Alayna Shoenfelt

Curriculum Vitae
ashoenfelt@ufl.edu

Alayna Shoenfelt’s research investigates how people make decisions to trust or distrust, across online (e.g., phishing scams) and in-person (e.g., face-to-face deception detection) contexts. She is interested in how age-related shifts in social perception, motivation, and cognition impact trust-related decision making. Currently, she is leveraging novel dual eye-tracking methodology in young and older dyads to investigate whether visual attention patterns can predict deception and deception detection in a face-to-face poker style game. She is also interested in the role of biological risk factors for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias, which may accelerate age-related deficits in social decision making.

Dr. Shoenfelt also teaches several courses in the department, including General Psychology, Developmental Psychology, and Personality Psychology. She enjoys mentoring motivated undergraduates in her research.