Nicholas A. Vest

I am a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Teaching and Learning at the University of Florida, where I study how people learn mathematics and how educational technologies can better support that learning.

My research examines the cognitive processes that shape numerical understanding, especially how learners build on existing knowledge to make sense of new mathematical concepts. I study these processes across development and in AI-mediated learning environments, with the goal of designing educational technology that reflects how people actually think and learn.

I earned my Ph.D. in the Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where I was a member of the Cognitive Development and Communication Lab.