Research in the lab focuses on normal and impaired cognitive functioning in the areas of - Conceptual representations - Action and body movement perception and recognition - Speech and language, with a current focus on Stuttering - Visual perception and reading, with a focus on dyslexia and oculomotor paralysis
We are also interested in - the impact of sensorimotor deprivation on cognition and brain organization - better understanding the interplay between the auditory and visual dorsal and ventral streams
Our goals are to: - Understand the mental representations and processes underlying these cognitive functions - Understand how these representations and processes are disrupted when the brain is damaged or fails to develop normally - Apply the knowledge gained about normal and impaired functioning to the development of effective remediations.
How we do it
To explore these issues, we use a combination of - Cognitive neuropsychological studies of brain-damaged individuals - Cognitive neuropsychological studies of individuals with atypical sensorimotor development - Cognitive neuropsychological studies of individuals with learning disabilities - Behavioral studies, including eye-tracking techniques - Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation - Anatomical and Functional magnetic resonance imaging
