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Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center
NSF Science of Learning Center
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SILC MEMBERS

Members:

PI: N.Newcombe
Co-PIs: D.Gentner, S.Goldin-Meadow, L.Hedges, S.Levine
Site Coordinators: N.Newcombe, D.Gentner, S.Levine, R.Epstein
Leadership Group: N.Newcombe, D.Gentner, S.Levine, D.Uttal, L.Gomez, L.Hedges, S.Goldin-Meadow, R.Epstein, K.Forbus, J. Huttenlocher, T. Regier, T. Shipley
Faculty
Graduate Students
Postdocs (Also, see: Guest Postdocs and Postdocs in SILC Lab/non-SILC projects)
Research Assistant Professors
Adjunct Researchers
Staff
Undergraduates

Advisory Board

 

Labs

 

Alumni

 

External Evaluator

Members: FACULTY

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |


Ankenman headshot  Bruce Ankenman  
  BioSketch
  Northwestern University
Department of Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences
Director of Undergraduate Programs at the Segal Design Institute
Director, Master of Engineering Management Program

Beilock headshot  Sian Beilock  
  BioSketch
  University of Chicago
Department of Psychology
Principal Investigator, Human Performance Lab   [brief lab description here]
♦Beilock's Blog: Psychology Today: Choke: A look into what the secrets of the brain reveal about success and failure at work and at play

Chatterjee headshot  Anjan Chatterjee  
  BioSketch
  University of Pennsylvania
Department of Neurology
Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
Director, ChatLab of Cognitive Neurology   [brief lab description here]

Chein headshot  Jason Chein  
  BioSketch
  Temple University
Department of Psychology
Principal Investigator, Neurocognition Laboratory
Faculty, Research in Spatial Cognition (RISC) Lab   [brief lab description here]

Cromley headshot  Jennifer Cromley  
  BioSketch
  Temple University
College of Education Faculty Homepage
College of Education
Faculty, Research in Spatial Cognition (RISC) Lab   [brief lab description here]
Faculty, Comprehension, Motivation and Cognition (CMAC) Lab   [brief lab description here]

Epstein headshot  Russell Epstein  
  BioSketch
  University of Pennsylvania
Department of Psychology
Director, Epstein Lab   [brief lab description here]
Faculty, Research in Spatial Cognition Lab (RISC)   [brief lab description here]

Forbus headshot  Kenneth Forbus  
  BioSketch
  Northwestern University
Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Head of the Cognitive Systems Division
Director, Qualitative Reasoning Group   [brief lab description here]

Franconeri headshot  Steven Franconeri  
  BioSketch
  Northwestern University
Department of Psychology
Principal Investigator, Visual Attention and Cognition Lab   [brief lab description here]

Gentner headshot  Dedre Gentner (Co-PI)  
  BioSketch
  Northwestern University
Department of Psychology
Director, Cognitive Science Program
School of Education and Social Policy
Principal Investigator, Cognition and Language Lab   [brief lab description here]
Principal Investigator, Project on Children's Thinking   [brief lab description here]

Goldin-Meadow headshot  Susan Goldin-Meadow (Co-PI)  
  BioSketch
  University of Chicago
Department of Psychology
Principal Investigator/Collaborator, Language Project
Goldin-Meadow Laboratory   [brief lab description here]

Gomez  Louis Gomez  
  BioSketch
  University of Pittsburgh
School of Education
Meaningful Science Consortium
Co-Director, Center for Learning Technologies in Urban Schools (LeTUS)

Hedges headshot  Larry Hedges (Co-PI)  
  BioSketch
  Northwestern University
School of Education and Social Policy
Institute for Policy Research

Hespos headshot  Sue Hespos  
  BioSketch
  Northwestern University
Department of Psychology
Director, Infant Cognition Lab   [brief lab description here]

