Emilia Ezrina

Visiting Lecturer

Areas of Expertise

Cognitive Science, Language Processing

Bio

I am interested in Cognitive Psychology, specifically everything that pertains to bilingualism and multilingualism. Being a multilingual myself, I enjoy talking about research in the field, hoping to get my students interested and involved. It is fascinating to learn about how mind works, not just with respect to language, but other cognitive processes like perception, attention, memory, special cognition, problem-solving, and decision-making. We use these processes every day, often taking them for granted, but there are complex and intricate mechanisms supporting them that we are not always aware of. Most of my classes contain demonstrations, usually a mock experiment, to illustrate how cognitive processes work or how an experiment can support a theory. My research focuses on bilingualism and its relation to other processes such as decision-making and emotion.

Education

• Specialist in Linguistics from the Russian State University for the Humanities
• Master in Cognitive Psychology from the Russian State University for the Humanities
• Ph.D. in Psychology from the City University of New York

Research

Cognitive Psychology, Language, Bilingualism

Current Course Offerings 

• Multilingual Minds and the Brains
• Cognitive Psychology