# Jeff Zacks

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{{Short description|American psychologist}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name              = Jeffrey Zacks
| fields            = Psychology
| workplaces        = [Washington University in St. Louis](/source/Washington_University_in_St._Louis)
| alma_mater        = [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University) <br>[Yale University](/source/Yale_University)
| thesis_title      = Event structure perception: Studies in perceiving, remembering, and communicating
| thesis_url        = https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4362069
| thesis_year       = 1999
| doctoral_advisor  = [Barbara Tversky](/source/Barbara_Tversky)
}}

'''Jeffrey Zacks''' is an American psychologist. He is currently the chair in Psychology and the Edgar James Swift Professor in [Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.](/source/Arts_and_Sciences_at_Washington_University_in_St._Louis)<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=May 4, 2017 |title=Jeffrey Zacks |url=https://psych.wustl.edu/people/jeffrey-zacks |access-date= |website=psych.wustl.edu |language=en}}</ref> He is an Elected Fellow of the [American Association for the Advancement of Science](/source/American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.aaas.org/fellow/zacks-jeff |title=Zacks, Jeff |publisher=aaas.org |accessdate=April 22, 2017 |archive-date=April 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423160725/https://www.aaas.org/fellow/zacks-jeff |url-status=dead }}</ref> He specializes in research on [event segmentation](/source/event_segmentation), media processing, and [cognition](/source/cognition) in natural settings. His laboratory at Washington University focuses on the development of [neurological disorders](/source/Neurological_disorder) through the use of various psychological testing methods.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sciences |first=Psychological & Brain |date=2017-05-04 |title=Jeffrey Zacks |url=https://psych.wustl.edu/people/jeffrey-zacks |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=Psychological & Brain Sciences |language=en}}</ref>

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