Hirsh-Pasek headshot  Kathy Hirsh-Pasek  
  BioSketch
  Temple University
Department of Psychology
Co-Director, Temple Infant Lab   [brief lab description here]
Faculty, Research in Spatial Cognition Lab (RISC)   [brief lab description here]

Huttenlocher headshot  Janellen Huttenlocher  
  BioSketch
  University of Chicago
Department of Psychology
Principal Investigator/Collaborator, Language Project
Co-Principal Investigator, Center for Early Childhood Research

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Kolvoord headshot  Robert A. Kolvoord  
  BioSketch
  James Madison University
Department of Integrated Science and Technology
Co-Director, JMU Center for STEM Education and Outreach

Levine headshot  Susan Levine (Co-PI)  
  BioSketch
  University of Chicago
Department of Psychology
Principal Investigator/Collaborator, Language Project
Co-Principal Investigator, Center for Early Childhood Research   [brief lab description here]

Manduca headshot  Cathy Manduca  
  BioSketch
  Carleton College
Director, the Science Education Resource Center (SERC)

Marshall headshot  Peter Marshall  
  BioSketch
  Temple University
Developmental Science Lab

Newcombe headshot  Nora Newcombe (PI)  
  BioSketch
  Temple University
Co-Director, Temple Infant Lab   [brief lab description here]
Faculty, Research in Spatial Cognition Lab (RISC)   [brief lab description here]

Nusbaum headshot  Howard Nusbaum  
  BioSketch
  University of Chicago
Department of Psychology

Rapp headshot  David Rapp  
  SESP homepage   Psychology homepage
  BioSketch
  Northwestern University
School of Education and Social Policy (SESP)
Department of Psychology
Reading Comprehension Lab   [brief lab description here]

Regier headshot  Terry Regier  
  Linguistics homepage
  BioSketch
  University of California at Berkeley
Department of Linguistics
Department of Cognitive Science

Sageman headshot  Brad Sageman  
  BioSketch
  Northwestern University
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences

Sherin headshot  Bruce Sherin  
  BioSketch
  Northwestern University
School of Education and Social Policy
Principal Investigator, The Conceptual Dynamics Project

Shipley headshot  Thomas Shipley  
  BioSketch
  Temple University
Department of Psychology
Director, Vision Lab   [brief lab description here]
Faculty, Research in Spatial Cognition Lab (RISC)   [brief lab description here]

Tikoff headshot  Basil Tikoff  
  BioSketch
  University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Geology and Geophysics

Uttal headshot  David H. Uttal  
  BioSketch
  Northwestern University
Department of Psychology
School of Education and Social Policy
Uttal Lab   [brief lab description here]


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Members: GRADUATE STUDENTS

Applebaum headshot  Lauren Applebaum  
  University of Chicago
Department of Psychology
Center for Early Childhood Research
   [brief lab description here]

Atit headshot  Kinnari Atit  
  Temple University
Department of Psychology
Brain and Cognitive Sciences Program
Research in Spatial Cognition Lab (RISC)   [brief lab description here]

♦ Leanne Beaudoin, University of Chicago

♦ Neon Brooks, University of Chicago

Chang headshot  Maria Chang  
  Northwestern University
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Qualitative Reasoning Group   [brief lab description here]

♦ Heeyoung Choo, Northwestern University

Christie headshot  Stella Christie  
  Northwestern University
Department of Psychology
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia
Cognition and Language Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Alissa Ferry, Northwestern University
Infant Cognition Lab   [brief lab description here]

Fisher headshot  Kelly Fisher  
  Temple University
Department of Psychology
Developmental Psychology Program
Temple Infant Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Shannon L. Fitzhugh, Temple University
Vision Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Molly Flaherty, University of Chicago

Glazek headshot  Kuba Glazek  
  Temple University
Department of Psychology
Brain and Cognitive Sciences Program
Research in Spatial Cognition Lab (RISC)   [brief lab description here]

