4shapeimage_4_link_5

George Alvarez

Assistant Professor

Harvard University

Department of Psychology

33 Kirkland St.

760 William James Hall

Cambride MA, 02138

617-495-5225

alvarez@wjh.harvard.edu