Dr. Prather is a cognitive scientist interested in critical approaches to human cognition and more specifically cognitive processes that support mathematics learning. Dr.Prather has used a wide range of methods including behavioral studies and computational modeling.
Prior to joining the university of Maryland Dr. Prather received degrees from the University of Wisconsin – Madison (PhD) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS).
For more up to date information, please visit: http://www.pratherlab.org/
Prather, R. W. (2024) Cognitive Science and the Myth of the Normal Human. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/wap29_v2
Prather, R. W. (2023). A new path: Why we need critical approaches to cognitive and psychological sciences. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 12(2), 195–198. https://doi.org/10.1037/mac0000119
Macnamara, B. N., Prather, R. W., & Burgoyne, A. P. (2023). Beliefs about success are prone to cognitive fallacies. Nature Reviews Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-023-00255-z
Prather, R. W., Benitez, V. L., Brooks, L. K., Dancy, C. L., Dilworth-Bart, J., Dutra, N. B., Faison, M. O., Figueroa, M., Holden, L. R., Johnson, C., Medrano, J., Miller-Cotto, D., Matthews, P. G., Manly, J. J., & Thomas, A. K. (2022). What Can Cognitive Science Do for People? Cognitive Science, 46, 6.
Prather, R. W. (2021) Fear Not of Cognition in Context. Infant and Child Development, e2249.
Prather, R. W. (2021). Arithmetic knowledge from spontaneous focus on relations. Developmental Science. 24:e13009
Prather, R.W. (2021) Reconstructing the Study of Human Cognition. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/45a2q
Prather, R. W. (2014) Numerical discrimination is mediated by neural coding variation. Cognition Prather, R. W. (2012) Connecting neural coding to number cognition: A computational account. Developmental Science. 15(4), 589-600.
Prather, R.W. (2012) Implicit learning of arithmetic regularities is facilitated by proximal contrast. PLOS ONE
EDHD 420: Cognitive Development
EDHD 721: Cognitive Development
EDHD 780: Research Methods in Human Development
EDHD 306: Research Methods in Human Development