Goksun headshot  Tilbe Goksun  
  Temple University
Department of Psychology
Temple Infant Lab   [brief lab description here]

Gunderson headshot  Elizabeth Gunderson  
  University of Chicago
Department of Psychology
Center for Early Childhood Research
   [brief lab description here]

♦ Cara Harwood, Carleton College

Harris headshot  Justin Harris  
  Temple University
Department of Psychology
Temple Infant Lab   [brief lab description here]

Holden headshot  Mark Holden  
  Temple University
Department of Psychology
Research in Spatial Cognition Lab (RISC)   [brief lab description here]

♦ Margaret (Dea) Hunsicker, University of Chicago

Jamrozik headshot  Anja Jamrozik  
  Northwestern University
Department of Psychology
Cognition and Language Lab   [brief lab description here]

Khetarpal headshot  Naveen Khetarpal
  University of Chicago
Department of Psychology
Program in Cognition
Center for Early Childhood Research
   [brief lab description here]

Kontra headshot  Carly Kontra  
  University of Chicago
Department of Psychology
Human Performance Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Mee-Kyoung Kwon, University of Chicago

Lovett headshot  Andrew Lovett  
  Northwestern University
♦McCormick School of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Cognitive Systems Division
Qualitative Reasoning Group   [brief lab description here]

headshot not available  Ian Lyons
  University of Chicago
Department of Psychology
Human Performance Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Andrew Mattarella-Micke, University of Chicago

Matuk headshot  Camillia Matuk  
  School of Education and Social Policy profile
  Northwestern University
School of Education and Social Policy
Learning Sciences Program
Uttal Lab   [brief lab description here]

Morrison headshot  Alexandra Morrison  
  Temple University
Department of Psychology
Neurocognition Laboratory   [brief lab description here]

♦ Julia Parish-Morris, Temple University

Parrott headshot  Stacey Parrott  
  Northwestern University
Department of Psychology
Cognitive Psychology Program
Visual Attention and Cognition Lab   [brief lab description here]
Uttal Lab   [brief lab description here]

Ramirez headshot  Gerardo Ramirez  
  University of Chicago
Department of Psychology
Cognition Progam
Human Performance Lab   [brief lab description here]

Resnick headshot  Ilyse Resnick  
  Temple University
Department of Psychology
Brain and Cognitive Sciences Program
Research in Spatial Cognition Lab (RISC)   [brief lab description here]
Vision Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Sarah Roseberry, Temple University
Temple Infant Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Eyal Sagi, Northwestern University
Cognition and Language Lab   [brief lab description here]

Sauter headshot  Megan Sauter  
  Northwestern University
Department of Psychology
Uttal Lab   [brief lab description here]

Simms headshot  Nina Simms  
  Northwestern University
Department of Psychology
Cognition and Language Lab   [brief lab description here]

Smith headshot  Linsey Smith
  Northwestern University
Department of Psychology
Cognition and Language Lab   [brief lab description here]

Trofatter headshot  Calla Trofatter  
  University of Chicago
Department of Psychology
Developmental Psychology Program
Goldin-Meadow Laboratory   [brief lab description here]

Twyman headshot  Alexandra Twyman  
  Temple University
Department of Psychology
Research in Spatial Cognition Lab (RISC)   [brief lab description here]
Temple Infant Lab   [brief lab description here]


Wetzel headshot  Jon Wetzel
  Northwestern University
♦McCormick School of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Cognitive Systems Division
Qualitative Reasoning Group   [brief lab description here]

♦ Steve Weisberg, Temple University

♦ Shu-ju Yang, University of Chicago


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Members: POSTDOCS

SILC Postdocs

Albert headshot  Neil Albert  
  University of Chicago
Department of Psychology
Human Performance Lab   [brief lab description here]

Balcomb headshot  Frances Balcomb  
  Temple University
Department of Psychology
Research in Spatial Cognition Lab (RISC)   [brief lab description here]
Temple Infant Lab   [brief lab description here]

