Veena D. Dwivedi

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  • Director – Centre for Neuroscience; Professor - Psychology | Neuroscience, Brock University

The goal of my research program is to understand how the human mind/brain effortlessly understands language. I propose a "heuristic first, algorithmic second" model of language processing. This model integrates the latest findings from neuroscience, psychology and linguistic theory.

For more information about my research program, visit the Dwivedi Brain and Language Lab website:
https://brocku.ca/dwivedi-brain-and-language-lab/

Specialties: neuroscience, ERPs, EEG, semantics, self-paced reading, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, syntax, context, discourse, anaphora, brain, quantifiers, linguistics, Hindi.

B.Sc. Physiology, McGill University
Ph.D. Linguistics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Experience

  • –present
    Associate Professor in Brain and Language, Psychology/Neuroscience, Brock University
  • 2020–present
    Professor in Brain and Language, Psychology/Neuroscience, Brock University

Education

  • 1994 
    University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Linguistics
  • 1987 
    McGill University, Physiology

Grants and Contracts

  • 2019
    The role of individual differences in motivation and emotion in language comprehension
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Professional Memberships

  • Cognitive Neuroscience Society
  • Cognitive Science Society
  • Society for Neurobiology of Language

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