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I am interested in the origins of human concepts, both in terms of how concepts have evolved over millions of years and in terms of how human concepts develop over an individual lifespan. My research domains include numerical cognition, magnitude estimation, the alphabet, and everyday concepts such as 'face' and 'shoe'. I use fMRI and behavioral measures to study the cognitive and brain mechanisms involved in conceptual processing in pre-school children, non-human primates, and human adults. Using this comparative approach, we can identify both the shared and unique brain functions underlying conceptual knowledge across species and stages of development—with the goal of understanding the structure of the human mind. ![]() Brad Mahon, PhD (PI) I study the cognitive and neural processes that make possible very simple things that we do on a daily basis. Imagine there is a glass of water on the table. One may look at the glass and name it as 'a glass of water'; or, one may simply pick up the glass and take a drink. My research addresses the processes involved in categorization and recognition of the visual input, the engagement of motor knowledge necessary to manipulate objects, and the dynamics of information retrieval within the speech production system. The goal of this research program is to merge insights from studies of neuropsychological patients with functional imaging studies of the healthy brain in order to articulate a model of object use and object naming. |
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Post-Doctoral Fellows | |||||||
![]() Shipra Kanjlia, PhD[CV] Post-Doctoral Fellow |
![]() Margaret Bryer, PhD[CV] Post-Doctoral Fellow |
![]() Leyla Caglar, PhD[CV] Post-Doctoral Fellow |
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Graduate Students | |||||||
![]() Raouf Belkhir [CV] |
![]() Abhishek Dedhe [CV] |
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Research Staff & Administration | |||||||
![]() Hugo Angulo Orquera, MS[CV] Software Engineer |
![]() Nour al-Zaghloul[CV] Kid Neuro Lab Manager |
![]() Lisa "Skinher" Pytka[CV] Primate Lab Manager |
![]() Reuven Hanna, PhD[CV] |
Undergraduate Researchers |
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![]() Natalia Santiago[CV] Psychology, SURF Awardee |
![]() Erik Dehkes[CV] Biological Sciences, SURF Awardee |
![]() Eric Ricci[CV] Psychology |
![]() Chloe Wen[CV] Psychology |
![]() Rachana Murali Narayanan[CV] Electrical & Computer Engineering |
![]() Emma Strawderman[CV] Brain & Cognitive Sciences; University of Rochester |
![]() Sheldon Yawson[CV] Psychology |
![]() Eliza Reedy[CV] Psychology |
Alumni | |||||||
![]() Sam Haber[CV] Rochester Lab Manager |
![]() Ben Chernoff [CV] |
![]() Kate Walders[CV] Research Coordinator, Rochester |
![]() Colleen Schneider [CV] |
![]() Will Harrison[CV] RA, Mahon and Nozari Labs |
![]() Rebeka Almasi [CV] Brain Mapping Lab Manager |
![]() Marie Amalric[CV] Post-Doctoral Fellow |
![]() Rosa Li, RA |
![]() Anat Fintzi, RA |
![]() Allison Barnard, RA |
![]() Vy Vo, RA |
![]() Yuan Deng |
![]() Eric Hintz |
![]() David Paul |
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![]() Alena Stasenko, RA |
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![]() Kelly Hughes, Postdoctoral Fellow |
![]() Katie Blakely, RA |
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![]() Cory Bonn, Graduate Student |
![]() Alex Teghipco, RA |
![]() Kamy Wakim, RA |
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![]() Santiago Alonso-Díaz, Graduate Student |
![]() Emily Prentiss [CV] |
![]() Courtney Lussier [CV] |
![]() Kaitlin Brown [CV] |
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![]() Quanjing Chen [CV] |
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![]() Isabelle Boni [CV] |
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![]() Sarah Koopman [CV] |
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This page last updated: 2/03/2020 |