People
Priniciple Investigator
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Dr. Viorica Marian
vmarian@northwestern.edu
Phone: 847-491-2420
Research interests: language processing in bilinguals, language and memory, neurolinguistics of bilingualism, and bilingual assessment
Recent publications:
- Blumenfeld, H., & Marian, V. (2011). Bilingualism influences inhibitory control in auditory comprehension. Cognition, 118, 245-257. [pdf]
- Kaushanskaya, M., Blumenfeld, H.K., & Marian, V. (2011). The relationship between vocabulary and short-term memory measures in monolingual and bilingual speakers. The International Journal of Bilingualism, 15, 4, 408-425. DOI:10.1177/1367006911403201. [pdf]
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Lab Manager
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Marilyn Logan
mjlogan@northwestern.edu
Phone: 847-491-2656
Research interests: leadership in teams, bilingualism, stuttering, American Sign Language
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Post-Doctoral Fellows
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Dr. Luci Iordanescu
l-iordanescu@northwestern.edu
Phone: 847-491-4507
Research interests: bilingualism, perception, attention, memory, cognitive neuroscience
Recent publications:
- Iordanescu, L., Grabowecky, M., & Suzuki, S . (2010). Object-based auditory facilitation of visual search for pictures and words with frequent and infrequent targets. Acta Psychologica, doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2003.10.071. [pdf]
- Iordanescu, L., Grabowecky, M., & Suzuki, S. (2009). Demand-based dynamic distribution of attention and monitoring of velocities during multiple-object tracking. Journal of Vision, 9(4):1, 1-12, http://journalofvision.org/9/4/1/, doi:10.1167/9.4.1. [pdf]
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Dr. Xin Wang
xin.wang1@northwestern.edu
Phone: 847-467-1568
Research interests: bilingual representation and processing, bilingual lexicon, neurolinguistics of bilingualism
Recent publications:
- Jiang, N., Novokshanova, E., Masuda, K. & Wang, X. (2011). Morphological Congruency and the Acquisition of L2 morphemes. Language Learning, 61 (3), 940-967. [pdf]
- Wang, X. & Forster, K. I. (2010). Masked Translation Priming in Semantic Categorization: Testing the Sense Model. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 10(3). 1-14. [pdf]
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PhD Candidates (ABD)
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Anthony Shook
a-shook@northwestern.edu
Phone: 847-467-2709
Research interests: language processing in bilinguals, computational models of language, and bimodal bilingualism
Recent presentation:
- Shook, A., & Marian V. (under review). Bimodal Bilinguals Co-activate Both Languages during Spoken Comprehension.
- Shook, A., & Marian V. (under review). The Bilingual Language Interaction Network for Comprehension of Speech.
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Scott Schroeder
schroeder@u.northwestern.edu
Phone: 847-467-2709
Research interests: language and memory, bilingual audio-visual integration, cognitive aging
Recent publications:
- Schroeder, S., & Marian, V. (in press). A bilingual advantage for episodic memory in older adults. Journal of Cognitive Psychology.
- Blumenfeld, H.K., Schroeder, S.R., & Marian, V. (under review). Age-related changes in inhibition and facilitation during word recognition.
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James Bartolotti
j-bartolotti@u.northwestern.edu
Phone: 312-521-0123
Research interests: novel language learning in monolinguals and bilinguals, and cross-linguistic interaction during learning
Recent publications:
- Bartolotti, J., & Marian, V. (in press). Language learning and control in monolinguals and bilinguals. Cognitive Science. [pdf]
- Bartolotti, J., Marian, V., Schroeder, S. R., & Shook, A. (2011). Bilingualism and inhibitory control influence statistical learning of novel word forms. Frontiers in psychology, 2(324). doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00324. [pdf]
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PhD students
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Sarah Chabal
schabal@u.northwestern.edu
Phone: 847-467-2709
Research interests: bilingual audio-visual integration and depth of bilingual language processing
Recent publications:
- Schroeder, S. R., Marian, V., Shook, A., Bartolotti, J., & Chabal, S. A. (2011, November). Bilingual experience and inhibitory control influence novel word form learning. Poster session presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Seattle, WA.
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Jen Krizman
j-krizman@northwestern.edu
Phone: 847-491-2459
Research interests: auditory processing in bilinguals, neural correlates of bilingualism
Recent presentations:
- Krizman J., Marian V., Shook A., Skoe E., Kraus N. (under review) Bilingualism and the brain: Subcortical indices of enhanced executive function.
- Krizman J., Marian V., Shook A., Skoe E., Kraus N. Bilinguals show enhanced subcortical representation of sound. Society for Neuroscience, Washington D.C.
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Chien-Ju Hsu
chienjuhsu@u.northwestern.edu
Phone: 847-491-7197
Research interests: language processing and recovery in (bilingual) aphasia
Recent publications:
- Thompson, C. K., Cho, S., Hsu, C. J., Wieneke, C., Rademaker, A., Weitner, B. B., & Mesulam, M. M. (2012). Dissociations between fluency and agrammatism in primary progressive aphasia. Aphasiology, 26(1), 20-43. [pdf]
- Bastiaanse, R., Bamyaci, E., Hsu, C. J. , Lee, J., Duman, T. Y., & Thompson, C. K. (2011). Time reference in agrammatic aphasia: A cross-linguistic study. Journal of Neurolinguistics. [pdf]
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MASTER Student
Undergraduate Students
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Paula Acuna
pacuna@u.northwestern.edu
Phone: 847-736-7622 (cell)
847-673-5956 (home)
Research interests: language acquisition in bilinguals, language disorders |
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Tiffany Kim
tiffanykim2014@u.northwestern.edu
Phone: 917-348-7245
Research interests: language processing in bilinguals
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Leah Perloff
leahperloff2015@u.northwestern.edu
Phone: 610-945-7475
Research interests: language development in children with autism, language and memory in bilinguals, language processing for bilingual children with autism, typical and atypical language development in childhood |
Lab Alumni
Henrike Blumenfeld, Ph.D.
currently Assistant Professor, San Diego State University
henrike.blumenfeld@sdsu.edu
Margarita Kaushanskaya, Ph.D.
currently Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
kaushanskaya@wisc.edu
Li Sheng, Ph.D.
currently Assistant Professor, University of Texas-Austin
lil-sh@northwestern.edu
Yasmeen Faroqi Shah, Ph.D.
currently Assistant Professor, University of Maryland
yshah@hesp.umd.edu
Caitlin Fausey, Ph.D. Standford University
currently Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Indiana
cmfausey@psych.stanford.edu
Alison Moy
currently M.D. student, University of Texas-Houston
a-moy-1@northwestern.edu
Jay Mittal
currently M.D. student, University of Pennsylvania
j-mittal@northwestern.edu
Elena Dukhovny
currently Ph.D. student, San Francisco State University and UC Berkeley
e_dukh@hotmail.com
View group photos [pdf]