Students

Jessica Alexander , jeduke@emory.edu, Advisor: Lynne Nygaard
Research Interests: Perception and production of speech and language, perceptual learning of speech characteristics and individual differences in speech perception, auditory imagery for speech and the impact this may have on reading.

Aron Barbey, abarbey@emory.edu, Advisors: Lawrence Barsalou and Phillip Wolff
Research Interests: Causal reasoning, modal reasoning, intuitive probability judgment, categorization.

Jennifer Knight-Schwartz, jmknigh@emory.edu, Advisor: Laura Namy
Research Interests: Language acquisition.

Kathryn Cochrane, klcochr@emory.edu, Advisor: Patricia Bauer
Research Interests: Brain and memory development in infants and young children.

Kevin Holmes, kholme2@emory.edu, Advisor: Phillip Wolff
Research Interests: Relationships between language, categorization, and conceptual organization. Mechanisms of knowledge acquisition and language learning.

Tanya MacGillivray, tmacgil@emory.edu, Infant Lab, Advisor: Philippe Rochat
Research Interests: The effect of culture on cognition, focusing specifically on the early formation of the concept of self in relation to others.

Kelly Marin, kmarin@emory.edu, Advisor: Robin Fivush
Research Interests: Social context in which adolescents acquire both narrative content and narrative skills and how such narratives relate to self-development and well-being.

Thanujeni Pathman, tpathma@emory.edu, Advisor: Patricia Bauer
Research Interests: Developmental cognitive neuroscience of memory; how infants build up a memory representation.

Andrei Popa, apopa@emory.edu, Advisor: Phillip Wolff
Research Interests: Cognition, perception, language.

Stig Rasmussen, srasmus@emory.edu, Advisor: Lynne Nygaard

Erin Robbins, eerobbi@emory.edu, Advisor: Philippe Rochat

Elizabeth Sheehan , elewis2@emory.edu, Advisor: Debra Mills
Research Interests: Investigating language development using event-related potentials. Interested in understanding how children increase their communicative competence, through gesture and spoken language.

Sabrina Sidaras, ssidara@emory.edu, Advisor: Lynne Nygaard
Research Interests: Language & memory, speech perception, speech processes.

Sumarga Suanda, ssuanda@emory.edu; Advisor: Laura Namy
Research Interests: Development of learning mechanisms underlying the acquisition of words and nonverbal symbolic forms.

Katherine Vytal, kvytal@learnlink.emory.edu, Advisor: Stephan Hamann
Research Interests: The exploration of the neural substrates and underlying circuitry of human learning and memory using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).

Christy Wilson, cwilso2@emory.edu, Barsalou Lab, Advisor: Larry Barsalou
Research Interests: Investigates the idea that conceptual knowledge is represented in modality-specific neural systems. Especially interested in the representation of abstract concepts.

Jennifer Wilson, jswils4@emory.edu, Advisor: Stephan Hamann
Research Interests: Interaction of neural systems for emotion and learning/memory. Gender differences. Brain and self.

Widaad Zaman, widaadz@gmail.com, Advisor: Robyn Fivush
Research Interests: Parent-child relationships, specifically, joint conversations, and their influence on children's cognitive development.