Cardillo headshot  Eileen Cardillo  
  University of Pennsylvania
Department of Neurology
Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
ChatLab of Cognitive Neurology   [brief lab description here]

♦ Erica Cartmill, University of Chicago
Goldin-Meadow Laboratory   [brief lab description here]

♦ Banchiamlack Dessalegn, University of Chicago
Goldin-Meadow Laboratory   [brief lab description here]

Frick headshot  Andrea Frick  
  Temple University
Department of Psychology
Research in Spatial Cognition Lab (RISC)   [brief lab description here]
Temple Infant Lab   [brief lab description here]

Goldwater headshot  Micah Goldwater  
  Northwestern University
Department of Psychology
Cognition and Language Lab   [brief lab description here]

Nardi headshot  Daniele Nardi  
  Temple University
Department of Psychology
Research in Spatial Cognition Lab (RISC)   [brief lab description here]

Ping headshot  Raedy Ping  
  University of Chicago
Department of Psychology
Center for Early Childhood Research
   [brief lab description here]
Goldin-Meadow Laboratory   [brief lab description here]

Schinazi headshot  Victor Schinazi  
  University of Pennsylvania
Department of Psychology
Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
Epstein Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Liesje Spaepen, University of Chicago
Goldin-Meadow Laboratory   [brief lab description here]

Todd headshot  Jay Todd  
  University of Chicago
Department of Psychology
Human Performance Lab   [brief lab description here]

Guest Postdocs (non-funded affiliate)

♦ Matt Carlson, University of Chicago

♦ Benjamin Straube, University of Pennsylvania

♦ Elena Zinchenko, University of Chicago

Postdocs in SILC Labs (working on non-SILC projects with SILC researchers)


Members: RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR / RESEARCHER

♦ Carol Ormand, Carleton College / University of Wisconsin-Madison


Spatial Network Members / ADJUNCT RESEARCHERS

♦ Mary Hegarty, University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of Psychology
Hegarty Spatial Thinking Lab

♦ Ramon E. Lopez, University of Texas at Arlington
Department of Physics

♦ Sarah Paterson, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

♦ Robert Schultz, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia


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Members: STAFF

♦ Claire Bradley, University of Chicago
Center for Early Childhood Research
   [brief lab description here]

♦ Caroline Crouch, Northwestern University

♦ Hannah Degner, University of Chicago

♦ Sonica Dhillon, Northwestern University
Cognition and Language Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Nadeeka Dias, Northwestern University

♦ Benjamin Apollo Dionysus, Northwestern University
Cognition and Language Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Dominique W. Dumay, Temple University
Vision Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Catherine Fitz, University of Chicago

♦ Melissa Hansen, Temple University
Temple Infant Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Melissa Herrett, University of Chicago

♦ Elizabeth Hickey, University of Chicago
Center for Early Childhood Research
   [brief lab description here]

♦ Katherine James, Northwestern University
Cognition and Language Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Jodi Khan, University of Chicago

♦ Ross Littauer, Temple University

♦ Nathaniel Meadow, Northwestern University
Uttal Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Christina Sartor, TempleUniversity

♦ Kristi Schonwald, University of Chicago
Language Project

♦ Jason Scimeca, Northwestern University

♦ Jenn Stedillie, Northwestern University
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♦ Jeffrey Usher, Northwestern University
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♦ Jason Voigt, University of Chicago

♦ Emily Ward, University of Pennsylvania
RA in the Epstein Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Amie Wolf, Northwestern University
Project on Children's Thinking   [brief lab description here]


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Members: UNDERGRADUATES

♦ Raymond Crookes, Temple University

♦ Amanda Funk, Temple University

♦ Yini Shi, University of Chicago

♦ Katherine Stone, University of Chicago

♦ Caryn Trasken, Temple University
Vision Lab   [brief lab description here]


