Faculty Profile
Azriel Grysman
Associate Professor of Psychology (2019)
Contact Information
Kaufman Hall Room 160
717-254-8124
Bio
Professor Grysman conducts research on autobiographical memory, considering the cognitive, developmental, and conversational influences on the events we experience in our lives and integrate into a sense of who we are. He is interested in how memory is driven by a desire to make meaning out of experiences, and in using narrative methods to explore that meaning creation over time.
Education
- B.A., Yeshiva University, 2007
- M.S., Rutgers University, 2009
- Ph.D., 2012
2025-2026 Academic Year
Fall 2025
PSYC 130 Perception, Memory & Thought
This introduction to cognitive psychology will focus on how the mind structures information. The world that we experience is highly processed by our various mental structures. First, perceptual mechanisms lead us to see objects and colors the way we do. Second, memory processes keep some information accessible while discarding other information rather quickly. Third, decision making processes help us solve problems and generate creativity but are also subject to substantial bias. This course will examine the mind by conceptualizing it as an information processor, studying behavioral experiments as a window into the internal workings of the mind and supporting those experiments with research from neuroscience.