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Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center
NSF Science of Learning Center
National Science Foundation

SILC PEOPLE

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
Research Assistant Professor
Staff
Undergrads

Advisory Board

 

Labs

 

Alums

Members: Faculty

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Ankenman headshotBruce Ankenman, Northwestern University  
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Beilock headshotSian Beilock, University of Chicago  
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Human Performance Lab   [brief lab description here]

Chatterjee headshotAnjan Chatterjee, University of Pennsylvania  
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ChatLab of Cognitive Neurology   [brief lab description here]

Chein headshotJason Chein, Temple University  
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Epstein headshotRussell Epstein, University of Pennsylvania  
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Epstein Lab   [brief lab description here]

Forbus headshotKenneth Forbus, Northwestern University  
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Qualitative Reasoning Group   [brief lab description here]

picture not availableSteven Franconeri, Northwestern University  
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Visual Attention and Cognition Lab   [brief lab description here]

Gentner headshotDedre Gentner (Co-PI), Northwestern University  
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Cognition and Language Lab   [brief lab description here]
Project on Children's Thinking   [brief lab description here]

Goldin-Meadow headshotSusan Goldin-Meadow (Co-PI), University of Chicago  
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Goldin-Meadow Laboratory   [brief lab description here]

GomezLouis Gomez, Northwestern University  
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Hedges headshotLarry Hedges (Co-PI), Northwestern University  
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Hespos headshotSue Hespos, Northwestern University  
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Infant Cognition Lab   [brief lab description here]

Hirsh-Pasek headshotKathy Hirsh-Pasek, Temple University  
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Temple Infant Lab   [brief lab description here]

Huttenlocher headshotJanellen Huttenlocher, University of Chicago  
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Levine headshotSusan Levine (Co-PI), University of Chicago  
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Levine Lab   [brief lab description here]

Manduca headshotCathy Manduca, Carleton College  
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Newcombe headshotNora Newcombe (PI), Temple University  
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Temple Infant Lab   [brief lab description here]

Nusbaum headshotHoward Nusbaum, University of Chicago  
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picture not availableDavid Rapp, Northwestern University   [ SESP / Psychology ]
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Reading Comprehension Lab   [brief lab description here]

Regier headshotTerry Regier, University of Chicago  
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Sageman headshotBrad Sageman, Northwestern University  
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Sherin headshotBruce SherinNorthwestern University  
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Shipley headshotThomas Shipley, Temple University  
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Vision Lab

Tikoff headshotBasil Tikoff, University of Wisconsin-Madison  
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Uttal headshotDavid H. Uttal, Northwestern University  
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Uttal Lab   [brief lab description here]


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Members: Graduate Students

Stella Christie, Northwestern University
Cognition and Language Lab   [brief lab description here]

Vicki Chung, Northwestern University

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

Kelly Fisher, Temple University
Temple Infant Lab   [brief lab description here]

Shannon L. Fitzhugh, Temple University
Vision Lab

Tilbe Goksun, Temple University

Ariel Grace, Northwestern University
Project on Child Development

Elizabeth Gunderson, University of Chicago

Justin Harris, Temple University
Temple Infant Lab   [brief lab description here]

Mark Holden, Temple University
Vision Lab

Margaret (Dea) Hunsicker, University of Chicago

Jason Jameson, Northwestern University
Cognition and Language Lab   [brief lab description here]

Leslee Kellogg, University of Chicago

Naveen Khetarpal, University of Chicago

Mee-Kyoung Kwon, University of Chicago

Kate Lockwood, Northwestern University
Qualitative Reasoning Group   [brief lab description here]

Andrew Lovett, Northwestern University
Qualitative Reasoning Group   [brief lab description here]

Ian Lyons, University of Chicago

Loren Marulis, Northwestern University
Uttal Lab   [brief lab description here]

Andrew Mattarella-Micke, University of Chicago

Camillia Matuk, Northwestern University
Qualitative Reasoning Group   [brief lab description here]

Julia Parish-Morris, Temple University

Gerardo Ramirez, University of Chicago

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

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

Megan Sauter, Northwestern University
Uttal Lab   [brief lab description here]

Nina Simms, Northwestern University
Cognition and Language Lab   [brief lab description here]

Alexandra Twyman, Temple University

Jon Wetzel, Northwestern University
Qualitative Reasoning Group   [brief lab description here]

Shu-ju Yang, University of Chicago


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Members: Postdocs

SILC Postdocs

Frances Balcomb, Temple University

Eileen Cardillo , University of Pennsylvania

Kimberly Fenn, University of Chicago

Benjamin Jee, Northwestern University

Moshe Krakowski, Northwestern University & University of Chicago

Alexander Kranjec, University of Pennsylvania

Seyda Ozcaliskan, University of Chicago & Northwestern University

Shannon Pruden, University of Chicago
Goldin-Meadow Laboratory   [brief lab description here]

Kristin Ratliff, University of Chicago
Levine Lab
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Meredith Rowe, University of Chicago

Victor Schinazi, University of Pennsylvania
Epstein Lab   [brief lab description here]

Gwen Schmidt, University of Pennsylvania

Xiaoang Irene Wan, Temple University

Heidi Waterfall, University of Chicago


Guest Postdocs (working on SILC projects, but not funded by SILC)


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

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


Members: Research Assistant Professor

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


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Members: Staff

Victoria Carr, Northwestern University

Hannah Degner, University of Chicago

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

Kevin Dietz, University of Chicago

Dominique W. Dumay, Temple University
Vision Lab

Elizabeth Hickey, University of Chicago
Levine Lab
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Katie James, Northwestern University
Cognition and Language Lab   [brief lab description here]

Elise Krause, Northwestern University
Project on Children's Thinking   [brief lab description here]

Adrienne Larmett, Temple University

Eric Russell, Northwestern University

Jessica Saunders, University of Chicago

Christopher J. Schilling, Temple University
Vision Lab

Kristi Schonwald, University of Chicago

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

Wendy Shallcross, Temple University
Temple Infant Lab Coordinator   [brief lab description here]

Jenn Stedillie, Northwestern University
SILC website

Kim Tran, University of Chicago

Jeffrey Usher, Northwestern University
SILC Wiki

Jason Voigt, University of Chicago


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Members: Undergraduates

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

Nick Cizek, Northwestern University
Uttal Lab   [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]

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

Hannah Melnicoe, University of Chicago

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

Priya Rajakumar, Northwestern University
Uttal 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

Caryn Trasken, Temple University

Alexa Webster-Clark, University of Chicago


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Advisory Board

  Vincent Allocco, El Valor

  Barbara Bowman, Erikson Institute & CPS

  Theodore Brown, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Felton Earls, Harvard Medical School

  Marty Gartzman, University of Illinois at Chicago

  Apostolos Georgopoulos, University of Minnesota
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  Lila Gleitman, University of Pennsylvania

  Michael Goodchild, University of California, Santa Barbara

  Nancy Kolb, Please Touch Museum

  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

  Will Wright, Maxis/Electronic Arts

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Labs

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

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 Laborat