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Abshire, Pamela
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Areas : Neuromorphic Engineering and Sensory-Motor Integration
Level : Cell/Molecular Neuroscience
Approach : Hardware Modeling/Robotics, Theory/Modeling, Molecular/Cell Biology
Summary : Biotechnology, Channel capacity and efficiency of blowfly photoreceptors, Channel capacity and efficiency of silicon photoreceptors, Fundamental limits on switching energy of the CMOS inverter, Silicon-On-Sapphire (SOS) Photodetectors |
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Aloimonos, Yiannis
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Areas : Network Models and Pattern Recognition
Level : Theory and Computational Modeling
Summary : The research of Professor Aloimonos is devoted to the principles governing the design and analysis of real-time systems that possess perceptual capabilities, for the purpose of both explaining animal vision and designing seeing machines. |
Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, UMD |
Anderson, Michael
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Areas : Foundations of Cognitive Science, Memory, Decision Making, Reasoning, Network Models and Pattern Recognition
Level : Cognitive Science, Theory and Computational Modeling
Approach : Brain Imaging, Human Behavior, Philosophy/Foundations, Theory/Modeling
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Aranda-Espinoza, Helim
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Areas : Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience
Level : Cell/Molecular Neuroscience, Theory and Computational Modeling
Approach : Molecular/Cell Biology, Theory/Modeling
Summary : We are mainly concerned with the spreading, motility and division of cells on flexible substrates. What is the effect of the mechanical environment on cells?
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Araneda, Ricardo
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Areas : Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience
Level : Cell/Molecular Neuroscience
Approach : Neurophysiology
Summary : In most animals the sense of smell is essential for their survival. For instance, the detection and recognition of odor molecules by the olfactory system allows animals to find sources of food, to detect the presence of predators, and ultimately to find potential mates. Using a combination of imaging and electrophysiology recording techniques, our lab studies how the neuronal circuits of the olfactory bulb participate in the processing of olfactory information. |
Department of Biology, UMD |
Battey, James
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Areas : Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience
Level : Cell/Molecular Neuroscience
Approach : Molecular/Cell Biology
Summary : Our section is interested in elucidating the structure, function, and regulation of G protein coupled receptors, the largest family of proteins in the genome that mediate intracellular signaling. Our attention is focused primarily on the bombesin receptor subfamily and candidate taste receptors. |
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke |
Borgia, Gerald
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Areas : Neuroethology
Approach : Animal Behavior
Summary : Dr. Borgia is interested in the evolution of complex adaptations. The focus of most of his research has been the study of mate choice, sexual competition, and the evolution of display. |
Department of Biology,UMD |
Braun, Allen
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Areas : Speech and Language
Level : Systems Neuroscience
Approach : Brain Imaging
Summary : The Language Section utilizes multimodal neuroimaging techniques to a variety of interrelated ends:
To use state-of-the-art neuroimaging techniques, including PET, functional MRI, high density EEG, to characterize cerebral activity in the normal brain and in patients with neurological disorders affecting voice, speech and language.
To provide tools necessary to translate these relatively nonspecific findings into the domain of neurochemistry though the development of novel ligands.
To explore the use of neuroimaging techniques as adjuncts in genetic studies.
To utilize neuroimaging methods in studies of the evolution of language. |
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Brauth, Steven E.
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Areas : Auditory Neuroscience, Neuroethology
Level : Systems Neuroscience
Approach : Animal Behavior, Neuroanatomy, Molecular/Cell Biology
Summary : My research interests include neuroethology and brain evolution focusing on the auditory and motor systems. |
Department of psychology,UMD |
Burgess, Shawn
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Areas : Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience, Auditory Neuroscience
Level : Cell/Molecular Neuroscience
Approach : Molecular/Cell Biology
Summary : Dr. Burgess' Laboratory studies developmental processes and their relation to human genetic disease. His group employs a variety of modern molecular biology methods to identify and functionally characterize novel developmental genes involved in organogenesis of the ear and maintenance of stem cell populations. |
NHGRI/NIH |
Carleton, Karen
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Areas : Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience
Level : Cell/Molecular Neuroscience
Approach : Molecular/Cell Biology, Theory/Modeling
Summary : Evolution of visual systems and visual communication: genetics of visual system tuning; physical modeling of color signals and visual discrimination. African cichlid fishes serve as a model to explore how natural and sexual selection drive communication. Evolution of rod and cone phototransduction: tuning photoreceptor responsivity through evolution of protein structure and gene expression. A comparative genomic approach utilizing a diversity of vertebrates including mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and agnathans. |
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Carlson, Thomas
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Level : Cognitive Science
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Carr, Catherine
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Areas : Auditory Neuroscience, Neuroethology
Level : Systems Neuroscience, Cell/Molecular Neuroscience, Theory and Computational Modeling
Approach : Animal Behavior, Neurophysiology, Neuroanatomy, Theory/Modeling
Summary : Current research is focused both on models of delay line-coincidence detector circuit, and on the assembly of the map of sound location during development of the barn owl. All projects develop from initial behavioral observations into systems, cellular and molecular levels of analysis. |
Department of Biology, UMD |
Carruthers, Peter
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Areas : Foundations of Cognitive Science
Level : Cognitive Science
Approach : Philosophy/Foundations
Summary : His primary research interests for most of the last decade have been in the philosophy of psychology. He has worked especially on theories of consciousness and on the role of natural language in human cognition. But he has also published on such issues as: the nature and status of our folk psychology; nativism and modularity; theories of intentional content, and defence of a notion of narrow content for psychological explanation; and issues to do with evolutionary psychology and cognitive architecture. Before coming to College Park he was at the University of Sheffield (UK), where he had a spell as Head of Department and was Director of the Hang Seng Centre for Cognitive Studies. (He continues to be connected with the latter through his involvement in a large three-year interdisciplinary research project on "Innateness and the Structure of the Mind".) In a previous incarnation he trained as a Wittgensteinian, and published a couple of monographs on Wittgenstein's Tractatus. |
Department of Philosophy, UMD |
Cassidy, Jude
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Summary : Her interest is in socioemotional development with specific emphasis on attachment. |
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Castonguay, Thomas
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Areas : Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience
Level : Cell/Molecular Neuroscience, Systems Neuroscience
Approach : Animal Behavior, Neurophysiology, Molecular/Cell Biology
Summary : I am interested in the mechanisms that control food intake and body composition. In particular, my research focuses on how glucoregulation is achieved and how dietary obesity can be explained in part as a failure of glucoregulation. |
Nutrition & Food Science (NFSC), UMD |
Chadwick, Richard
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Areas : Auditory Neuroscience
Summary : The aim of the Section on Auditory Mechanics is to improve basic understanding of the auditory periphery through the combined use of mathematical modeling of cochlear macro-, micro-, and nanomechanics together with structural, biophysical, and physiological data.