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ADVISORY BOARD

  Barbara Bowman, Erikson Institute & CPS

  Christian Freksa, Universitaet Bremen (Germany)
  Member of our Spatial Network

  Marty Gartzman, University of Illinois at Chicago

  Herbert Ginsberg, Teachers College, Columbia University

  Lila Gleitman, University of Pennsylvania

  Michael Goodchild, University of California, Santa Barbara

  Nancy Kolb, Please Touch Museum

  Barbara Landau, The Johns Hopkins University
  Member of our Spatial Network

  Marcia Linn, University of California, Berkeley
  Member of our Spatial Network

  Stephen Marshak, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  David Mosena, Museum of Science & Industry

  Stephen Palmer, University of California, Berkeley

  Mary Potter, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Bob Tinker, The Concord Consortium


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LABS

♦ Center for Early Childhood Research
Dr. Levine's research examines how variations in home and school input affect the cognitive development of children, including language, spatial and mathematical skills. She also examines plasticity of language and cognitive skills following early brain injury.

Center for Early Childhood Research is at: Department of Psychology, University of Chicago
Lab Director: Susan Levine

♦ ChatLab of Cognitive Neurology
Our major emphasis is on the study of attention, perception, and language. The research is conducted by studying patients with selective deficits following brain damage and using functional neuroimaging in normal subjects.

ChatLab of Cognitive Neurology is at: Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania.
Lab Director: Anjan Chatterjee

♦ Cognition and Language Lab
Northwestern University researchers in the Cognition and Language Lab are currently conducting research on the effects of analogy and similarity on learning.

Cognition and Language Lab is at: Department of Psychology, Northwestern University.
Lab Director: Dedre Gentner

♦ Comprehension, Motivation and Cognition (CMAC) Lab
The Comprehension, Motivation, and Cognition Lab (CMAC). The CMAC Lab, headed by Jennifer Cromley, Ph.D. and Research Coordinator Theodore Wills, Ph.D., includes three sponsored research projects. The 21st Century Center for Cognition and Science Instruction is a national Center that is conducting a randomized controlled trial of middle school science curriculum modifications. Teaching Effective Use of Diagrammatic Reasoning in Biology is an experimental study comparing four methods of teaching high school biology students to reason with diagrams. A multimethod approach to understanding dropout from STEM gateway courses is a longitudinal, multimethod study of undergraduate dropout from chemistry and biology majors.

Comprehension, Motivation and Cognition (CMAC) Lab is at: Temple University.
Lab Directors: Jennifer G. Cromley and Research Coordinator, Theodore Wills

♦ Epstein Lab
All mobile organisms must represent the space around them if they are to successfully move and act in the world. In our lab, we use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and behavioral testing to uncover the mechanisms that support spatial representation in humans. We are particularly interested in representations that are critical for navigation, such as representations of places (particular locations in the world) and scenes (i.e. the set of visual inputs observed when in a particular place).

Epstein Lab is at: Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania
Lab Director: Russell A. Epstein

♦ Goldin-Meadow Laboratory
It is commonly asked whether language is learned or innate. In my research, I recast the question so that it is amenable to investigation. I ask which aspects of language development are more (or less) sensitive to linguistic and environmental input. Specifically, I have been engaged in a research program to identify the properties of language whose development can withstand wide variations in learning conditions - the "resilient" properties of language.
Another facet of my work explores the spontaneous gestures that hearing adults and children produce as they speak.


Goldin-Meadow Laboratory is at: Department of Psychology, University of Chicago
Lab Director: Susan Goldin-Meadow

♦ Human Performance Lab
Broadly speaking, work in our lab investigates the cognitive and neural substrates governing the learning and performance of complex cognitive skills (e.g., math problem solving) and complex sensorimotor skills (e.g., golf putting). We are interested in understanding the attention and memory processes that support task execution, as well as how high-pressure or high-stakes situations impact performance. Together, our work demonstrates how task type and skill level differences in the attentional demands of performance can be used to understand the nature of successful skill execution and why, at times, it fails to occur.

