Web cookies (also called HTTP cookies, browser cookies, or simply cookies) are small pieces of data that websites store on your device (computer, phone, etc.) through your web browser. They are used to remember information about you and your interactions with the site.
Purpose of Cookies:
Session Management:
Keeping you logged in
Remembering items in a shopping cart
Saving language or theme preferences
Personalization:
Tailoring content or ads based on your previous activity
Tracking & Analytics:
Monitoring browsing behavior for analytics or marketing purposes
Types of Cookies:
Session Cookies:
Temporary; deleted when you close your browser
Used for things like keeping you logged in during a single session
Persistent Cookies:
Stored on your device until they expire or are manually deleted
Used for remembering login credentials, settings, etc.
First-Party Cookies:
Set by the website you're visiting directly
Third-Party Cookies:
Set by other domains (usually advertisers) embedded in the website
Commonly used for tracking across multiple sites
Authentication cookies are a special type of web cookie used to identify and verify a user after they log in to a website or web application.
What They Do:
Once you log in to a site, the server creates an authentication cookie and sends it to your browser. This cookie:
Proves to the website that you're logged in
Prevents you from having to log in again on every page you visit
Can persist across sessions if you select "Remember me"
What's Inside an Authentication Cookie?
Typically, it contains:
A unique session ID (not your actual password)
Optional metadata (e.g., expiration time, security flags)
Analytics cookies are cookies used to collect data about how visitors interact with a website. Their primary purpose is to help website owners understand and improve user experience by analyzing things like:
How users navigate the site
Which pages are most/least visited
How long users stay on each page
What device, browser, or location the user is from
What They Track:
Some examples of data analytics cookies may collect:
Page views and time spent on pages
Click paths (how users move from page to page)
Bounce rate (users who leave without interacting)
User demographics (location, language, device)
Referring websites (how users arrived at the site)
Here’s how you can disable cookies in common browsers:
1. Google Chrome
Open Chrome and click the three vertical dots in the top-right corner.
Go to Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data.
Choose your preferred option:
Block all cookies (not recommended, can break most websites).
Block third-party cookies (can block ads and tracking cookies).
2. Mozilla Firefox
Open Firefox and click the three horizontal lines in the top-right corner.
Go to Settings > Privacy & Security.
Under the Enhanced Tracking Protection section, choose Strict to block most cookies or Custom to manually choose which cookies to block.
3. Safari
Open Safari and click Safari in the top-left corner of the screen.
Go to Preferences > Privacy.
Check Block all cookies to stop all cookies, or select options to block third-party cookies.
4. Microsoft Edge
Open Edge and click the three horizontal dots in the top-right corner.
Go to Settings > Privacy, search, and services > Cookies and site permissions.
Select your cookie settings from there, including blocking all cookies or blocking third-party cookies.
5. On Mobile (iOS/Android)
For Safari on iOS: Go to Settings > Safari > Privacy & Security > Block All Cookies.
For Chrome on Android: Open the app, tap the three dots, go to Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies.
Be Aware:
Disabling cookies can make your online experience more difficult. Some websites may not load properly, or you may be logged out frequently. Also, certain features may not work as expected.
Sarah Asinari SLAC Trainee Linguistics Syntax, Morphology, English dialectal variation, synchronic language variation, Wh-questions, numeral systems sarah.asinari@uconn.edu
Megan Chiovaro
SLAC Trainee
Psychological Sciences Communication, coordination, collective intelligence, decision making
Jason Crutcher SLAC Trainee
Psychological Sciences Optimal Outcomes in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Psycholinguistics of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cognitive neuropsychology of pragmatic language jason.crutcher@uconn.edu
Pamela Fuhrmeister SLAC Trainee
Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Speech sound learning, memory consolidation, Acquisition of difficult non-native speech sounds in adults and children pamela.fuhrmeister@uconn.edu
Nikole Giovannone SLAC Trainee
Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Speech Perception, Prosody, Functional Plasticity, and Electrophysiology nikole.giovannone@uconn.edu
Brittney Hernandez
SLAC Trainee
Educational Psychology
Research Methods, Measurement, and Evaluation (RMME)
Research on Evaluation (RoE) and Assessment Literacy
Nathan Lautz SLAC Trainee
Psychological Sciences Cognitive neuroscience of concepts, grounded cognition, semantic control, the neural basis of language nathan.lautz@uconn.edu
Oliver McNeil SLAC Trainee
Psychological Sciences
Perception, Action & Cognition Structural and functional correlates of pathological cognition,
Language disorders, Neurodevelopment
and plasticity, Computational modeling oliver.mcneil@uconn.edu
Ashley Parker SLAC Trainee
Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Typical/Atypical Language Development, Auditory Processing ashley.parker@uconn.edu
Joselyn Perez SLAC Trainee
Educational Psychology Achievement gaps regarding English Language Learners and self-efficacy of bilingualism joselyn.perez@uconn.edu
Katherine (Kara) Vlahcevic
SLAC Trainee
Psychological Sciences Development of Reading and Learning Disabilities in Children
Different Neuroimaging Techniques: MRI, EEG Impact of Remediation Training katherine.vlahcevic@uconn.edu
Amanda Wadams SLAC Trainee Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences Attention, Working Memory, Executive Function and Metacognition in people with Aphasia amanda.wadams@uconn.edu
James Magnuson
Principal Investigator
Psychological Sciences Computational and experimental approaches to the psychology and neurobiology of language, and science communication james.magnuson@uconn.edu
Emily Myers
SLAC Core Faculty
Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Speech Perception, Aphasia, fMRI, Second Language Learning, Perceptual Learning and Sleep emily.myers@uconn.edu
Adrian Garcia-Sierra Assistant Professor
Speech, Language Hearing Sciences brain plasticity, language development, event related potentials,
speech perception, and bilingualism adrian.garcia-sierra@uconn.edu
Fumiko Hoeft Professor & Director of BIRC
Psychological Sciences Developmental cognitive neuroscience, Brain development, Multi-modal neuroimaging, Reading development, Dyslexia, Machine learning, Network analysis fumiko.hoeft@uconn.edu
Etan Markus Professor and Associate Department Head of Graduate Studies
Psychological Sciences Behavioral Neuroscience, Single Unit Recording, Hippocampus, Episodic Memory, Spatial Navigation, Aging etan.markus@uconn.edu
Jennifer Mozeiko Assistant Professor Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Aphasia, Treatment, Outcomes, Intensity, Neuroplasticity, Quality of Life. jennifer.mozeiko@uconn.edu
Letty Naigles Professor and DEV Division Head Department of Psychological Sciences Child Language Acquisition, Early Child Development, Methods of studying language knowledge and use leticia.naigles@uconn.edu
Alexandra Paxton
Assistant Professor
Psychological Sciences interpersonal dynamics, social interaction, data science, research methods alexandra.paxton@uconn.edu