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Chatterjee, Monita
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Areas : Speech and Language
Summary : Our experiments are designed to quantitatively measure how well cochlear implant users can discriminate between speech-like sounds, both in quiet and in the presence of competing background sounds. These experiments are yielding interesting clues about how the brain separates sounds from each other. We expect that results of these experiments will contribute both to our understanding of how the central auditory system works as well as provide ways to improve cochlear implant speech processors in the future.
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Hearing and Speech Sciences, UMD |
Cherniak, Christopher
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Areas : Foundations of Cognitive Science
Summary : Dr. Cherniak's research falls in theory of knowledge and in neuroanatomy. |
Department of Philosophy, UMD |
Clark, Jane
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Areas : Human Development, Neuromorphic Engineering and Sensory-Motor Integration
Approach : Animal Behavior, Brain Imaging, Neurophysiology
Summary : Dr.Clark's work focuses on understanding the development of movement control and coordination in motor skills. Her current work examines the role of sensory information in the development of upright posture and locomotion in infants. She also has an on-going project to study perception-action relationships with children who have motor coordination problems. |
Department of Kinesiology, UMD |
Cohen, Avis
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Areas : Neuromorphic Engineering and Sensory-Motor Integration
Level : Systems Neuroscience, Theory and Computational Modeling
Approach : Animal Behavior, Theory/Modeling, Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology, Hardware Modeling/Robotics
Summary : My colleagues and I study an isolated piece of the nervous system, but an isolated piece that can perform a "behavior." In particular, we study the isolated spinal cord of a primitive vertebrate, the lamprey. The work is focused on the mechanisms underlying the generation of an organized motor behavior, locomotion. |
Department of Biology, UMD |
Coleman, Linda K.
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Areas : Speech and Language
Summary : Rhetoric and Composition; Linguistics |
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Contreras-Vidal, Jose
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Areas : Network Models and Pattern Recognition, Neuromorphic Engineering and Sensory-Motor Integration
Level : Systems Neuroscience, Theory and Computational Modeling
Approach : Brain Imaging, Human Behavior, Theory/Modeling
Summary : Dr. Contreras-Vidal's research program integrates behavioral and computational neuroscience methods to study the neural mechanisms and computational principles underlying adaptive sensory-motor control in humans during normal and neurological conditions. |
Department of Kinesiology, UMD |
De Claris, Nicholas
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Areas : Network Models and Pattern Recognition
Summary : Dr. DeClaris' research interests are in the areas of system science, computer engineering, and medical science and practice. |
Department of Electrical Engineering, Department of Pathology, UMD |
DeBoer, Tracy
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Areas : Human Development, Memory, Decision Making, Reasoning
Level : Systems Neuroscience, Cognitive Science
Approach : Brain Imaging, Human Behavior
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Dooling, Robert
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Areas : Auditory Neuroscience, Neuroethology
Summary : My areas of research include hearing and vocal communication in birds, and comparative aspects of hearing and animal behavior. |
Department of Psychology, UMD |
Dorr, Bonnie
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Summary : Research interests include broadscale multilingual processing, interlingual machine translation, summarization, linguistically-informed statistical models. |
Department of Computer Science, UMD |
Dougherty, Michael
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Areas : Memory, Decision Making, Reasoning
Level : Cognitive Science, Theory and Computational Modeling
Approach : Human Behavior, Theory/Modeling
Summary : My research is focused on understanding the cognitive, motivational, and affective components of hypothesis generation and human judgment. The primary thesis underlying my research is that hypothesis generation processes serve as the lynchpin for understanding and interpreting information in the natural environment, for evaluating the probability of various hypotheses, and for searching for information in the environment to test hypotheses. Addressing this thesis requires an integration of work from long-term memory, working memory, visual attention, and judgment and decision making. |
Department of Psychology, UMD |
Drayna, Dennis
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Summary : The Section on Systems Biology of Communication Disorders is focused on identifying genetic variation in the molecular components of human communication systems. Our primary tools are genetic linkage and positional cloning studies, used to identify genes responsible for communication disorders in humans, including disorders of auditory pitch recognition, deficits in the human sense of bitter taste, and the speech disorder of stuttering. |
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Fermuller, Cornelia
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Summary : My research is in Computational Vision. I am studying from a computational point of view the processes involved in interpreting images. Most of my work has been concerned with obtaining information from video sequences and stereo images. Within this area I have worked on many problems, including the computation of image motion, three-dimensional motion estimation, reconstruction and shape estimation, and segmentation of the scene. There are many areas of technological applications for this research; I have worked on video data bases, robotic navigation and surveillance. My recent efforts have been on the design of new camera systems exploiting multiple views. |
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Fields, Douglas
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Summary : Our research is investigating the molecular mechanisms that enable neural impulse activity to regulate major developmental processes of both neurons and glia. The main objectives of this research program are: (1) to understand how the expression of genes controlling the developing structure and function of the nervous system are regulated by patterned neural impulse activity; (2) to determine the functional consequences of neural impulse activity on major developmental processes, including: cell proliferation, survival, differentiation, growth cone motility, axon bundling (fasciculation), neurite outgrowth, synaptogenesis and synapse remodeling, myelination, interactions with glia, and the mechanisms of learning and memory in postnatal animals; (3) to understand how information contained in the temporal pattern of neural impulse activity is transduced and integrated within the intracellular signaling networks of neurons to activate specific genes and control appropriate adaptive responses. |
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Fitzgerald, Tracy
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Fox, Nathan
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Areas : Human Development
Summary : My research centers on the effects of early experience on brain development with special emphasis on the prefrontal cortex. I am interested in social and emotional development and study human infants and young children using electrophysiology(EEG and ERP).
