{"id":7709,"date":"2016-07-05T16:11:15","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T20:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=7709"},"modified":"2025-05-05T10:37:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:37:31","slug":"mark-tovey","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/people\/mark-tovey\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Tovey"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p>As a <strong>cognitive scientist and experimental psychologist,<\/strong> Professor Tovey\u2019s research focuses on <strong>cognitive augmentation for the public good<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1) <strong>How can scientists and policy-makers be assisted in working effectively with increasingly&nbsp;overwhelming flows of data?<\/strong> Specifically, how can the assistance provided by algorithms be improved with better cognitive ergonomics? How can information be re-factored to leverage perceptual intelligence?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2) <strong>How can decision-makers better understand the potential effects of their decisions in complex domains? <\/strong>Specifically, how can simulation and visualization improve decision-making support for policy-makers? How can these tools be cognitively integrated into policy-making processes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(3) <strong>How can large groups of people more effectively support science and policy-making?<\/strong>&nbsp;Specifically, what are the cognitive design principles that lead to more effective&nbsp;outcomes when large numbers of people contribute, collaborate, or offer feedback?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>As a <strong>digital historian<\/strong>, Professor Tovey designs <strong>site-specific interventions for the public good. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1) How can site-specific interpretive material be used to augment the experience of place and build community?<\/strong> Work includes the design of geo-locative audio and video, historical 3D models,&nbsp;richly-annotated site-specific interpretive material, and&nbsp;digitally-enhanced theatrical re-enactments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2) How can historical exhibits be used to encourage interest in STEM?<\/strong> Specifically, where are most fruitful intersections between public history and public astronomy?&nbsp;Work includes the design of exhibit environments that offer visitors highly immersive historical experiences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>LinkedIn: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/matovey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">Mark Tovey<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11922,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Mark ","cu_people_last_name":"Tovey","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[68],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-7709","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-alumni-phd-student"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of History - Western University","cu_people_degree":"","cu_building":false,"cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"none","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"metamer@gmail.com","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/7709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/7709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13114,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/7709\/revisions\/13114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=7709"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=7709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}