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I am a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Linguistics at the University of Connecticut, and a Senior Scientist at Haskins Laboratories. I am an affiliated faculty member of the CT Institute for Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and a former fellow of the UConn Humanities Institute.

My main research interest is to better understand the human language faculty. Primarily I examine this by studying the structure and acquisition of American Sign Language, and by looking at the process of language acquisition across different languages. See my Research page and the Sign Linguistics and Language Acquisition lab site for more information.

9/13 ECOM Meet&Greet

ECOM Meet&Greet

Friday, September 13th, 2019

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM

Storrs Campus
UCHI

Please join us for our first ECOM event of the year. Recipients of ECOM summer scholarships will present their work, and we'll mingle and share summer exploits over refreshments.

Contact Information: dorit.bar-on@uconn.edu
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9/20 Cognitive Science Colloquium: Marjorie Solomon

Cognitive Science Colloquium: Marjorie Solomon

Friday, September 20th, 2019

04:00 PM - 05:30 PM

Storrs Campus
Oak Hall 117

The Cognitive Science Colloquium Series is proud to present Marjorie Solomon, Professor and the Oates Family Endowed Chair in Lifespan Development in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and the MIND Institute at UC Davis

Dr. Solomon will provide a talk entitled "Executive Control in Children, Adolescents, and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Behavioral and Neural Mechanisms"

Abstract: Many individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) exhibit executive control deficits, meaning that they fail to maintain appropriate task context representations so they can inhibit impulsive responding, behave flexibly, and thereby effectively pursue their goals. Although individuals with typical development are thought to experience significant maturation of executive control processes during adolescence, those with ASD are thought to exhibit executive control impairments that persist into adolescence and young adulthood and are associated with clinically significant difficulties in social and adaptive functioning, and attention deficit, internalizing, and ASD symptoms. Given the challenges inherent in the transition to adulthood, it is critical to better understand the precise nature and development of executive control deficits in those with ASD, and their associations with behavior. This talk will briefly review behavioral and neuroimaging studies of executive control in ASD, and present new neuropsychological and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) results from the first wave of a large longitudinal cohort sequential study of individuals with ASD and typical development ages 12-22 years. We seek to clarify the neural signatures of executive control deficits in those with ASD and to investigate how the development of executive control impacts the transition to adulthood in these individuals.

If you are interested in meeting with Dr. Solomon during the day, and/or coming to dinner Friday night, please contact Dr. Naigles: letitia.naigles@uconn.edu

Contact Information: letitia.naigles@uconn.edu
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10/17 ECOM Spotlight Dr. Emily Myers

ECOM Spotlight Dr. Emily Myers

Thursday, October 17th, 2019

12:00 PM - 01:30 PM

Storrs Campus
Arjona 307

A talk by ECOM member Prof. Emily Myers, title and room TBA

Contact Information: dorit.bar-on@uconn.edu
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11/1 Annual Logic Lecture: Chris Kennedy (Chicago)

Annual Logic Lecture: Chris Kennedy (Chicago)

Friday, November 1st, 2019

01:30 PM - 06:00 PM

Storrs Campus
tba

The 2019/20 UConn Logic Group

Scholar of Consequence

Chris Kennedy (Chicago)

will present the Annual Logic Lecture.

Details to follow.

https://logic.uconn.edu/annual-logic-lecture/

Contact Information: https://logic.uconn.edu/about/
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11/1 Logic Colloquium: Pauline Jacobson (Brown)

Logic Colloquium: Pauline Jacobson (Brown)

Friday, November 1st, 2019

01:30 PM - 03:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Humantities Institute, 4th Floor Homer Babbidge Library

Join us in the Logic Colloquium for a talk by Pauline Jacobson (Brown)!

Details t.b.a.

https://logic.uconn.edu/

Contact Information: https://logic.uconn.edu/about/
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