​Labs and Research Projects

• 2021-Present | Lakin Lab, University of Alabama | Principal Investigator: Joni Lakin, PhD
  • ​Research assistant on grant funded by Institute of Education Sciences on development of validity evidence for new measure of spatial reasoning to appear on a standardized instrument of cognitive abilities ​

• 2018-Present | Neuroscience of Education Research on Development (N.E.R.D.) Lab, University of Alabama | ​Advisor: Laura Morett, PhD
  • Examine how gesture contributes to improved non-native language learning 
  • Utilize functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to examine brain activity during learning of mandarin words that differ only in lexical tone 

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• 2017-2018 | Pediatric Mental Health Institute, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO | Mentor: Benjamin Mullin, PhD
  • ​Analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) using CONN Connectivity Toolbox and Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM12) software
  • Behavioral data analysis using MATLAB and SPSS
  • Administration of executive function tests​​​

• 2014-2016 | Trauma Research Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO | Mentor: Ernest E. Moore, MD​
  • Perform viscoelastic coagulation testing to study platelet dysfunction, fibrinolysis, mechanisms of post injury coagulopathy, and hemostatic resuscitation strategies
  • Screen, consent, and enroll study participants involved in life-threatening trauma and/or hemorrhage 
  • Prepare and submit group’s related regulatory paperwork to the institutional review board (IRB), as well as reports to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Department of Defense (DOD)

Publications

• ​Morett, L.M., Feiler, J.B., & Getz, L. (2021).  Elucidating the influences of embodiment and conceptual metaphor on lexical and non-speech tone learning. Cognition (in press).  
• Feiler, J. B., & Stabio, M. E. (2018). Three pillars of educational neuroscience from three decades of literature. Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 13, 17-25. doi: 10.1016/j.tine.2018.11.001

Manuscripts in Preparation

• Linetsky, K., Feiler, J.B., Scofield, J. (2021). Children’s Explanations of Natural Events.

Presentations

*Denotes mentored undergraduate student

• Bray, M.*, Brockmann, K.A.*, Feiler, J.B., & Morett, L.M. (2021, March). Cognitive Mechanisms of Lexical Tone Learning. To be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association.
• Feiler, J.B., Scofield, J. (2021, November). The Embodiment of Spatial Concepts in Science. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society (Virtual).
• Morett, L.M., Feiler, J.B., Getz, L.M. (2021, November). Conceptual Metaphor, Embodiment, and Non-Native Lexical Tone Learning. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society (Virtual).
• Feiler, J.B., Scofield, J. (2021, May). (STEM)bodying Cognition. Presented at the Annual Meeting for the Association for Psychological Science (Virtual).
• Feiler, J.B., Scofield, J. (2021, April). (STEM)bodying Cognition. Presented at the Southeastern University Graduate Research Symposium, Tuscaloosa, AL (Virtual).
• Brockmann, K.A.*, Feiler, J.B., & Morett, L.M. (2021, April). The Effect of Metaphorical Pitch Gestures on Learning Lexical and Musical Tones. To be presented at the University of Alabama’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Symposium, Tuscaloosa, AL. 
• Morett, L.M., Feiler, J.B., & Getz, L. (2021, March).  Effects of conceptual metaphor and embodiment on non-native tone learning.  To be presented at the 67th annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Orlando, FL.
• Feiler, J.B., Morett, L.M. (2020, April). Is it all in the Hands? The Neural Underpinnings of Lexical Tone Learning,Presented at the Southeastern Universities Graduate Research Symposium, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
• Liccardo, E*., Feiler, J.B., & Morett, L.M. (2020, April) The Effects of Gesture on Lexical Tone Learning. Presented at the University of Alabama’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Symposium, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
• Feiler, J.B., Morett, L.M. (2019, April). The Neural Underpinnings of Lexical Tone Learning, Educational Studies in Psychology, Research Methodology, and Counseling Graduate Research Symposium, University of Alabama
• Linetsky, K., Scofield, J. & Feiler, J.B. (2019, October). Children's explanations of natural events.  Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Louisville, KY.
• Feiler, J.B., Perks E.L., Stabio, M.E., Mullin, B.C (2018, June). An fMRI Study Examining Inhibition and Threat Vigilance Among Adolescents with Severe Worry. Annual Spring Pediatric Research Poster Session, Children’s Hospital of Colorado.
• Feiler, J.B., Perks E.L., Stabio, M.E., Mullin, B.C. (2018, April). An fMRI Study Examining Inhibition and Threat Vigilance Among Adolescents with Severe Worry. American Association of Anatomists/Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, Student/Postdoc Poster Reception in San Diego, CA, 2018.
• Feiler, J.B., Perks E.L., Stabio, M.E., Mullin, B.C. (2018, April). An fMRI Study Examining Inhibition and Threat Vigilance Among Adolescents with Severe Worry Modern Human Anatomy Annual Capstone Presentations.
• Feiler, J.B., Perks, E.L., Mullin, B. C. (2018, February). Relationships between amygdala-based resting state functional connectivity and sleep duration in adolescents with generalized anxiety disorder. Children’s Hospital of Colorado Annual Winter Pediatric Research Poster Session.
• Feiler, J.B., Perks, E.L., Mullin, B. C. (2017, December). Relationships between amygdala-based resting state functional connectivity and sleep duration in adolescents with generalized anxiety disorder. Presented at Annual Student Research Forum, CU School of Medicine. 

Research Interests

• Educational neuroscience 
• Educational psychology
• Spatial reasoning
• Scientific reasoning
• ​Embodied cognition
• fMRI 
• fNIRS
• EEG

Technical Skills

• Software
  • Statistical Analysis (SPSS, R)
  • Stimulus presentation (OpenSesame, PsychoPy, Pavlovia)
  • Neuroimaging analysis (MATLAB, CONN, SPM12, MarsBaR, WFU_PickAtlas)
  • Imaging/Model Creation (ScanIP, FIJI, Slicer, MRIcro, mricron, MRIcroGL)
• Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)
• Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)​