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  • Core Faculty
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    FacultySusan Brennan image Bio

    Susan Brennan

    Professor, Cognitive Science

    Director of the Cognitive Science Program

    InterestsLanguage use and processing in communication; psycholinguistics; multi-modal dialogue; human-AI interaction. Contact

    susan.brennan@stonybrook.edu

    Psychology B-322
    Phone: (631) 632-9145

    FacultyRichard Gerrig photo Bio

    Richard Gerrig

    Professor, Cognitive Science

    Director of Graduate Studies

    Interests

    Psycholinguistics, especially the implications of non-conventional language for theories of language processing  and processes that give rise to and that follow from readers' experiences of being transported by narratives.

    Contact

    richard.gerrig@stonybrook.edu

    Psychology B-201
    Phone: (631) 632-7847

    FacultySurparna Rajaram Bio

    Suparna Rajaram

    Distinguished Professor, Cognitive Science

    Director of Graduate Studies

    InterestsMemory, amnesia, cognitive neuroscience, recollective experience, memory in the social context. Contact

    suparna.rajaram@stonybrook.edu

    Psychology B-252
    Phone: (631) 632-7841

    FacultyLauren Richmond Picture Bio

    Lauren Richmond

    Associate Professor, Cognitive Science

    InterestsEveryday cognition, cognitive aging, individual differences, working memory, aging, intervention. Contact

    lauren.richmond@stonybrook.edu

    Psychology B-342
    Phone: (631) 632-7832

    FacultyGregory Zelinsky photo Bio

    Gregory Zelinsky

    Professor, Cognitive Science Joint Associate Professor, Computer Science

    InterestsVisual cognition (attention, search, scene perception, and visual working memory), with emphasis on the behavioral and computational study of eye movements in visual search. Contact

    gregory.zelinsky@stonybrook.edu

    Psychology B-240
    Phone: (631) 632-7827

  • Affiliated Faculty
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    Faculty Marie Huffman Bio

    Marie Huffman

    Associate Professor,
    Department of Linguistics
    InterestsPhonetics, including howfine details of pronunciation are affected by linguistic structure and communicative context. Her recent research addresses how speakers adapt pronunciation due to partnerlanguage/dialect and communicative setting and how the sound systems of L1 and L2 interact in adult language learners. Contact Email:   marie.huffman@stonybrook.edu
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    Jared Van Snellenberg

    Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science

    Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology

    Interests

    Neural mechanisms of psychosis (hallucinations and delusions); working memory and cognitive control; memory impairment in schizophrenia; functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) methods development; resting state functional connectivity; multiband (simultaneous multi-slice) fMRI; multimodal imaging (MRI, PET, MRS, EEG, etc.); back-translational clinical neuroscience; meta-analysis; linear modeling.

    Contact

    Jared.VanSnellenberg@stonybrookmedicine.edu

    HSC Level 10 Room 041H

    Phone: (631) 638-0064

  • Research Faculty
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    FacultyArt Samuel Bio

    Arthur Samuel

    Research Professor, Cognitive Science

     

    InterestsPerception, language, attention, and memory.  The majority of his research in the last two decades has investigated  both bottom-up and top-down processes in speech recognition. Contact

    arthur.samuel@stonybrook.edu

    Psychology A-240
    Phone: (631) 632-7792

  • Emeritus Faculty
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    FacultyNancy Franklin Bio

    Nancy Franklin

    Emerita Professor, Cognitive Science

    InterestsMemory and memory errors, including applications to the criminal justice system. Dr. Franklin regularly serves as an expert witness, both for current trials and post-conviction cases, on the reliability of eyewitness identification and memory.