Human Performance Lab is at: University of Chicago
Lab Director: Sian Beilock

♦ Infant Cognition Lab
How do children develop? At the Northwestern University Infant Cognition Laboratory, we study how children learn to perceive and reason about the world around them. Our studies have shown that babies know much more than people once thought. We study topics like how infants remember objects, how children learn new words, how babies and children understand numbers, and more.

Infant Cognition Lab is at: Department of Psychology, Northwestern University
Lab Director: Sue Hespos

♦ Neurocognition Laboratory
Broadly, research in the Neurocognition Laboratory employs a cognitive neuroscientific approach to evaluate alternative theoretical claims surrounding the basic mechanisms of cognition, the relationship among these mechanisms, and the contribution each makes to high-level cognitive function. The lab employs functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in combination with traditional behavioral measures to test hypotheses regarding working memory, decision making, and cognitive control.

Neurocognition Laboratory is at: Department of Psychology, Temple University
Lab Director: Jason Chein

♦ Project on Children's Thinking
The Project on Children's Thinking studies the development of children's thought and language. We study how children come to know about the world, with a focus on how their growing insight into linguistic and conceptual structures influences their patterns of learning and reasoning.
One major focus of our research is how children come to learn about spatial relations and how this understanding affects their reasoning. We also study how language can help children think relationally at a younger age than they might otherwise.


Project on Children's Thinking is at: Department of Psychology, Northwestern University
Lab Director: Dedre Gentner

♦ Qualitative Reasoning Group
The Qualitative Reasoning Group conducts research on: Qualitative representations and reasoning, Sketch understanding, Analogical reasoning and learning, Learning by reading, and How our progress in AI and cognitive science can be used to create new kinds of systems for education, performance support, and interactive entertainment.
Our research includes both efforts to create new kinds of cognitive systems, and to model human cognition.


Qualitative Reasoning Group is at: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern University
Lab Director: Kenneth Forbus

♦ Reading Comprehension Laboratory
Members of the Reading Comprehension Laboratory at Northwestern University examine the ways in which prior knowledge, unfolding discourse, and learner strategies interactively influence reading experiences. This has involved examination of the cognitive mechanisms that underlie learning from text, as well as the products that remain in memory after reading is completed. Recent extensions of this work have targeted (a) the remediation of struggling readers’ difficulties, (b) the development of computational simulations of reading activity, and (c) the application of discourse models towards understanding broader sets of experiences, including map comprehension and procedural learning with multimedia presentations.

♦ Research in Spatial Cognition Lab (RISC)
Spatial thinking is both a key intellectual issue in cognitive science and a critically important aspect of problem solving in science, engineering and mathematics. Spatial intelligence allows us to encode and transform information about objects and their location, and thus to find our way in the world and perform technical activities such as tool making. Beyond its direct applications in navigation and spatial manipulation, it also provides the foundation for a wide range of reasoning and communication skills, as varied as the design of buildings, the solution of mathematics problems, and the use of spatial metaphor in everyday language. The overarching goal of the RISC Lab is to understand spatial learning and cognition and how they can be fostered by effective technology and education.

Research in Spatial Cognition Lab (RISC) is at: Department of Psychology, Temple University
SILC Faculty associated with RISC: Jason Chein, Jennifer Cromley, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Nora S. Newcombe, Thomas F. Shipley & Russell Epstein.
Lab Administrator: Adrienne Larmett

♦ Temple Infant Lab
Join us in discovering how children from 5 months to 6 years learn about the world they live in. Our labs conduct cutting-edge research on spatial develoment, memory, language development, reading and the role of play in learning.

