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The Comparative Perception and Attention Laboratory (CoPAL) at the Department of Psychology at Drake University is headed by Dr. Olga F. Lazareva.  Our laboratory maintains an active research program. We study early visual processes (e.g., perceptual grouping, figure-ground segregation), as well as mechanisms of relational learning. In addition to experimental research, our laboratory works on mathematical modeling of behavioral data.