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ICDLS is anchored by two core departments: Psychology and Speech Pathology and Audiology, two of the most highly ranked departments in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Iowa. Both departments have an international reputation for excellence.
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Mark Blumberg
Psychology Developmental psychobiology and behavioral neuroscience, neural bases and function of sleep during development, behavioral and physiological mechanisms of homeostasis |
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Jean Gordon
Speech-Language Pathology Language deficits in aphasia, particularly in the processes of lexical access |
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Prahlad Gupta
Psychology Word learning, with particular emphasis on its relationship with working memory, implicit memory, explicit memory. Neural and computational bases of these processes. Cognitive science and cognitive neuroscience. |
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Karla McGregor
Speech-Language Pathology (co-director) Development of the lexicon and rich word meaning. Individual differences including language impairment, autism, and economic and linguistic environment. |
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Bob McMurray
Psychology Speech perception, spoken word recognition, and their development. Statistical and dynamical approaches. Temporal integration of acoustic detail during online recognition. Eye movement methods. |
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Amanda Owen
Speech-Language Pathology Use of syntax and morphology by children with language impairment, complex sentence development. |
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Jodie Plumert
Psychology Spatial memory and language, perceptual-motor development, risk factors for childhood accidents |
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Scott Robinson
Psychology Developmental psychobiology; behavior, sensation and learning in the fetus; neural and biomechanical control, development and evolution of action |
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Larissa Samuelson
Psychology Language acquisition; category formation; the acquisition of word meaning and the lexicon; connectionist and dynamical systems models of language acquisition. |
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John Spencer
Psychology (co-director) Development of working memory, attention and inhibitory control; spatial cognition; spatial language; dynamical systems and neural network models of cognition and action. |
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Bruce Tomblin
Speech-Language Pathology Developmental language impairments, genetic factors in language development, implicit and statistical learning. |
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Ed Wasserman
Psychology Comparative analysis of learning, memory, and cognition; special interests in conceptualization, causation, and visual perception. |
