Nicholas A. Vest

Nicholas A. Vest

Graduate Student

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Hello! 👋

I am a graduate student in the Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a member of the Cognitive Development and Communication Lab.

Prior to graduate school, I was a lab manager for the Learning, Education, and Development Lab in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University.

My research examines the cognitive processes that shape numerical understanding, particularly how we build on what we already know to integrate new concepts. I focus on how these skills develop in children and how they relate to education, advancing our understanding of learning and thinking.

Interests
  • Abstract number concepts
  • Patterns in mathematics
  • Affect and identity in the classroom
Education
  • Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology, 2025

    University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • M.S. in Developmental Psychology, 2021

    University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • B.S. in Psychology, 2016

    Indiana University-Bloomington