Welcome to the Lab!
We are primarily interested in how the human mind “does” language. In particular, we focus on sentence and multi-sentence comprehension - how, for example, we interpret in real time (i.e. as each word is encountered, one-by-one) the “events” described by those sentences. How do we track the different objects that take part in an event? Or keep track of the different things that happen to those objects? Our lab uses a range of behavioral and neuroscientific methods to address these and other questions.
Lab News
- Congratulations to Emily Yearling for successfully defending her doctoral dissertation!Emily successfully defended her doctoral dissertation titled, “Now you see it, now you don’t: The dynamics of state change events modulate representations of the objects involved.” Congratulations, Dr. Yearling! (February 23, 2024)Posted on May 7, 2024
- Congratulations to Wesley Leong for successfully defending his master’s!Congratulations to Wesley, who successfully defended his master’s thesis titled “Where Does the Time Go? An Investigation of the Unfolding of Event Time in Language.” (November 28, 2023)Posted on May 7, 2024
Our lab consists of a vibrant mix of postdoctoral, graduate, and undergraduate researchers, using tools such as eye-tracking, EEG, and fMRI. The lab is affiliated to the CT Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences. You can find out more, including how to join the lab, by selecting from the menu items above.