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Human Development, UMD |
Friedman, Thomas
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Areas : Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience
Summary : The goal of the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics is to identify, clone and characterize the genes that contribute to communication disorders. The Laboratory of Molecular Genetics has three sections, the Section on Human Genetics, the Section on Gene Structure and Function, and the Section on Murine Genetics. The Section on Human Genetics is studying the genes responsible for hereditary hearing impairment. Improved understanding of the mutated genes will provide important information on hearing and brain processing. The identification of the relevant genes will also permit early and more accurate diagnosis for certain forms of hereditary hearing and communication impairments. |
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Fritz, Jonathan
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Summary : Task-related adaptive plasticity in auditory processing; neurobiology of auditory perception and memory |
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Gallo, Vittorio
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Summary : My current and future research interests are in the fields of developmental neuroscience and in nervous system disease. They include: i) neurogenesis and gliogenesis; ii) oligodendrocyte development and myelination; iii) glial signaling; and iv) regulation of glial ionic channels during brain development. My laboratory uses an integrated, multidisciplinary approach that includes molecular biology and genetics, cellular neurobiology and electrophysiology. We are combining experiments performed in different types of neural cell cultures with studies performed in transgenic mice in vivo. |
Center for Neuroscience, CHNMC |
Geller, Herbert
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Summary : Research in the Geller laboratory is concerned with understanding the mechanisms that control neuronal migration, pathfinding and growth, both during neural development and in order to stimulate regeneration after injury. These experiments utilize cell biological, molecular biological, immunological and physiological techniques. |
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Gordon-Salant, Sandra
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Areas : Speech and Language
Summary : My research program is concerned primarily with normal aspects of human aging in relation to auditory function and risk factors that contribute to apparent age-related hearing loss. |
Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Umd |
Grant, Kenneth
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Griffith, Andrew
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Areas : Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience
Approach : Human Behavior
Summary : We are characterizing the structure and function of genes and mutations associated with hereditary disorders causing sensorineural hearing loss, including syndromic disorders with craniofacial or thyroid abnormalities. We utilize genetic and other molecular approaches to study both human and mouse models for these disorders. A variety of techniques, including in situ hybridization, are used to analyze gene expression. |
NIDCD, NIH |
Hacquard, Valentine
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Areas : Speech and Language
Level : Theory and Computational Modeling
Approach : Brain Imaging
Summary : Semantics (modality, aspect, propositional attitudes, degree constructions), Syntax/Semantics and Semantics/Pragmatics Interfaces, Neurolinguistics, Acquisition of Semantics
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Hall, William
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Areas : Neuroethology
Summary : Professor Hall's research is focused on the use of animal models of communication to understand the neural basis of human language learning. |
Department of Psychology, UMD |
Hallett, Mark
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Summary : The general mission of the Human Motor Control Section is to understand the physiology of normal human voluntary movement and the pathophysiology of different movement disorders. The members of the Section work together on the different projects, each bringing special expertise to the tasks. The main techniques employed are transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), electroencephalography (EEG), neuroimaging with positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and other techniques of clinical neurophysiology. The principal diseases studied are dystonia, Parkinson's disease, cerebellar ataxia, myoclonus, essential tremor, tic, psychogenic movement disorders and startle disorders. |
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Hatfield, Bradley
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Areas : Neuromorphic Engineering and Sensory-Motor Integration, Human Development
Level : Systems Neuroscience
Approach : Brain Imaging, Human Behavior
Summary : The focus of Dr. Hatfield's program in exercise and sport psychology deals with both the health-related and performance-related aspects of humans in exercise/sport settings. |
Department of Kinesiology, UMD |
Haufler, Amy
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Summary : Cognitive Motor Neuroscience |
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Haydar, Tarik
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Summary : During embryonic development, a pool of rapidly dividing stem cells generates the complex architecture and function of the mammalian cerebral cortex. Understanding the molecular signals that control this process is a fundamental goal of developmental neurobiology. Our work is aimed at understanding how growth of the cerebral cortex is controlled in both wild-type mice and mutant mouse models of disease. We are particularly interested in the multiple progenitor cell types in the neocortical ventricular zone (VZ) and the factors that control their division and lineage progression during the course of development. We pursue these issues using a variety of cellular, molecular, and imaging techniques. In particular, we have a special focus on real-time analysis of molecules using in utero gene transfection and multiphoton imaging. |
