Language and Cognition People Directory

List of People
PhotoNameTitleLinkResearch Interests
Gerald AltmannGerry AltmannProfessor and Director of Perception, Action, and Cognition

Psycholinguistics Lab (opens in new window)

Sentence processing, event cognition, and object representation
Lucas BandinelliLucas BandinelliAssistant Professor in Residence

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Caitlin BatenCaitlin BatenGraduate Student

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Franklin BrayFranklin BrayGraduate Student

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Christian BrodbeckChristian BrodbeckAssistant Professor

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The neural basis of language and speech processing, cognitive neuroscience of language, speech perception, language perception in realistic contexts, and MEG/EEG
Lori GreshamLori GreshamAssistant Professor in Residence

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Fumiko HoeftFumiko HoeftProfessor
Campus Dean and Chief Administrative Officer of UConn Waterbury

Brain Imaging Research Center (opens in new window)

Neurophysiology, systems and developmental cognitive neuroscience, neurobiological mechanisms, brain maturational processes, skill acquisition, neuroimaging, literacy, dyslexia
Kyler Jones HeadshotKyler JonesGraduate Student

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Arielle KellerArielle KellerAssistant Professor

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Nathan LautzNathan LautzGraduate Student

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Cognitive neuroscience of concepts, grounded cognition, semantic control, context effects in semantic memory
Hyosun LeeHyosun LeeGraduate Student

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Cognitive modeling, Sentence processing, Complex systems
Wesley LeongWesley LeongGraduate Student

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Event Cognition and Conceptual Processing in Language
Jessica LoyaJessica LoyaGraduate Student

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Language acquisition in children, Heritage speakers
Eric LundquistEric LundquistAssistant Professor in Residence

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Language and reading, history of psychology, statistics
Jie LuoJie LuoGraduate Student

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Learning disabilities, Reading intervention, Neural mechanisms of reading development, Educational neuroscience, Developmental and educational psychology
James MagnusonJames MagnusonProfessor

https://magnuson.psy.uconn.edu/ (opens in new window)

Neurobiology and psychology of language, processing, development, and disorders of spoken and written language, computational models, developing comprehensive understanding of language and learning over the lifespan, science communication
Hannah MechtenbergHannah MechtenbergGraduate Student

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Wesley MedeirosWesley MedeirosGraduate Student

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Cognitive neuroscience, speech production and comprehension, computational models of speech, neuromodulation
Emily Myers (opens in new window)Emily Myers (opens in new window)Professor

Myers' Lab (opens in new window)

cognitive neuroscience of speech and language, aphasia, and speech perception
Jillian O'MalleyJillian O'MalleyGraduate Student

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Photo missingLinkai PengGraduate Student

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Kenneth PughKenneth PughProfessor

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Neurobiology of reading and reading ability
Heather RobinsonHeather RobinsonGraduate Student

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Jay RuecklJay RuecklProfessor

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Reading, word identification, morphology, implicit and explicit memory, connectionist networks and dynamical systems
Naomi SellersNaomi SellersGraduate Student

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Prediction and language error processing, intersection between language production and comprehension, understanding normative and impaired language processing.
Caitlin SenniCaitlin SenniGraduate Student

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Language assessment, language bias, language acquisition, language comprehension, and Theory of Mind
Whitney TaborWhitney TaborAssociate Professor

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Change in structured systems, theory of [dynamical systems, computation, grammar, neural networks], sentence processing, language change, group coordination
Rachel Theodore (opens in new window)Rachel Theodore (opens in new window)Associate Professor

https://slaplab.uconn.edu/ (opens in new window)

perceptual learning, phonetic variability, cognitive neuroscience, language acquisition
Portia WashingtonPortia WashingtonGraduate Student

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Auditory and written language comprehension post-TBI, Culturally informed approaches to research, Open science, Aphasia
Emma WingEmma WingGraduate Student

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Event cognition, Sentence processing, Morphosyntax
Eiling YeeEiling YeeAssociate Professor

Yee Lab (opens in new window)

Semantic memory and the neural representation of concepts, spoken word recognition and language processing, the neural basis of language