Research Topics
The lab’s research is aimed at elucidating the nature, form, and functions of mental representations.
Current projects focus primarily on two topics:
- how the mind represents and manipulates visual and spatial information, how these representations and processes are realized in the brain, and how they are affected when the brain is damaged or fails to develop normally.
- the representations and processes that underlie our ability to spell words, and how these representations and processes are disrupted in acquired and developmental dysgraphia.
We are also interested in
- numerical and mathematical cognition
- foundational issues in cognitive neuropsychology & cognitive science
Approaches
We bring a variety of perspectives and methods to bear on these issues, including
- cognitive neuropsychological studies of brain-damaged adults
- cognitive neuropsychological studies of children with developmental cognitive deficits
- psychophysical studies of normal adults;
- computational modeling;
- functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
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