In the Comparative Cognition Lab of IWU’s Center for Natural Sciences, Ellen Furlong, an assistant professor of psychology, is working with her student researchers, Brenden Wall and Jeff Toraason, in developing computer games.

But not for us.

These games, when the apps are finally developed, will be designed to help alleviate the boredom, stasis and isolation plaguing pets left home alone all day by their 9-to-5 masters, or consigned to shelters.

Learn more about their research here.