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I am an assistant professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Maryland. My research is aimed at linking what we know about language to what we know about the brain, with the goal of developing better models of language processing and the neural mechanisms underlying it. I use a wide range of behavioral and neurophysiological techniques towards this end, including ERPs, MEG, and fMRI. Much of my recent work has examined how readers and listeners use their knowledge of the language to build expectations about the upcoming input, and I am beginning to also look at how these expectations may break down in neuropsychological disorders such as schizophrenia. I am currently on leave finishing my postdoctoral research in Gina Kuperberg's lab at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (Massachusetts General Hospital). I will return to UMD in Summer 2012. |