Our Former Students
Graduate training provided by the department equips students for research and teaching careers in the range of disciplines that constitute the brain and cognitive sciences. We see this in the topics of the PhDs recently awarded to students working with our faculty, and in the appointments these graduates hold subsequently.
PhDs awarded since 1990
2008
- Green, Christopher Shawn
- The effects of action video game experience on perceptual decision making
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota - Jovancevic, Jelena
- Control of attention and gaze in complex environments
2007
- Campana, Ellen
- Natural versus standardized approaches to spoken system design: a comparison using the dual-task paradigm
Assistant Professor, Arizona State University - Michel, Melchi
- Statistical mechanisms and constraints in perceptual learning: what can we learn?
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin - Pirog, Kathleen
- Examining the unspoken word recognition: semantic representation and integration
Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology
2006
- Wonnacott, Elizabeth
- Acquiring argument structure from the input distribution: A miniature language study
Postdoctoral Fellow Researcher, University of Oxford - Sohn,Jeong Woo
- Action Value and Motor Sequence Representation in the Primate Medial Frontal Cortex
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh - Brimijoin, William Owen
- Auditory Receptive Fields and Responses to Frequency Modulation in Single Units in the Auditory Midbrain and Thalamus of the Bat
- Ivanchenko, Volodymyr
- Cue-Dependent and Cue Invariant Mechanisms in Perception and Perceptual Learning
Postdoctoral Fellow, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute - Sussman, Rachel
- Verb-Instrument Information During On-Line Processing
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2005
- Brown-Schmidt, Sarah
- Language Processing in Conversation
Postdoctoral Researcher, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Droll, Jason
- How Tasks Demands and Prior Knowledge Control Eye Movements, Visual Attention and Use of Working
Memory
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California Santa Barbara - Creel, Sarah
- The Role of Talker Variation in Lexical Access
Assistant Professor, University of California, San Diego
2004
- McMurray, Bob
- Within-category Variation is Used in Spoken Word Recognition: Temporal Integration at Two Time
Scales
Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
2003
- Atkins, Joseph E.
- Experience-dependent Visual Cue Integration Based on Consistencies and Disrepancies Between Visual and
Haptic Percepts
Research Scientist, Colby College - Boutla, Mrim
- Cognitive Mechanisms Underlying Capacity Limits in Working Memory: Insights from American Sign
Language
Assistant Director, Career Development Center, Indiana University - Coppola, Marie
- The Emergence of Grammatical Categories in Home Sign: Evidence from Family-based Gesture Systems in
Nicaragua
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago - Deneve, Sophie
- Optimal Estimations and Computations with Population Codes by Interconnected Cortical Networks
Faculty Member, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France - Dominguez, Melissa
- Developing Vision
Research Associate, McMaster University - Heinrich, Julie
- Neural Correlates of the Sensitive Period for Avian Song Learning
Research Associate, University of Notre Dame - Hofer, Heidi
- Implications of the Trichromatic Mosaic for Color Vision
Assistant Professor, University of Houston College of Optometry - Hudson, Carla L.
- Pidgins, Creoles, and Learners: How Children and Adults Contribute to the Formation of Creole
Languages
Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley - Koo, Daniel S.
- On the Nature of Phonological Representations and Processing Strategies in Deaf Cuers of English
Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgetown University - Scott, Luisa
- Mechanisms of Neural and Vocal Plasticity in the Adult Song Bird
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas, Austin - Thompson, Susan P.
- The Role of Transitional Probability in the Induction of the Phrases of a Miniature Artificial
Language
Visiting Assistant Professor, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
2002
- Eigsti, Inge-Marie
- Word Learning and Memory Functions in Young Children with Autism
Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut - Hunt, Ruskin H.
- The Induction of Categories from Distributionally Defined Contexts: Evidence from a Serial Reaction
Time Task
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota - Schneider, Keith
- On Visual Prior Entry
Assistant Research Professor, Rochester Center for Brain Imaging
2001
- Chambers, Craig G.
- The Dynamic Construction of Referential Domains
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto - Coady, Jeffry A.
- The Development of Sensitivity to Probabilistic Phonotactic Structure: Implications for Children's
Lexical Representations
Assistant Professor, Boston University - Hanna, Joy E.
- The Effects of Linguistic Form, Common Ground, and Perspective on Domains of Referential
Interpretation
Assistant Professor, Oberlin College - Magnuson, James S.
- The Microstructure of Spoken Word Recognition
Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut - Ross, Danielle S.
- Disentangling the Nature-Nurture Interaction in the Language Acquisition Process: Evidence from Deaf
Children of Hearing Parents Exposed to Non-native Input
Senior Service Fellow/Health Scientist, Centers for Disease Control - Ward, Bonnie
- Characterizing the Relationship between Brain Space and Avian Vocal Learning
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Oxford
1999
- Fine, Ione
- Perceptual Learning for Discriminating Complex Gratings
Assistant Professor, University of Southern California - Juliano, Cornell W.
- Frequency Effects on Syntactic Ambiguity Resolution during Sentence Processing
Industrial Design Specialist, Xerox Corporation - Müller, James R.
- Gain Controls and Pattern-selectivity in Striate Cortex (V1)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
1998
- Bensinger, David G.
- Visual Working Memory in the Context of Ongoing Natural Behaviors
Information Technology Consultant, Self-employed - Etzel, Barbara Ann
- Adult Female-specific Environment-related SI: Role of Reproductive Hormones During Different Periods of
Development
Associate Professor, Finger Lakes Community College - Rudolph Noble, Kirsten K.
