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People in the lab

 

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Principal Investigators

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Marc Joanisse, Ph.D.

Marc has been at Western since 2000, studying the cognitive and brain bases of language and reading. His research emphasizes the importance of studying multiple aspects of language ability, in a variety of populations, using a range of techniques. This includes studing phonology, reading and grammar abilities in adults and children, using everything from traditional behavioural techniques to eyetracking and neuroimaging.  
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Lisa Archibald, Ph.D.

Lisa is a professor in Communication Sciences and Disorders at Western. She received her Ph.D. in 2006 from the University of Durham in the UK, where she studied working memory and language disorders in children. Her research examines nonword repetition as a marker of short term memory and language skills in children and adults.
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Research Associate


Jennifer Hoshooley 

Jennifer obtained her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Western examining neuroplasticity in the adult brain and is now involved in various projects in the lab.

   

Postdoctoral Fellow

Suzanne Welcome, Ph.D

Suzanne is working in fMRI studies of reading ability and disability in children and adults. She was previously at The University of California, Riverside.


Alexandra Twyman, Ph.D

Alex has just joined the lab, and is working on the cognitive and neural bases of spatial orientation in adults and children. She received her graduate training at Temple University.



Graduate Students

Jeff Malins

Jeff is a Ph.D. student in Neuroscience working on processing of phonemic and tonal contrasts in speakers of Mandarin Chinese.

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Laura Westmaas

Laura is a Ph.D. student in Psychology. He research looks at ERP correlates of complex word processing. She previously obtained her Bachelor's degree from the University of Windsor.

 

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Emily Nichols

Emily is a first year M.Sc. student in Psychology, working on proficiency and age of acquisition in second language speakers. She obtained her B.Sc. degree in Neuroscience from Dalhousie University.

 

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Diedre Desouza

Diedre is a first year M.Sc. student in Neuroscience, working on analyzing the hierarchial organization of human auditory cortex. She obtained her B.HSc. degree in Health Science from Western University.

 

 

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