I also recently collaborated on a project with Dr. Nan Bernstein Ratner,
funded by the Bamford-Lahey Children's Foundation, to study whether infant
perceptual performance relates to later language development. This project
led to our current longitudinal study, funded by the National Science
Foundation, which explores the potential contributing roles of speech
segmentation, statistical learning, and parental input in children¹s
language acquisition.
Current Funding
NSF BCS 0642294
"Development of infant stream segregation: the interplay between perception
and cognition"
This research investigates infants¹ ability to perceive speech in noisy
environments, and factors contributing to this skill.
Role: PI
NSF BCS 074512
"Speech and nonspeech predictors of later language development" (PI:
Rochelle Newman)
This project explores the potential contributing roles of speech
segmentation, statistical learning, and parental input in children¹s later
language acquisition by examining these skills concurrently in the same
cohort of children.
Role: PI
NSF DGE 0801465
IGERT
"Biological and computational foundations of language diversity"
This IGERT project supports interdisciplinary doctoral training and research
in the foundations of language diversity.
Role: Participating Faculty
NSF BCS 0922985
Major Research Instrumentation Program
"MRI: Acquisition of a 3-Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)"
This proposal supports the acquisition of an MRI machine on the College Park
campus.
Role: Participating Faculty