Funding Source: James S. McDonnell Foundation – The diversity of the world’s languages led many thinkers to speculate that linguistic diversity could also lead to cognitive diversity across speakers of different languages. The goal of the current project is to … Continue reading Understanding the Unique Relationship between Language and Human Cognition

Funding Source: NIDCD R01DC018279 – The majority of deaf children are at risk for impoverished and/or delayed exposure to language, spoken or signed, because they have limited access to speech sounds and have parents who are not native users of … Continue reading Effects of input quality on ASL vocabulary acquisition in deaf children

Funding Source: Wellesley College – Psychiatric disorders are impairing and distressing to a large percentage of the population. Unfortunately, the field has a limited understanding of which factors contribute to the development and maintenance of psychiatric symptoms. My lab uses a … Continue reading Investigating Irritability