Center for Neuroscience, CHNMC |
Herberholz, Jens
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Areas : Neuroethology, Neuromorphic Engineering and Sensory-Motor Integration
Level : Systems Neuroscience
Approach : Animal Behavior, Brain Imaging, Neurophysiology, Neuroanatomy
Summary : Research in my lab investigates the neural basis of animal behavior. We are interested in identifying and examining neural circuitry that controls aggression, social status, escape, learning & memory. |
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Hodos, William
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Areas : Neuromorphic Engineering and Sensory-Motor Integration
Level : Systems Neuroscience
Approach : Animal Behavior, Neuroanatomy
Summary : My current research interests are in the evolution of the nervous system and behavior, comparative psychology, neural basis of sensory processes, animal psychophysics, and physiological optics. |
Department of Psychology, UMD |
Horiuchi, Timothy
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Areas : Auditory Neuroscience, Memory, Decision Making, Reasoning, Network Models and Pattern Recognition, Neuroethology, Neuromorphic Engineering and Sensory-Motor Integration, Neuromorphic Engineering and Sensory-Motor Integration
Level : Theory and Computational Modeling
Approach : Hardware Modeling/Robotics, Theory/Modeling
Summary : Dr. Horiuchi's research program is centered on the development of neural models of sensorimotor behavior and their implementation in VLSI for use in robotic demonstration systems. The laboratory is currently focused on bat echolocation and other auditory and visual projects. |
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UMD |
Hornstein, Norbert
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Areas : Speech and Language
Level : Theory and Computational Modeling
Approach : Theory/Modeling, Philosophy/Foundations
Summary : I am currently working on the rethinking of binding phenomena in terms of move. I continue to work on issues in the theory of control and reflexivization but have also recently considered how to integrate bound pronominalization within a move-centered account. This work has a general minimalist flavor to it. However, at the level of implementational detail it differs in important ways from the work currently flying the minimalist banner. Indeed, it resonates more with earlier minimalist work of the mid 90s than with the most recent proposals of Chomsky (1998, 1999, 2000). |
Department of Linguistics, UMD |
Horwitz, Barry
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Summary : Current research focuses on understanding how the brain constructs networks of interacting regions (i.e., neural networks) to perform cognitive tasks, especially those associated with audition and language, and how these networks are altered in brain disorders. These issues are addressed by combining computational neuroscience techniques with functional neuroimaging data, obtained using fMRI, PET, or MEG. The network analysis methods allow us to evaluate how brain operations differ between tasks and between normal and patient populations. This research will allow us to ascertain which networks are dysfunctional, and the role neural plasticity plays in enabling compensatory behavior to occur. A unique aspect of our research is that most of the experiments we do are linked to our modeling, in that these experiments are performed to either acquire data for developing our models or else for testing them. |
NIDCD, NIH |
Idsardi, William J.
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Areas : Speech and Language
Level : Cognitive Science, Theory and Computational Modeling
Approach : Brain Imaging, Human Behavior, Theory/Modeling
Summary : My research focuses on the mental representations and computations associated with speech. |
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Israel, Michael
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Areas : Speech and Language, Memory, Decision Making, Reasoning, Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience, Foundations of Cognitive Science
Level : Cognitive Science, Theory and Computational Modeling
Approach : Human Behavior, Philosophy/Foundations, Theory/Modeling
Summary : Linguistics |
Department of English, UMD |
Iwasa, Kuni
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Areas : Auditory Neuroscience
Summary : The Section on Biophysics studies biophysical properties of sensory cells in the auditory and vestibular systems. |
NIDCD, NIH |
Jacobs, David
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Areas : Network Models and Pattern Recognition
Level : Theory and Computational Modeling
Approach : Theory/Modeling
Summary : My research has spanned a range of topics in vision. My primary focus has been on the problem of how to recognize objects in images. This is a central problem in vision that I find particularly fascinating because it lies between concrete, lower-level vision problems and central cognitive systems that attempt to tie semantics to the world. It is also a critical problem in many applications in multimedia and robotics. I have also done quite a bit of work in the computational and psychological study of perceptual organization. This is the lower level problem of how to identify the surfaces of potential objects before recognizing them. I see perceptual organization as integral to the recognition process, and in part my work attempts to show how these two problems can be unified.
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Department of Computer Science, UMD |
Jeka, John J.
