Janeen Loehr is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Saskatchewan. She was introduced to the delightful idea of using science to study people while completing her B.A. (Honours) degree at the U of S. She completed her Ph.D. in cognitive psychology at McGill University, studying action timing in music performance as a member of the Sequence Production Lab. Interest in interpersonal action coordination took her to the Social Mind and Body Group at the Donders Institute for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognition in the Netherlands. She has since come full circle and is back to studying how people act and interact as a faculty member at the U of S.
Email: janeen.loehr@usask.ca

Nicole is a PhD student. Nicole came to the University of Saskatchewan with an interest in how biology influences human behavior and soon found her calling in neuroscience. She started her journey in the lab in 2013 as a summer research assistant, excited to understand more about the neural and cognitive mechanisms that allow people to seamlessly and effortlessly coordinate their actions with each other. Nicole completed her BSc (Hons) in Psychology in 2014 and MA in Cognition and Neuroscience in 2016. Her doctoral research currently investigates how the brain distinguishes between the sensory consequences produced by one’s own and other people’s actions during interpersonal coordination.

Zijun is a Master’s student. Zijun joined the lab as a research assistant in 2019 and completed her BSc (Double Honours) in Psychology and Statistics at the University of Saskatchewan in 2019. Zijun’s Master’s research uses a mixed-methods strategy to investigate how creating an overarching shared goals contributes to people’s experience of joint agency.

Jenny is an undergraduate research assistant. She is currently completing her BA in Psychology en route to medical school. Her interest in interpersonal interactions drew her to the lab. She has also found a wealth of opportunities to apply her previous work experience in Human Resources to fine-tune the functioning of the lab.

Alice is an undergraduate psychology student minoring in statistics. She joined the lab as a research assistant in 2019. She is currently planning an honours thesis project that combines her interests in interpersonal coordination and music performance.