- Motion and Form Perception following Lesions of Areas MT/MST and V4 in the Macaque Monkey
Research Scientist, Visionics Corp.
1997
- Basham, Mark E.
- The Role of NMDA Receptors in Zebra Finch Song Learning
Assistant Professor, The Metropolitan State College of Denver - Li, Andrea
- Color and Brightness in Texture Segmentation
Research Scientist, College of Optometry, State University of New York - Pollak, Seth David
- Early Experience and Cognitive Processing of Emotional Cues in Maltreated Children
Professor of Psychology, College of Letters and Science, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison - Saffran, Jenny R.
- Statistical Learning of Syntactic Structure: Mechanisms and Constraints
Professor of Psychology, College of Letters and Science, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison - Straub, Kathleen
- The Production of Prosodic Cues and Their Role in the Comprehension of Syntactically Ambiguous
Sentences
Chief Scientist, Human Factors International - Webb, Rebecca
- Linguistic Features of Metaphoric Gestures
Visiting Instructor, University of Rochester
1996
- Bowen, G. Peter
- Modification of the Acoustic Startle Reflex by Complex Sensory Prestimuli: The Roles of the Auditory
and Visual Cortical Areas
Associate Professor, The Wayland Baptist University - Karn, Keith
- Human Perception, Cognition and Action
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Center for Visual Science - Mauner, Gail
- The Role of Implicit Arguments in Sentence Processing
Associate Professor, State University of New York, Buffalo - Mintz, Toben H.
- The Roles of Linguistic Input and Innate Mechanisms in Children's Acquisition of Grammatical
Categories
Associate Professor, University of Southern California - Montserrat Sanz Yagüe, María
- Telicity, Objects and the Mapping onto Predicate Types. A Cross-linguistic Study of the Role of Syntax
in Processing
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Arizona - Pelz, Jeff
- Visual Representations in a Visuo-motor Task
Associate Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology - Spivey, Michael J.
- Integration of Visual and Linguistic Information in Real-time and in Real-space
Associate Professor, Cornell University
1995
- Burek, Michael
- Regulation of Neuron Number during Sexual Differentiation of the Avian Brain
Merck Pharmaceuticals - Cameron, Leslie
- Factors Determining the Latency of Saccadic Eye Movements
Assistant Professor, Carthage College - Choi, SuJean
- The Function of Noradrenergic Projections to the Hypothalamus is Altered During Adolescent Development
in the Male Rat
Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh - Goldowsky, Boris
- Learning Structured Systems from Imperfect Information
Director of Engineering and Development, Information Please - Lachter, Joel
- Processing of Unattended Objects in Vision
National Research Council Fellow, NASA Ames Research Center - Lin, Daniel Yen
- The Effects of Neonatal Exposure to Cocaine on Responsiveness to Rewarding Stimuli in Young Adult
Rats
Postdoctoral Fellow, The Scripps Research Institute
1994
- Aamodt, Sandra M.
- Activation and Expression of the N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptor during the Sensitive Period for Avian
Song Learning
Editor, Nature Neuroscience - Galvin, Susan J.
- The Spatial Grain of Motion Perception in Human Peripheral Vision
Lecturer, University of Otago, New Zealand - Shenkman, Kenneth
- Structure Sensitivity and Language Processing in Adult Learners of English
Vice President and Director, Genesis Technology Group, Inc.
1993
- Jandreau, S.
- Sentence Meaning and Discourse Meaning
Senior Technologist, Language Technologies, Inc. - Möller, Per
- Influence of Color on Motion Segmentation
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England - Skoczenski, Ann
- The Development of Position Sensitivity in the Infant Visual System: Evoked Potentials, Motion and
Blur
Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School - Trueswell, John
- The Use of Verb-Based Subcategorization and Thematic Role Information in Sentence Processing
Professor, University of Pennsylvania
1992
- Boland, Julie E.
- The Use of Lexical Knowledge in Sentence Processing
Associate Professor, University of Michigan - Murphy, Walter
- Speech Recognition in Noise: Developmental Changes Four to Six Years of Age
Professor, Lenoir-Rhyne College - Sekiguchi, Nobutoshi
- Contrast Sensitivity for Isoluminant Interference Fringes in Human Foveal Vision
Deputy Director of Research and Development, PLUS Vision Corp.
1991
- Burgess, Roland Curt
- Interaction of Semantic, Syntactic and Visual Factors in Syntactic Ambiguity Resolution
Professor, University of California, Riverside - Peterson, Robert
- Lexical Activation and Phonological Competition in Form-related Priming
Assistant Professor, Indiana University - Primus, Renee
- The Importance of Pubertal-Related Events on the Development of Adaptive Behavioral Responses and
Related Neural Systems
Department Director, Neurogen Corporation - Sohrabji, Farida
- Neural Changes Associated with Sexual Differentiation and Early Learning
Associate Professor, Texas A&M University Health Science Center
1990
- D'Zmura, Michael
- Surface Color Psychophysics
Professor, University of California, Irvine - Fairchild, Mark
- Chromatic Adaptation and Color Appearance
Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology - Gerrard, Ronald L.
- Auditory Masking in the Rat: Frequency Specificity, Auditory Filter Shape, and Effects of Noise-Induced
Hearing Impairment
Assistant Professor, Hobart and William Smith Colleges