The Minda Lab

**Lab Photo – 2025**: Front left to right: Erin Gallagher (*honours*), Helena De Mal (*independent study*), Priya Kalra (*postdoc*), Chelsea McKenzie (*PhD student)*. *Back left to right*: Cameron Ollerhead (*RA)*, Isaac Withers (*MSc student)*, Shriya Patel (*honours*), Olivia Hanham(*RA)*, Nicole Carrier(*independent study*), Paula Barea-Arroyo (*visiting PhD)*, Anthony Cruz( *PhD student)*, Dr. Minda (PI), Tianze Zhao (*honours*). *Not shown* Sierra Balram-Fredricks (*RA)*

The Minda Lab is a cognitive psychology research laboratory that is part of the Department of Psychology, the Western Institute for Neuroscience, and the Brain and Mind Centre at the Western University. Our research seeks to understand how people learn about categories and concepts and how conceptual structure influences thinking and decision making. The lab is directed by Dr. John Paul Minda and consists of graduate students, postdocs, honours students, and research assistants.

Check out our publications page for a complete list of peer review publications.

Dr. Minda will accepting new graduate students for the 2025-2026 academic year. Please see the opportunities page for more information.

Our lab is funded by NSERC, SSHRC, and by Mitacs.