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Gavin Huntley-Fenner, Ph.D.

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Developmental Psychology Cognitive Science

About

Gavin Huntley-Fenner, Ph.D., is a human factors and safety consultant based in Irvine, California, where he operates Huntley-Fenner Advisors. His work draws on a research background in cognitive and developmental psychology, with published studies examining how infants and young children represent numerical and physical properties of objects, including work appearing in peer-reviewed journals such as Cognition and Psychological Science.

His consulting practice applies this foundation in human factors and safety to practical problem-solving contexts. An NIH-affiliated workshop biography describes him as bringing a distinctive analytical skill set to complex issues, reflecting the intersection of academic cognitive science and applied advisory work.

Publications

  • Halo and spillover effect illustrations for selected beneficial medical devices and drugs.
  • Objects are individuals but stuff doesn't count: perceived rigidity and cohesiveness influence infants' representations of small groups of discrete entities.
  • Preschoolers' magnitude comparisons are mediated by a preverbal analog mechanism.
  • Children's understanding of number is similar to adults' and rats': numerical estimation by 5--7-year-olds.

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