Eduardo Mercado III
PhD
Research Interests
Neural and cognitive plasticity; computational neuroscience; comparative bioacoustics and cognition; autism spectrum disorder
Education
- PhD, University of Hawaii
Current Research
My research focuses on how cortical and subcortical systems interact to construct representations of experienced events, and how these representations change over time. My approach is integrative and comparative. I’m using techniques from the fields of experimental psychology, computational neuroscience, electrical engineering, and behavioral neuroscience to answer questions about perceptual learning, memory, and behavior in humans and other animals.
I’m currently supervising graduate students in the Behavioral Neuroscience doctoral program. These students are pursuing research related to autism spectrum disorder.
Selected Publications
- Scagel, A., & Mercado, E., III (2023). Same-different conceptualization in dogs (Canis familiaris). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 137, 45-61.
- Ball, N. J., Wisniewski, M., Simpson, B., Mercado, E., III (2022). The impacts of training on change deafness and build-up in a flicker task. PLoS One, 17, e0276157
- Mercado, E., III, Ashour, M., & McAllister, S. (2022). Cognitive control of song production by humpback whales. Animal Cognition, 25, 1133-1149.
- Mercado, E., III, & Perazio, C. E. (2021). Similarities in composition and transformations of songs by humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) over time and space. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 135, 28-50.
- Mercado, E., III, Chow, K., Church, B. A., & Lopata, C. (2020). Perceptual category learning in autism spectrum disorder: Truth and consequences. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 118, 689-703.
- Gluck, M.A., Mercado, E., & Myers, C.M. (2020). Learning and memory: From brain to behavior, Fourth Edition. New York: Worth Publishers.
- Chow, K., & Mercado, E., III (2020). Performance anxiety and the plasticity of emotional responses. Cognition and Emotion, 34, 1309-1325.