Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Name Area Department Start Year Stop Year Advisor
Thomas G. Beverpsycholinguistics, cognitive neuroscience, linguistics, Morris Halle (grad student)
Hagit BorerSyntax, Semantics, Second Language Acquisition Noam Chomsky (grad student)
Shanqing CaiAuditory system, speech motor system, speech pathology2007 Frank Guenther (grad student), Joseph S. Perkell (grad student)
Noam ChomskyLanguage19541956 Morris Halle (collaborator), Eric Heinz Lenneberg (collaborator), Fred Lukoff (collaborator)
H Steven Colburnbinaural hearing, modelling William M. Siebert (grad student)
Alessandro D'Ausiliomotor system, action perception, object affordance, joint action, speech perception, speech convergence, music neuroscience, TMS, EEG, motion capture, eye-tracking, motor psychophysics20052013 Emilio Bizzi (grad student), Rob Ajemian (collaborator)
François De RibaupierreAudition Moise H. Goldstein (post-doc)
Bertrand DelgutteAuditory system19761981 Nelson YS Kiang (grad student), Kenneth N. Stevens (grad student)
Andrew R. DykstraAuditory Cognitive Neuroscience20072011 Jennifer R. Melcher (grad student), Sydney S. Cash (grad student), Eric Halgren (grad student)
Ruth Anne Eatocksensory neurobiology, auditory, vestibular Thomas F. Weiss (post-doc)
Margaret E. EchelbargerChild Language Acquisition, Psycholinguistics, Language and Gesture, Spatial Relations20072009 Nadya Modyanova (collaborator), Ken Wexler (research assistant)
Donald K. EddingtonCochlear Implants Nelson YS Kiang (post-doc)
Tony Ezzatspeech processing, auditory neuroscience, computer vision, computer graphics, machine learning Tomaso A. Poggio (research scientist)
Evelina (Ev) FedorenkoLanguage Nancy Kanwisher (grad student), Nancy Kanwisher (post-doc), Edward Gibson (grad student), Alfonso Caramazza (research assistant), Harry Joel Tily (collaborator)
Nadine Gaablanguage processing, reading development, developmental dyslexia, fMRI, brain, cognitive neuroscience20042007 John D.E. Gabrieli (post-doc)
Jennifer GangerChild language acquisition19931998 Steven Pinker (grad student)
Norman GeschwindBehavioral neurology, language Francis O. Schmitt (post-doc), Davis Howes (post-doc)
Satrajit S. GhoshNeuroinformatics, Neuroimaging, Speech communication20042006 Joseph S. Perkell (post-doc)
Wendy Guneural correlates of tinnitus, properties of the tectorial membrane, Jennifer R. Melcher (grad student)
Wei GuoAuditory system, Hippocampus, Learning, Memory Picower Institute2017 Matthew A. Wilson (post-doc)
Alexander GutschalkAuditory Cognitive Neuroscience Andrew J. Oxenham (post-doc)
Richard H. Hurtigpsycholinguistics, deafness, audiology Noam Chomsky (grad student)
Tania Ioninsecond language acquisition, semantics Ken Wexler (grad student)
Elias B. Issaobject recognition, sleep, audition, physiology fMRI James J. DiCarlo (post-doc)
Sridhar KalluriAuditory system Bertrand Delgutte (grad student)
Yoonjung KangPhonology, loanwords, speech perception, variation, Korean2000 Michael Kenstowicz (grad student)
Nelson YS Kiangauditory system Walter A. Rosenblith (collaborator)
Jun Mo Kim Chemical Engineering20102013 Gregory C. Rutledge (post-doc)
Ioulia Kovelmanlanguage, development20062009 John D.E. Gabrieli (post-doc)
Judith F. KrollSecond language acquisition, bilingualism Mary C. Potter (post-doc)
Harlan LaneAudiology, Speech Science
Courtney C. LaneAuditory brainstem19962003 Bertrand Delgutte (grad student)
Adrian KC Leepsychoacoustics, neuroimaging, neuroengineering20032007 Barbara G. Shinn-Cunningham (grad student)
Huimeng LeiOlfaction, Auditory System
Leonid M. LitvakCochlear implants Bertrand Delgutte (grad student)
Miriam MakhloufSpeech motor control, speech pathology Anne J. Blood (grad student)
Gary F. Marcuslanguage, music cognition Steven Pinker (grad student)
William D. Marslen-WilsonSpeech and Language Mary C. Potter (grad student)
Jennifer R. MelcherAuditory System, Tinnitus Nelson YS Kiang (grad student), David Cohen (grad student)
Nadya Modyanovatypical and abnormal child language acquisition (autism spectrum disorders, SLI, Williams syndrome); developmental neurogenetics20032009 Ken Wexler (grad student)
Nadya ModyanovaPsycholinguistics - typical and abnormal child language acquisition (autism spectrum disorders, SLI, Williams syndrome); developmental neurogenetics
Elizabeth S. NortonCognitive Neuroscience, fMRI, dyslexia, reading, ERP, mismatch negativity, reading fluency, autism spectrum disorders, language disorders20122015 John D.E. Gabrieli (post-doc)
Jared M. NovickLanguage and Cognitive control
Joseph S. PerkellSpeech motor control19701974 Kenneth N. Stevens (grad student), Emilio Bizzi (grad student)
Tyler K. Perrachioneauditory neuroscience, speech perception, talker identification, dyslexia20072012 John D.E. Gabrieli (grad student)
Laura-Ann PetittoLanguage & Development Noam Chomsky (grad student)
Walter A. RosenblithPsychoacoustics
Deb RoyChild language acquisition, computational modeling Alex Pentland (grad student)
Murray B. SachsAuditory System, speech Nelson YS Kiang (grad student)
James Douglas SaddyLinguistics, Neurodynamics19831990 Noam Chomsky (grad student), Merrill F. Garrett (grad student)
Annie SenghasSign language, language acquisition1995 Steven Pinker (grad student)
Stefanie Shattuck-HufnagelSpeech production, phonology
William M. SiebertAuditory system1952 Ernst Adolph Guillemin (grad student)
Zachary M. SmithAuditory system20002006 Bertrand Delgutte (grad student), Andrew J. Oxenham (grad student)
William SnyderLanguage Acquisition, Comparative Syntax, Syntax-Semantics Interface19901995 Steven Pinker (grad student), Ken Wexler (grad student), Noam Chomsky (grad student), David Pesetsky (grad student)
Haim SohmerAuditory physiology19671971 Nelson YS Kiang (post-doc)
Kenneth N. StevensSpeech communication19491952 Leo Beranek (grad student)
Herbert G. Vaughan, Jnr.Event-Related Potentials Hans-Lukas Teuber (post-doc)
Ken WexlerLanguage Acquisition, Language Loss, Psycholinguistic Theory