Dr. Peterson is a Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science and Director of the interdisciplinary Cognitive Science Program at the University of Arizona. In her research she uses ERPs, fMRI, and behavioral methods to investigate:

• the competitive processes producing object perception, and how they are affected by context;
• the reciprocal relationship between perception and memory;
• feedforward and feedback mechanisms in perception;
• how unconsciously activated knowledge affects attention and perception

Professor Peterson is a Fellow of AAAS, APA, APS, and the Psychonomic Society. She is an elected member of the International Neuropsychological Symposium (INS) and the Society of Experimental Psychologists (SEP). She has served on the Governing Boards of the Vision Sciences Society and the Psychonomic Society and as the Chair of the Governing Board of the Psychonomic Society. She is a founding member of the Configural Processing Consortium, and is currently serving as the President (2016 – 2019). 

Dr. Peterson is one of the founding organizers of "Females of Vision, et al" (FoVea, founded in 2016), whose goal is to enhance the success of women in vision science (supported by NSF). She has been an active member of the advisory board of Women in Cognitive Science since its inception in 2000.

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