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Academic Credentials
  • Ph.D., Psychology, Vanderbilt University, 2018
  • M.S., Psychology, University of Memphis, 2010
  • B.S., Psychology, University of Memphis, 2007

Dr. Colling is a cognitive psychologist with expertise in perception, attention, cognition, information processing, memory, and motor control. She has extensive experience in assessing the attention, perception and information processing of visual and tactile feedback, and memory that underlie motor control, specifically within highly trained behaviors (i.e., "muscle memory"). 

Dr. Colling applies this knowledge to analyses of motor vehicle accidents, safety and warnings, and consumer decision-making. Her knowledge and experience have been applied to investigations of human performance issues in a variety of reactive avenues. She has experience in premises liability (e.g., slip, trip, and falls), product liability (i.e., warnings analysis, consumer product use and misuse, communication of risk and warnings compliance), and motor vehicle accident investigations including issues of visual perception, distractibility, risk appraisal, decision making, and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS).

Dr. Colling has also worked on a number of proactive projects, incorporating elements of experimental design, data acquisition and analysis techniques, psychophysics, questionnaires, and observational techniques to conduct comprehensive evaluations of consumer behavior with a variety of products, including automotive environments and vehicle technologies (e.g., ADAS). In addition, she has conducted driving research in closed-course track, handling pad, and naturalistic open-road driving settings. The studies have assessed driver gaze, attention, and interaction with automated and non-automated driving systems, driver reactions and handling behavior in response to unexpected in-vehicle and out-of-vehicle events, and driver gear-shifting behaviors in situations where drivers are engaged in secondary tasks.

Prior to joining Ģtv, Dr. Colling completed her Ph.D. at Vanderbilt University, where she studied cognitive and motor control topics related to automated (i.e., highly skilled, expert) behaviors. Projects included topics regarding the control of serial order in sequential processes as well as how conscious attention to, and nonconscious processing of, visual and tactile information affect performance, as well the source of errors in these domains.