Faculty - [ Faculty Bios - Jarrod Moss ]

Education

• B.S., Carnegie Mellon University, 2000
• M.S., Carnegie Mellon University, 2003
• Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 2006

Areas of Research

• Problem Solving
  • Problem solving in complex domains (e.g., engineering design)
  • Cognitive mechanisms of insight
  • Creativity
• Cognitive Neuroscience (fMRI)
  • Neural correlates of effective learning strategies
  • Learning from text
• Learning and skill acquisition
  • Multitasking
  • Intelligent tutoring systems
• Computational models of cognition

Selected Publications

• Moss, J., Schunn, C. D., Schneider, W., McNamara, D. S., & VanLehn, K. (in press). The neural correlates of strategic reading comprehension: Cognitive control and discourse comprehension. NeuroImage.
• Cranford, E. A., Moss, J. (2011). Is insight always the same? An fMRI study of insight. Proceedings of the Thirty-third Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
• ?Moss, J., Kotovsky, K., & Cagan, J. (2011). The effect of incidental hints when problems are suspended before, during, or after an impasse. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 37(1), 140-148.
• Moss, J., Schunn, C. D., Schneider, W., McNamara, D. S. (2011). An fMRI study of zoning out during strategic reading comprehension. Proceedings of the Thirty-third Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
• Cranford, E. A., Moss, J. (2010). Investigating insight using compound remote associate problems. Proceedings of the Thirty-second Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1768-1773). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
• Moss, J., Schunn, C. D., Schneider, W., McNamara, D. S., & VanLehn, K. (2010). An fMRI study of strategic reading comprehension. Proceedings of the Thirty-second Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1319-1324). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
• Tseng, I., Moss, J., Cagan, J., & Kotovsky, K. (2008). The role of timing and analogical similarity in the stimulation of idea generation in design, Design Studies, 203-221.
• Moss, J., Cagan, J., & Kotovsky, K. (2007). Design ideas and impasses: The role of open goals. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Engineering Design.
• Tseng, I., Moss, J., Cagan, J., & Kotovsky, K. (2008). The role of timing and analogical similarity in the stimulation of idea generation in design, Design Studies.
• Moss, J., Kotovsky, K., & Cagan, J. (2007). The influence of open goals on the acquisition of problem relevant information. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 33(5), 876-891.
• Moss, J., Kotovsky, K., & Cagan, J. (2006). The role of functionality in the mental representations of engineering students: Some differences in the early stages of expertise. Cognitive Science, 30(1), 65-93.