Temple Infant Lab is at: Department of Psychology, Temple University
Lab Directors: Nora Newcombe and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

♦ (David H.) Uttal Lab
The overarching goal of our research is to investigate how people perceive and understand the world around them. Perception and conceptualization undergo a number of changes as children grow and develop. By approaching our investigation from a developmental perspective, we hope to acquire a richer understanding of these processes and of cognition in general. Further, in studying cognitive development we recognize that our work has important implications for education. Thus, we also strive to understand what makes certain educational programs and tools effective in the light of cognitive theories and processes.

David H. Uttal Lab is at: The Department of Psychology, The Cognitive Psychology Program, Northwestern University
Lab Director: David H. Uttal

♦ Vision Lab
Dr. Shipley's research interests include object, motion, and event perception, as well as spatial cognition, interactions between perception and spatial knowledge, and perceptual learning. Current research projects include: Biological Motion, Illusory Contours and Apparent Motion.

The Vision Lab is at: The Department of Psychology, Temple University
Lab Director: Thomas Shipley

♦ Visual Attention and Cognition Lab
Our research focuses on the tools that we use to select visual information, and how these tools are applied. How much of selection is automatic, and how much is under our control? Can we select more than one thing at a time? How do we maintain selection of an object when it moves?
We also study processes that support and interact with visual selection. These processes include visual memory, which helps us store what we have selected in the past, object tracking, which helps us maintain selection of moving objects, and number perception, which relies on selection mechanisms to construct the units underlying the counting process.


Visual Attention and Cognition Lab is at: The Department of Psychology, Northwestern University
Lab Director: Steven Franconeri


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ALUMNI

♦ Ty Boyer, Indiana Univeristy
Post-doctoral Research Associate

♦ Sarah Burgess, Northwestern University
Cognition and Language Lab

♦ Joanna Cannon, New York City Department of Education, Office of Accountability
Research Director

♦ Victoria Carr, Northwestern University
former SILC Staff

♦ Vicki Chung, Northwestern University
former SILC Graduate Student

♦ Samuel Day, Indiana University

♦ Kevin Dietz, University of Chicago

Edelson headshotDaniel C. Edelson, Vice President for Education at the National Geographic Society


♦ Stacy Ehrlich, Educational Development Center, Boston, MA  
Research Associate

♦ Kimberly Fenn, Michigan State University
Assistant Professor

♦ Katrina Ferrara, Temple University
Staff
Temple Infant Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Ariel Grace, Northwestern University
Project on Child Development
former SILC Graduate Student

♦ Linda Liu Hand, Northwestern University
Uttal Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Jason Jameson, Northwestern University
Cognition and Language Lab   [brief lab description here]
former SILC Graduate Student

♦ Benjamin Jee, College of the Holy Cross
former SILC Postdoc

♦ Leslee Kellogg, University of Chicago

♦ Moshe Krakowski, Northwestern University & University of Chicago

♦ Alexander Kranjec, University of Pennsylvania

♦ Elise Krause, Northwestern University

♦ Adrienne Larmett, Temple University
former SILC Staff

♦ Kate Lockwood, California State University-Monterey Bay
School of Information Technology and Communication Design
former member of the Qualitative Reasoning Group   [brief lab description here] at Northwestern University
former SILC Graduate Student

♦ Stella F. Lourenco, Emory University
Department of Psychology
Spatial Cognition Laboratory of the Emory Child Study Center

♦ Sean MacEvoy, University of Pennsylvania
Epstein Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Loren Marulis, Northwestern University
Uttal Lab   [brief lab description here]
former SILC Graduate Student

♦ Hannah Melnicoe, University of Chicago

♦ Seyda Ozcaliskan, Georgia State University
Assistant Professor

♦ Ashley Poltermann, Northwestern University
Project on Children's Thinking   [brief lab description here]
former SILC Staff

Pruden headshot  Shannon Pruden  
  University of Chicago
Department of Psychology
Center for Early Childhood Research
   [brief lab description here]

♦ Meredith Rowe, University of Maryland

Ratliff headshot  Kristin Ratliff  
  University of Chicago
Department of Psychology
Developmental Psychology Program
Center for Early Childhood Research
   [brief lab description here]

♦ Eric Russell, Northwestern University
former SILC Staff

♦ Jessica Saunders, Wellesley College

♦ Christopher J. Schilling, University of Illinois at Chicago
Graduate Student

♦ Gwen Schmidt, University of Pennsylvania

♦ Wendy Shallcross, Lovaas Institute
Applied Behavior Analysis Therapist
As a former SILC staff member, Wendy was the Coordinator of the Infant Lab at Temple University from 2006-2008.

