Language and Cognition People Directory

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

Psycholinguistics Lab

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

Christian BrodbeckChristian BrodbeckAssistant Professor

https://christianbrodbeck.net/

The neural basis of language and speech processing, cognitive neuroscience of language, speech perception, language perception in realistic contexts, and MEG/EEG
Anne Marie CrinnionAnne CrinnionGraduate Student

Computational models of speech, variation in speech
Photo missingShawn CummingsGraduate Student

Lori GreshamLori GreshamAssistant Professor in Residence

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

Brain Imaging Research Center

Neurophysiology, systems and developmental cognitive neuroscience, neurobiological mechanisms, brain maturational processes, skill acquisition, neuroimaging, literacy, dyslexia
Arielle KellerArielle KellerAssistant Professor

https://arielleskeller.wixsite.com/attention

Nathan LautzNathan LautzGraduate Student

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

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

Event Cognition and Conceptual Processing in Language
Jessica LoyaJessica LoyaGraduate Student

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

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

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

https://magnuson.psy.uconn.edu/

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
Photo missingHannah MechtenbergGraduate Student

Wesley MedeirosWesley MedeirosGraduate Student

Cognitive neuroscience, speech production and comprehension, computational models of speech, neuromodulation
Emily MyersEmily MyersProfessor

Myers' Lab

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

Photo missingLinkai PengGraduate Student

Abigail PetrsoricAbigail PetrsoricGraduate Student

Kenneth PughKenneth PughProfessor

https://haskinslabs.org/people/kenneth-pugh

Neurobiology of reading and reading ability
Heather RobinsonHeather RobinsonGraduate Student

Jay RuecklJay RuecklProfessor

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

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

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

Solab

Change in structured systems, theory of [dynamical systems, computation, grammar, neural networks], sentence processing, language change, group coordination
Rachel TheodoreRachel TheodoreAssociate Professor

https://slaplab.uconn.edu/

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

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

Event cognition, Sentence processing, Morphosyntax
Eiling YeeEiling YeeAssociate Professor

Yee Lab

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