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Areas : Neuromorphic Engineering and Sensory-Motor Integration
Level : Systems Neuroscience
Approach : Theory/Modeling, Human Behavior
Summary : The major research focus of my work is targeted towards understanding the integration of multisensory information in functional behavior such as standing and reaching. |
Cognitive Motor Behavior Lab, NACS |
Kachar, Bechara
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Summary : The Section on Cell Structure uses advanced microscopy imaging in combination with molecular and cell biology techniques to study mechano-sensory transduction in auditory and vestibular sensory organs. |
NIDCD, NIH |
Kagerer, Florian
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Summary : Neural control of movement, motor learning; bimanual coordination and movement asymmetries; intersensory-motor integration, neurophysiology of motor behavior. Motor disorders: Developmental Coordination Disorder. |
Department of Kinesiology, UMD |
Kanold, Patrick
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Summary : Mechanisms and circuits involved in the maturation of the cortical circuitry, development of patterned projection in the brain and the relation of synaptic maturation to critical periods, and development of the central auditory system. |
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Kelley, Matthew
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Areas : Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience
Summary : The overall goals of the Unit on Developmental Neuroscience are to identify the molecular and cellular factors that play a role in the development of the sensory epithelium of the mammalian cochlea (the organ of Corti). The organ of Corti is comprised of at least 6 distinct cell types that are arranged in highly conserved mosaic. The generation of a specific number of each cell type and the arrangement of these cell types into a regular pattern are essential for the normal perception of sound; however, our understanding of the factors that play a role in the development of this structure is extremely limited. |
NIDCD, NIH |
Killen, Melanie
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Areas : Human Development
Level : Cognitive Science
Approach : Human Behavior
Summary : My research laboratory investigates social and moral cognition in children and adolescents. We study how children and adolescents evaluate straightforward and complex social and moral dilemmas and everyday issues, and how social experience is related to social cognition. In addition, we examine how culture influences social judgments, with collaborative projects in Korea, Japan, Israel, Jordan, Germany, Spain, and the U.K. Our topics include evaluations of racial exclusion, gender exclusion, intergroup bias, intergroup relationships, stereotypes, moral judgment, and social reasoning. |
Department of Human Development, University of Maryland |
Krishnaprasad, P. S.
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Areas : Neuromorphic Engineering and Sensory-Motor Integration
Summary : Dr. Krishnaprasad's research interests lie in the broad area of geometric control theory and its applications. |
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UMD |
Lasnik, Howard
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Summary : Syntactic Theory; Logical Form; Learnability. |
Department of Linguistics, UMD |
Lee, Hey-Kyoung
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Areas : Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience
Level : Cell/Molecular Neuroscience
Approach : Molecular/Cell Biology, Neurophysiology
Summary : Research Interests: Cellular/molecular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity underlying memory formation.
Our daily experience can trigger lasting memories, which are stored in our brains. Memories are stored ultimately by changing the way neurons convey information. More precisely, they are stored as changes in the function of synapses: the structures by which neurons contact and transmit signals to each other. My laboratory is interested in exploring the cellular and molecular changes that happen at the synapses to allow memory storage. |
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Leek, Marjorie
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Summary : My research areas are: Auditory perception of complex sounds and speech by normal-hearing and hearing-impaired individuals; speech recognition in noise; modeling of the auditory system; auditory attention; comparative auditory perception.
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Lejuez, Carl
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Summary : Dr. Lejuez' clinical and research interests focus on the development of ecologically valid laboratory analogues of addiction and their use to better understand the active ingredients of treatment. His most recent projects involve (1) the creation and validation of a behavioral task to predict adolescent risk-taking behaviors (e.g., drug use, unsafe sexual practices) and (2) the application of distress tolerance and behavioral activation strategies to smoking cessation. |
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Levine, William
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Areas : Neuromorphic Engineering and Sensory-Motor Integration
Summary : Dr. Levine's research interests are in the areas of application of modern control theory to the study of the nervous system's control of movement and; control theory and its applications with emphasis on computer aided control system design; application of computers and computation to network control; and applications of modern control and estimation theory to biomedical and aerospace problems. |
The Institute for Systems Research |
Lidz, Jeffrey
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Areas : Speech and Language
Level : Cognitive Science
Approach : Human Behavior
Summary : The relation between comparative syntax and first language acquisition. |
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Moss, Cynthia
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Areas : Auditory Neuroscience, Neuroethology, Neuromorphic Engineering and Sensory-Motor Integration
Level : Systems Neuroscience, Theory and Computational Modeling
Approach : Animal Behavior, Neurophysiology, Theory/Modeling
Summary : Our research program is directed at understanding auditory information processing and sensorimotor integration in vertebrates. In our lab, the echolocating bat serves as a model system for a neuroethologically-based study of hearing and perceptually-guided behavior. |
Institute for Systems Research, ISR |
Newcomb, Robert
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Areas : Neuromorphic Engineering and Sensory-Motor Integration
Summary : Dr. Newcomb's interests lie in analog VLSI, biomedical engineering especially ear type systems and heart models), circuit and systems theory (especially semistate theory and multiport synthesis), microsystems, neural networks (hardware & biologically motivated), robotics. |
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Newman, Rochelle
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Areas : Human Development, Speech and Language
Level : Cognitive Science
Approach : Human Behavior
Summary : My research focuses on speech perception, word recognition, and language acquisition. More specifically, I am interested in questions such as how the brain recognizes words from fluent speech, the time course over which different stages of speech processing occur, and how listeners (especially infants) separate different streams of speech that occur at the same time. |
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Norman, Kent
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Areas : Memory, Decision Making, Reasoning, Foundations of Cognitive Science
Level : Cognitive Science, Theory and Computational Modeling
Approach : Human Behavior, Theory/Modeling
Summary : His interests are in cognitive psychology, judgment and decision making, and cyberpsychology. Cyberpsychology includes the study of psychological issues at the intersection of human behavior and computer technologies including the Internet, social computing, human-computing, and mobile computing.
Current research involves the cognitive aspects human/computer interaction, interface design, usability testing, online surveys and experiments, menu navigation, and the assessment of user satisfaction to frustration and computer rage. In addition, Dr. Norman is interested in the design of electronic educational environments for collaborative learning and the construction of knowledge. |
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Northup, John K.
