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Department of Cognitive 147 Krieger Hall |
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Research Topics
Most of the lab’s research focuses on two topics:
- how the mind represents and manipulates visual and spatial information, how these representations and processes are realized in the brain, and how they are affected when the brain is damaged or fails to develop normally.
- the representations and processes that underlie our ability to spell words, and how these representations and processes are disrupted in acquired and developmental dysgraphia.
We are also interested in
- numerical and mathematical cognition
- foundational issues in cognitive neuropsychology & cognitive science
Approaches
We bring a variety of perspectives and methods to bear on these issues, including
- cognitive neuropsychological studies of brain-damaged adults
- cognitive neuropsychological studies of children with developmental cognitive deficits
- psychophysical studies of normal adults;
- computational modeling;
- functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
Lab Members
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students
Eric Gou
Jen Guo
Brad Berk
Jenna Moray
Nik Krumm
Current Projects
Representation of Visual Location & Orientation
This project uses cognitive neuropsychological methods and studies of normal adults to explore how the brain represents two very basic properties of visual stimuli: location and orientation.
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Representations & Computations in the Spelling System
In this project cognitive neuropsychological studies of brain-damaged patients reveal properties of the computational architecture and orthographic representations that underlie spelling performance.
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CM’s Written Spelling |
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In studies with brain-damaged patients and normal adults we are exploring how perception is affected when cortical remapping occurs in the visual system.
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