Valerie F. Reyna, Ph.D.
Director, Informatics and Decision-Making Laboratory, University of Arizona College of Medicine; Director, Division of Learning, Technology, and Assessment, Arizona Research Laboratories; and Professor of Surgery, Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Women’s Studies, Mexican American Studies, and Public Health, Arizona Health Sciences Center, Post Office Box 245031, 1620 North Warren Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85724-5031. Dr. Reyna prepared her chapter while serving as senior research advisor in the U.S. Department of Education, Office of the Assistant Secretary and the Institute of Education Sciences. She is the author of numerous publications concerning learning and cognition and is a fellow of the American Academy for the Advancement of Sciences, the American Psychological Association, and the American Psychological Society.