Students

Justin Bonny, jbonny@emory.edu, Advisor: Stella Lourenco

Carolina Campanella, ccampa2@emory.edu, Advisor: Stephan Hamann

Jonathan Drucker, jhdruck@emory.edu, Advisor: Larry Barsalou

Bentley (Ginger) Gibson, blgibso@emory.edu, Advisor: Philippe Rochat

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

Cory Inman, cinman@emory.edu, Advisor: Stephan Hamann

Brandi Kenner, brandi.b.kenner@emory.edu, Advisor: Laura Namy

Jacqueline Leventon, jleven2@emory.edu, Advisor: Patricia Bauer

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.

Lauren McDonough, lamcdon@emory.edu, Advisor: Larry Barsalou

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: Jack McDowell
Research Interests: Cognition, perception, language.

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

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.

Christina Tzeng, ctzeng@emory.edu, Advisor: Lynne Nygaard

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).

Theodore Waters, tewater@emory.edu, Advisor: Robyn Fivush

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.