KeithanDucre
Welcome to my website! This is my hub for both my academic interests and my professional academic services. According to the sun, I am a Gemini, so think of my website as the best of both worlds!
I am a Research Coordinator in the Vision and Perception Neuroscience Lab at Stanford University, where I co-lead a psychophysics project investigating the perceptual magnification of object size in naturalistic environments and trying to solve the moon illusion — a transcendental illusion that has stumped scientists since the days of Aristotle and Ptolemy. Additionally, I coordinate a longitudinal study on the development of the visual system in children, merging eye-tracking data with the neural maturation of the visual cortex.
I am actively learning how to apply structural and functional MRI protocols and analysis techniques — building the neuroimaging skills that will anchor my future research where I hope to merge behavior and neuroimaging methodologies to further study human perception in graduate school. I am chiefly interested in understanding how our perceptual system emerges and its impact on cognitive functions such as vision and memory.
Beyond the lab, I have a deep commitment to education. I am currently a private tutor in the Bay Area. In the past, I served as a Teaching Assistant at Stanford in introductory psychology and cognitive neuroscience, and as a peer writing tutor at the Hume Center — helping students at every stage of the writing process think and communicate with more clarity and confidence.