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Areas : Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience
Summary : He is lead scientist in the Laboratory for Automation Psychology and Decision Processes which is affiliated with the Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL) in the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS) and investigates models of cognitive processing at the human/computer interface (http://www.lap.umd.edu). |
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Ottinger, Mary Ann
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Areas : Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience, Neuroethology
Level : Cell/Molecular Neuroscience, Systems Neuroscience, Cognitive Science
Approach : Animal Behavior, Molecular/Cell Biology, Neuroanatomy
Summary : My lab focuses on the comparative biology of aging, with studies in short- and long-lived birds, transgenic mice, and non-human primates. We are particularly interested in neuroendocrine regulation of endocrine and behavioral aspects of reproduction and on the impact of the neuropathology of Alzheimer's Disease on cognitive function. Our research considers molecular mechanisms, cellular and system processes, and responses at the level of the whole organism. We also are very involved in assessing the consequences of exposure to environmental endocrine disruptors at all stages of the life cycle in birds.
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Panchision, David M.
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Summary : Our interest is in the self-organizing principles that govern the production of stem cells, the generation of cellular diversity and the assembly of tissues. The field of stem cell biology has emerged as a bridge between the traditional fields of cell biology and developmental genetics. Stem cells have certain defining characteristics, including the ability to self-renew extensively and the ability to generate diverse daughter cell types. These cells can therefore be used as tools to study developmentally relevant switches between alternative states, including proliferation versus mitotic arrest, survival versus apoptosis, and multiple fate choices. |
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Payne, Richard
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Areas : Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience
Approach : Molecular/Cell Biology
Summary : Dr. Payne investigates mechanisms of visual excitation in photoreceptors. The research concentrates on messenger molecules released by light inside photoreceptor cells. |
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Perlis, Donald
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Areas : Memory, Decision Making, Reasoning
Summary : I am a member of the Artificial Intelligence Group at the University of Maryland. I study various aspects of commonsense reasoning, including the related areas of cognitive modeling and philosophy of mind and language. An ongoing project of my research team (Active Logic, Metacognitive Computation, and Mind) is the use of time-situated metacognitive computation for enhanced flexibility and generality of reasoning. |
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Phillips, Colin
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Areas : Speech and Language
Approach : Theory/Modeling, Human Behavior
Summary : My research combines theoretical linguistics with language processing, language acquisition and neurolinguistics, with a focus on how the human mind/brain makes rapid and effortless language understanding possible. |
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Pick, Leslie
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Summary : How does a complex organism, composed of numerous differentiated cell types and integrated organ systems, develop from a fertilized egg? We are using the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, as a model system to address this fundamental question of developmental biology. Our studies probe basic mechanisms underlying pattern formation, determination, differentiation and morphogenesis in animal development. |
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Poeppel, David
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Areas : Auditory Neuroscience, Speech and Language
Summary : The main research interest of the lab is the cortical basis of hearing and speech in humans. Two main questions are addressed. One concerns the specification of functional architecture of the speech perception system. This issue is studied using brain imaging as well as neuropsychological data. The second unifying theme in the lab is to investigate to what extent temporal mechanisms encode or represent
information in the auditory cortex. We use non-invasive
electrophysiological techniques (EEG and MEG) to explore how properties (such as latency variation or oscillatory activity) might provide a useful logistical framework to process or represent auditory patterns. The experiments use stimuli of varying complexity and ecological relevance, ranging from pure tones and FMs to ripples to syllables to
words to connected speech. A third research topic that is extensively studied is lexical access. This topic and its various subtleties are investigated using a combination of behavioral and MEG studies. |
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Popper, Arthur N.
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Areas : Auditory Neuroscience, Neuroethology
Level : Cell/Molecular Neuroscience, Systems Neuroscience
Approach : Animal Behavior, Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology
Summary : The work in this laboratory is directed at understanding basic structure and function of the auditory system in vertebrates, with particular interest in the ear of fishes and its sensory hair cells. These investigations frequently involve a wide number of teleost species and the use of the comparative approach in order to understand the function of the ear as well as its evolution. |
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Porter, Tom
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Areas : Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience
Level : Cell/Molecular Neuroscience
Approach : Molecular/Cell Biology
Summary : Our research interests center on the endocrine regulation of growth and metabolism. Our work has focused on cellular differentiation of the anterior pituitary gland during chick embryonic development. |
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Quinlan, Elizabeth
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Areas : Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience, Neuroethology
Approach : Molecular/Cell Biology, Neurophysiology
Summary : We are interested in understanding how the brain is modified by experience, particularly during the maturation of sensory systems and during learning. Experience-dependent regulation of brain function ultimately lies in changes in the composition and function of synapses, the points of contact between neurons. We use a multidisciplinary approach (biochemistry, molecular biology, physiology and behavior) to study the molecular mechanisms of experience-dependent synaptic plasticity in the mammalian cerebral cortex. |
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Ratner, Nan Bernstein
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Areas : Speech and Language
Level : Cognitive Science
Approach : Human Behavior
Summary : We are currently investigating the origins of stuttering by analyzing the abilities and behaviors of children within three months of stuttering onset. |
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Reggia, James
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Areas : Network Models and Pattern Recognition
Approach : Brain Imaging, Human Behavior, Theory/Modeling
Summary : Research interests: computational models of hemispheric specialization and lateralization, recovery following brain damage, evolution of neural networks, adaptation, and emergent communication. |
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Resnik, Philip
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Areas : Speech and Language
Level : Cognitive Science, Theory and Computational Modeling
Approach : Human Behavior, Theory/Modeling
Summary : I do research in computational linguistics, with interests in both the modeling of human linguistic processes (especially lexical acquisition and on-line sentence processing) and the application of natural language processing techniques to practical problems such as cross-language information retrieval and machine translation. |
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Rey, Georges
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Areas : Foundations of Cognitive Science
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Summary : His primary interest is in the relation of contemporary cognitive science to traditional problems in the philosophy of mind, especially the difficulties raised by rationality, intentionality and qualitative experience. He has written numerous articles, and a recent book on contemporary philosophy of mind, in which he argues that a computational/representational theory of mind seems to present a promising way of meeting the first two difficulties, and even a weakened version of the third; but that it will never satisfy us completely because of problems inherent in the way we involuntarily think of things that look and act like our conspecifics. |
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Roth, Froma P.
