Educational Psychology

Edward Hubbard

Associate Professor, Human Development Area

emhubbard@wisc.edu


1075F Educational Sciences

1025 West Johnson Street

Madison, WI 53706-1706

Hubbard, Edward

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In 2012, I became an Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and at the Waisman Center, where I conduct neuroimaging studies in the emerging field of Educational Neuroscience.

Education

  • PhD Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of California, San Deigo, 2004
  • MA Experimental Psychology, University of California, San Deigo, 2001
  • BA Cognitive Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1998

Select Publications

  • Binzak, J. V., & Hubbard, E. (2020). No calculation necessary: Accessing rational magnitudes through fraction notation. Cognition, 199(104219)
  • Kalra, P. B., Binzak, J. V., Matthews, P. G., & Hubbard, E. (2020). Symbolic fractions elicit an analog magnitude representation in school-age children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 195(104844)
  • Gosavi, R. S., & Hubbard, E. (2019). A colorful advantage in iconic memory. Cognition, 187(32-37)
  • Gosavi, R., & Hubbard, E. (2019). How synesthesia may lead to enhanced memory (Chapter 14). In K. Sathian and V.S. Ramachandran (Ed.), Multisensory Perception: From Laboratory to Clinic (pp. 301-318). Elsevier.
  • Toomarian, E. Y., Gosavi, R. S., & Hubbard, E. (2019). Implicit and explicit spatial-numerical representations diverge in number-form synesthetes. Consciousness and Cognition, 75(102806)
  • Toomarian, E. Y., Meng, R., & Hubbard, E. (2019). Individual differences in implicit and explicit spatial processing of fractions. Frontiers in Psychology, 10(596)
  • Toomarian, E. Y., & Hubbard, E. (2018). On the genesis of spatial-numerical associations: Evolutionary and cultural factors co-construct the mental number line. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 90, 184-199.
  • Toomarian, E. Y., & Hubbard, E. (2018). The fractions SNARC revisited: Processing fractions on a consistent mental number line. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 71(8), 1761-1770.
  • Matthews, P. M., Lewis, M. R., & Hubbard, E. (2016). Individual differences in nonsymbolic ratio processing predict symbolic math performance. Psychological Science, 27(2), 191-202.
  • Simner, J., & Hubbard, E. (2013). The Oxford Handbook of Synaesthesia. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Select Presentations

  • Hubbard, E. (2018, April). The Ratio Processing System (RPS) as a Foundation for Symbolic Fractions Understanding: A Case Study in Educational Neuroscience. Oral Presentation presented at the University of Michigan.
  • Hubbard, E. (2016, May). Frontiers in Educational Neuroscience. Oral Presentation presented at the Understanding Fractions: A Case Study in Educational Neuroscience.
  • Hubbard, E. (2016, April). Understanding Fractions: A Case Study in Educational Neuroscience. Oral Presentation presented at the Temple Institute for Learning & Education Sciences.
  • Hubbard, E. (2015, October). Understanding Fractions: A Case Study in Educational Neuroscience. Oral Presentation presented at the 2015 Educational Neuroscience Conference, Lincoln, NE.
  • Hubbard, E. (2015, June). Developing and Decoding Synesthesia. Oral Presentation presented at the Amsterdam Brain and Cognition (ABC) Summer School on Multisensory Integration and Synesthesia, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Hubbard, E. (2015, April). Linking Education and Neuroscience: The Foundations of a New Field. Oral Presentation presented at the Department of Educational Psychology, Lincoln, NE.
  • Hubbard, E. (2015, March). Decoding the Impact of Synesthesia on Perception, Learning and Memory. Oral Presentation presented at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
  • Hubbard, E. (2015, March). Hearing Colors, Tasting Shapes: Synesthesia as a Window into Human Nature. Keynote/Plenary Address presented at the Oberlin Synesthesia Symposium.

Select Awards and Honors

  • Inductee, UW-Madison Teaching Academy, 2018
  • Award for Mentoring Undergraduates in Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities, UW-Madison, 2017
  • Highly Commended Book Award Winner in the Psychiatry Category for The Oxford Handbook of Synesthesia, British Medical Association, 2014
  • Faculty Fellow, MTLE, (2013–2014)