Cognition and Language Lab

 
 

 
 
 

About the Lab

Northwestern University
Annenberg Hall, Suite 162
Evanston, IL 60208
(847) 467-1360

How do people get so smart? How does the human mind make sense of the world? How does language change over time and convey rich, complex meaning? Research at the Northwestern Cognition and Language Lab uses computational modelling and behavioral experiments to investigate the answer these questions. Our work focuses on how analogy and similarity undergird the richness and depth of human cognition.The lab's principal investigator Dr. Dedre Gentner is currently recruiting adults, especially undergraduates, for participants in these studies on cognition. To sign up or to recieve more information, please call 847-467-1360 or email cognitiveresearch@gmail.com.

 

People


Lizabeth Huey
SILC Financial Adminstrator
lizabeth.huey@northwestern.edu


Emma Bulzoni
Kid Lab Coordinator
emma.bulzoni@northwestern.edu



Linsey Smith
Graduate Student
linsey@u.northwestern.edu



Ruxue Shao
Graduate Student
RuxueShao2018@u.northwestern.edu

 

 


Becky Bui
Adult Lab Coordinator
becky.bui@northwestern.edu


Benjamin Dionysus
Cogntive Science Program Assistant
cogsci@northwestern.edu




Christian Hoyos
Graduate Student
ChristianHoyos2016@u.northwestern.edu




Francisco Maravilla
Graduate Student
franciscomaravilla2019@u.northwestern.edu

 

Kensy Cooperrider
Postdoctoral Fellow
kensy@uchicago.edu

 



Laura Willig
Research Aide

Previous Lab Members

Former Graduate Students



Anja Jamrozik
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Pennsylvania



Nina Simms
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Chicago




Stella Christie
Postdoctoral Fellow
Psychology Department
University of British Columbia

Brian Edwards
National Museum of Mathematics

 

 


Julie Colhoun

 


Jason Jameson
Naval Health Research Center
Dept 162, Warfighter Performance


Samuel Day
Postdoctoral Fellow
Psychology Department
Indiana University


Brian Bowdle
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Grand Valley State University


Sarah Brem
Associate Professor
Psychology of Education
Arizona State University


Mutsumi Imai
Associate Professor
Faculty of Environmental Information
Keio University


Jeffrey Loewenstein
Assistant Professor
Department of Management
University of Texas at Austin


Art Markman
Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Texas at Austin


Phillip Wolff
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Emory University

 

 

 

Former Postdoctoral Fellows

 


Bryan Matlen
Postdoctoral Fellow
bryan.matlen@northwestern.edu

 


Benjamin Jee
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
College of the Holy Cross


Micah Goldwater
Lecturer
School of Psychology
The University of Sydney

 


Michele Feist
Assistant Professor
Institute of Cognitive Science
University of Lousiana at Lafayette

 


Kenneth Kurtz
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Binghamton University

 

 


Catherine Clement
Professor
Department of Psychology
Eastern Kentucky University

 

 
Former Undergraduate Honors Students

 


Lera Boroditsky
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Stanford University


Caitlin Fausey
Postdoctoral Fellow
Psychological and Brain Sciences
Indiana University


Stephen Flusberg
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Stanford University


Benjamin Rottman
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Psychology
University of Chicago


David Yeh
Private Sector

 

 


Former Staff Members

 


Garrett Honke
Graduate Student
Department of Psychology
SUNY Binghamton

 


Ashley Isaia
Developmental Coordinator
ashley.isaia@northwestern.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Barbara Sutcliffe
Former SILC Administrator

 

If you are a previous member of the Cognition and Language Lab and have updated information, please contact Dedre Gentner so we may keep this page current.