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Areas : Speech and Language
Summary : Dr. Roth has been interested in identifying aspects of oral language development that predict early reading and writing acquisition. Her longitudinal research has shown, for example, that in addition to phonological awareness, semantic knowledge (oral definitions) and metasemantic knowledge (understanding and use of lexical ambiguities sentences and idioms) in kindergarten predict word reading at first and second grade.
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Roth, Stephen
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Areas : Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience
Level : Cell/Molecular Neuroscience
Approach : Molecular/Cell Biology, Brain Imaging, Human Behavior
Summary : The primary focus of our laboratory is identifying the specific genetic variation that contributes to skeletal muscle mass and strength, specifically within the contexts of aging and exercise training. The ultimate goal of this work is the identification of "susceptibility genes" that can be used clinically to identify individuals at risk for early age-related losses of muscle mass and strength (i.e., sarcopenia). More generally, the work of the lab is focused on understanding the role of genetic variation (and environmental interaction) in determining inter-individual differences in exercise responses and other health-related phenotypes. |
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Scholnick, Ellin
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Areas : Human Development
Level : Cognitive Science
Approach : Human Behavior
Summary : Her interest is in ways in which cognitive and linguistic development influence one another and in planning. |
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Shah, Sameer
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Areas : Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience
Level : Cell/Molecular Neuroscience, Theory and Computational Modeling
Approach : Molecular/Cell Biology, Neurophysiology, Theory/Modeling
Summary : The Neuromuscular Bioengineering Laboratory studies the molecular motor-driven transport of structural,nutritional, and signaling cargoes within long, narrow axonal projections. We are specifically interested in understanding mechanisms of neuromuscular
degeneration and plasticity resulting from breakdowns in this complex, highly regulated process. Additionally, we are developing methods that exploit the neuronal transport machinery for targeted intraneuronal delivery of diagnostic and therapeutic nano-carriers. |
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Shah, Yasmeen
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Summary : Dr. Yasmeen Faroqi Shah studies language production and comprehension of individuals with aphasia and bilinguals using different methods such as language analysis, reaction time measures, grammaticality judgements, treatment efficacy and neuroimaging. In particular, Dr. Shah is interested in deficits of verb morphology and syntax in aphasic individuals such as:
Why do some individuals with aphasia experience difficulty in producing verb inflections? Do these individuals have parallel deficits in comprehending verb inflections? What variables, if any, influence the production of verb inflections in aphasic individuals?
Why do some aphasic individuals experience difficulties in sentence production?
How can findings from psycholinguistic literature aid in designing treatment programs for aphasic individuals?
What are the patterns of language breakdown and recovery in bilingual aphasia?
What neural mechanisms are involved in the processing and production of verb inflections and sentences?
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Shamma, Shihab
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Areas : Auditory Neuroscience
Summary : Dr. Shamma's research over the last 15 years has dealt with issues in computational neuroscience and the development of microsensor systems for experimental research and neural prostheses. |
ECE and Institute for Systems Research |
Shim, Jae Kun
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Areas : Neuromorphic Engineering and Sensory-Motor Integration
Level : Cognitive Science
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Summary : Dr. Shim's research is currently focused on biomechanics and motor control of (1) hand and digits and (2) lower extremity amputee locomotion as well as their applications to medicine, rehabilitation, and ergonomics. He is especially interested in understanding the CNS control mechanism for motor redundancy, developments of motor functions in typically developing children as well as children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD), and developmental changes and intervention & adaptation of motor functions in elderly persons and the persons with neurological/genetic disorders or stroke. He uses techniques of biomechanics, motor control and neurophysiology: kinematic analysis using motion capture systems, kinetic/dynamic analysis, neuromuscular training, TMS, EMG, MEG, fMRI, optic fiber Bragg grading (FBG) force sensors, 6-D kinetic pen, etc. |
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Simon, Jonathan Z.
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Areas : Auditory Neuroscience, Neuroethology, Neuromorphic Engineering and Sensory-Motor Integration, Speech and Language
Level : Systems Neuroscience, Theory and Computational Modeling
Approach : Neurophysiology, Theory/Modeling, Brain Imaging, Human Behavior
Summary : I am active in a number of research areas, all under the general headings of Auditory Neural Computations and Representations,Computational and Theoretical Neuroscience, and Signal Processing in Biological Systems.
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Magnetoencephalography (MEG): Experimental Research, Analysis, and Signal Processing of Large Scale Neural Data.
Coincidence Detection and Neural Coding of Temporal Information in Auditory Brainstem: Modeling.
Neural Processing of Spectrotemporal Auditory Information in Mammals: Physiology and Modeling.
Signal Processing and Neural Data.
