David A. Washburn

David Alan Washburn is an American psychologist and professor emeritus of psychology and neuroscience at Georgia State University. From 2001–2019, he also served as the Director of the Georgia State University Language Research Center. In August, 2019, he retired at Georgia State University and joined the faculty of his alma mater as professor of psychology at Covenant College. His research includes studies of individual and group (including primate species) differences in cognitive competencies, particularly attention and its relation to learning, memory, and executive functioning. He is best known for his noninvasive behavioral and cognitive research with monkeys, using game-like computerized tasks.[1]

David A. Washburn

Ph.D.
Born
Birmingham, AL, USA
CitizenshipAmerican
EducationCovenant College
Georgia State University
Known forComputer-based testing of human and nonhuman primates using game-like tasks
AwardsRichard M. Griffith Award (1993) and Honorary Member for Life (2018) from the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology (1993); Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Service to American Psychological Association Division 6 Award (2016); Georgia State University Exceptional Faculty Service Award (2016); Fellow, American Psychological Association Divisions 3 and 6, Association for Psychological Science, Psychonomic Society
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology
InstitutionsGeorgia State University
Covenant College
ThesisA Cognitive and Comparative Investigation of Attention: The Stimulus Movement Effect (1991)
Doctoral advisorR. Thompson Putney
Other academic advisorsDuane M. Rumbaugh, James L. Pate, Michael J. Rulon

Professional affiliations

Professor Washburn is a Fellow and former President of the American Psychological Association's Society for Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Science (APA Division 3) and Society for Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology (APA Division 6).[2] He is also a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and the Psychonomic Society. He was also elected to terms as President and other offices of the Society for Computers in Psychology, the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, and the Southeastern Psychological Association.[3] He co-authored (with Duane M. Rumbaugh) The Intelligence of Apes and Other Rational Beings (Yale University Press, 2003) and edited Primate Perspectives on Behavior and Cognition (American Psychological Association, 2007).

References
  1. "David A. Washburn". Georgia State University Department of Psychology. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  2. "David A. Washburn". Division 6 Past Presidents. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  3. "David A. Washburn, PhD" (PDF). Georgia State University Department of Psychology. Retrieved 2019-06-02.


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