♦ Linsey Smith, Northwestern University
Cognition and Language Lab   [brief lab description here]
former SILC Graduate Student

♦ Linda Suriyakham

♦ Kim Tran, University of Chicago

♦ Xiaoang Irene Wan, Tsinghua University (Beijing, China)
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

♦ Heidi Waterfall, University of Chicago

♦ Page Widick
formerly an RA in the ChatLab of Cognitive Neurology   [brief lab description here]

♦ Panrong ("Penny") Yin, Northwestern University
Qualitative Reasoning Group   [brief lab description here]
Graduate Student

Undergraduates:
♦ Margaret Carlin, Northwestern University
Uttal Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Nick Cizek, Northwestern University
Uttal Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Jennifer Conner, Temple University
Research in Spatial Cognition Lab (RISC)   [brief lab description here]

♦ Begum Dora, Northwestern University
Cognition and Language Lab

♦ Stacy Grossman, Northwestern University

♦ Hannah Guion, Northwestern University
Project on Children's Thinking   [brief lab description here]

♦ Sarah Hittinger, Temple University
Temple Infant Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Byungmin Lee, Northwestern University
Project on Children's Thinking   [brief lab description here]

♦ Rania McCauley, Temple University
Research in Spatial Cognition Lab (RISC)   [brief lab description here]

♦ Maria Namowicz, Temple University
Temple Infant Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Katherine Nescio, Temple University
Temple Infant Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Cara O'Brien, Northwestern University
Uttal Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Teuta Pasholli, Temple University
Temple Infant Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Priya Rajakumar, Northwestern University
Uttal Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Eman Saleh, Temple University
Temple Infant Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Melissa Sifuentes, Northwestern University
Uttal Lab   [brief lab description here]

♦ Samantha Thomas, Northwestern University
Project on Children's Thinking   [brief lab description here]

♦ Jasmine Torres, University of Chicago

♦ Alexa Webster-Clark, University of Chicago

♦ Allison Wolkin, Temple University
Temple Infant Lab   [brief lab description here]


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EXTERNAL EVALUATOR

♦ Kristine Chadwick, Edvantia

♦ Jessica Gore, Edvantia

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8/31/2010
Please, welcome our new Spatial Network Members: Sarah Anderson, Demis Basso, Melanie Busch, Elisabetta Carattin, Josh Coyan, Klaus Kessler, Parisa Kordjamhsidi, Xiaoou Li, Steve Marchette, Chiara Meneghetti, Susan Metheny, Jonna Nilsson, John Pani, Stephen Reynolds, Teya Rutherford, Chiara Saracini, Richard Sproat & Steven Thrash

8/17/2010
Please, welcome our new Spatial Network Members: Mark Gahegan, Werner Kuhn, Ben Kuipers, David Mark & Juval Portugali

8/10/2010
Please, welcome our new Spatial Network Members: Ruth Conroy Dalton, Vinod Goel, Gabi Goldschmidt, Christian S. Jensen, Hua Lu, Franziska Preusse, Kai-Florian Richter, Rudi Stouffs, David Szymanski & Lisa Yu

8/10/2010
A new resource has been added to our Links page: ESRI GIS Education Community website.

8/06/2010
New job opportunity: Senior Research Scientist, Cognition, Educational Testing Service (ETS).

7/31/2010>
Our August SILC Showcase is now on-line.


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