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Soares, Daphne
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Summary : In our lab we aim to probe the neural substrate in search of evolutionary plasticity. We use 3 different animals models to study of the evolution of coding: the teleost Astyanax mexicanus, the teleost Astatotilapia burtoni and Aligator mississipiensis. Our research includes behavioral, neurophysiological and anatomical studies. |
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Stricklin, William R.
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Summary : Dr. Stricklin looks at the role of animal behavior in food animal production systems and animal welfare. |
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Sullivan, Susan L.
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Summary : Our research is focused on the molecular mechanisms underlying the development and function of the mammalian olfactory system. The initial step in olfactory processing occurs within the olfactory epithelium where odorants bind to odorant receptors present on the surface of olfactory sensory neurons. Odorant receptors are G-protein coupled receptors which are encoded by members of a large multigene family consisting of up to 1000 genes. Each odorant receptor gene is expressed in a small subpopulation of olfactory sensory neurons that are widely distributed in the olfactory epithelium. Despite their wide distribution in the olfactory epithelium, neurons that express a given odorant receptor gene project their axons to highly circumscribed regions of the olfactory bulb. Thus, at the level of the olfactory bulb, odorant receptor input is highly organized generating a precise spatial map of olfactory information. |
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Sutherland, Margaret
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Taneyhill, Lisa
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Areas : Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience, Human Development
Level : Cell/Molecular Neuroscience
Approach : Molecular/Cell Biology
Summary : The Taneyhill lab studies the vertebrate neural crest, a transient population of migratory cells that ultimately differentiate to become a wide range of structures, including the peripheral nervous system, pigment cells, and the cranial bones and cartilage. Consequently, many human congenital and hereditary malformations (such as craniofacial abnormalities and heart defects), diseases and cancers result from aberrant neural crest development. Our lab uses molecular, cellular, and biochemical techniques to study neural crest formation in the chicken embryo to better understand overall animal growth and development. |
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Uriagereka, Juan
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Areas : Foundations of Cognitive Science, Speech and Language
Level : Cognitive Science, Theory and Computational Modeling
Approach : Human Behavior, Philosophy/Foundations, Theory/Modeling
Summary : In my work, I study syntactic patterns with an eye on trying to understand what they may tell us about the broader questions that my research pursues. I have specialized mostly in Indo-European (particularly Romance) languages and Basque, presenting analyses from these arenas in a comparative way. I often attempt to relate conclusions reached in the area of syntax to work in the evolution of language or a variety of its performative aspects. |
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Wallsten, Thomas
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Areas : Memory, Decision Making, Reasoning
Summary : As a cognitive psychologist with a penchant for formal models and a primary research interest in behavioral decision theory, I seek to develop useful, well-grounded cognitive theory and methods of data analysis regarding judgment and choice processes. |
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Wang, Jian
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Summary : Our lab seeks to understand the fundamental molecular mechanisms that guide the formation and maintenance of the nervous system using the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, as a model system. |
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Weinberg, Amy
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Areas : Speech and Language
Summary : The laboratory investigates a variety of multilingual applications (cross language question answer, information retrieval, summarization, machine translation). Currently we are contributing to a Cross Langauge Question Answering system. We collaborate with colleagues who address issues in document and alternate media (e.g. video) processing. |
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Wenthold, Robert J.
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Areas : Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience
Summary : The Section on Neurotransmitter Receptor Biology studies the molecular mechanisms underlying auditory system function with emphasis on neurotransmission and neuromodulation. A major focus of our research is on the characterization of the excitatory neurotransmitter, glutamate, which is the neurotransmitter at most excitatory synapses in the mammalian auditory system as well as throughout the central nervous system. In addition to its role in neurotransmission, glutamate also can act as a neurotoxin leading to degeneration of neurons. Some neurodegenerative disorders may result, at least partially, from an abnormality in the glutamatergic system. Glutamate also plays a role in synaptic plasticity, and glutamate receptors may be modified during events such as synapse formation and learning and memory. |
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Woodward, Amanda
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Areas : Human Development
Level : Cognitive Science
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Summary : At the Maryland Infant Studies Laboratory we investigate babies' understanding of the social world. In particular, we study how babies make sense of other people's actions. |
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Wu, Doris K.
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Summary : The goal of our research is to identify genes that are important in the development of the inner ear. The inner ear is structurally complex. Any perturbations in its patterning during development will undoubtedly lead to functional deficits. Therefore, a good understanding of the normal development of the inner ear at a molecular level will help to decipher malformations resulting from mutations. The chicken and the mouse are the two animal models currently being used in our laboratory. In the chicken, we have employed various embryonic manipulations such as implantation and transplantation techniques to address the normal development of the inner ear. To investigate the function of a specific gene of interest during inner ear development, we use avian retrovirus vectors as a method of gene transfer for gain or loss of function experiments. In collaboration with other laboratories, we are also characterizing several knock-out mice that have developmental inner ear defects. |
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Yager, David D.
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Areas : Auditory Neuroscience, Neuroethology, Neuromorphic Engineering and Sensory-Motor Integration
Level : Systems Neuroscience
Approach : Animal Behavior, Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology
Summary : The overarching goal of our laboratory is to find out how insect auditory systems are able to acquire and process acoustic information to yield complex, adaptive behaviors. We are especially interested in the evolution of hearing in insects, and have chosen the very unusual praying mantis ear as a model system. |
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Yeni-Komshian, Grace
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Summary : The focus of my research is on bilingualism. A major question of investigation is the effect of the age at which bilingual individuals acquire their second language on their proficiency in both of their languages. In this research we make use of current research techniques in speech perception and acoustic analysis of speech. |
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