Jeff Bednark

Instructional Assistant Professor of Psychology

• Faculty
• Instructor

• Email:

  jbednark@olemiss.edu

• Office Location:

  207 Peabody Hall

• Phone:

  662-915-7383

Dr. Bednark is an Instructional Assistant Professor. His background is in the area of cognitive neuroscience specializing in learning and brain processes.

Biography

Dr. Bednark earned his PhD from the University of Otago (New Zealand) in 2012. During his PhD, Dr. Bednark explored the brain processes that underpin learning and the sense of agency. Dr. Bednark completed his postdoctoral training at the Queensland Brain Institute in Australia where his research focused on high-resolution fMRI and multi-voxel pattern analysis. He also was a part of the Australian Science of Learning Research Centre and worked with education researchers to apply cognitive neuroscience imaging techniques to study learning in the classroom. In addition to learning and agency, Dr. Bednark is also interested in environmental psychology and the behaviors that motivate conservation action. In 2021, Dr. Bednark joined the University of Mississippi as an Instructional Assistant Professor where he teaches a variety of undergraduate courses and oversees the undergraduate Internship in Psychology course.

Publications

Agency attribution: Event-related potentials and outcome monitoring

Basal ganglia and cortical networks for sequential ordering and rhythm of complex movement

Creating a movement heuristic for voluntary action: Electrophysiological correlates of movement-outcome learning

Courses Taught

• Psy 201 Introduction to Psychology
• Psy 319 Brain and Behavior
• Psy 322 Drugs and Behavior
• Psy 365 Environmental Psychology
• Psy 401 Undergraduate Internship in Psychology
• Psy 715 Physiological Psychology

• Office, Department or Center

  Department of Psychology

• School

  College of Liberal Arts

• Associated Program/s

  Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

• Campuses

  Oxford