Paul Whitney

Dr. Paul Whitney is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and Executive Director of the Health Equity Research Center at Washington State University, Pullman. He has published extensively on the cognitive neuroscience of working memory and executive functions in language comprehension and risky decision making. His recent research has focused on how the attentional control system can adapt to situational challenges, including sleep deprivation, in ways that produce resilient performance...See more

Dr. Paul Whitney is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and Executive Director of the Health Equity Research Center at Washington State University, Pullman. He has published extensively on the cognitive neuroscience of working memory and executive functions in language comprehension and risky decision making. His recent research has focused on how the attentional control system can adapt to situational challenges, including sleep deprivation, in ways that produce resilient performance under fatigue and attentional overload. See less