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 Goat Song by Brad Kessler  A Promised Land by Barack Obama  A Primate's Memoir by Robert Sapolsky  The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro  The Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan  Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan  Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman  Awe by Dacher Keltner  East of Eden by John Steinbeck  I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy  Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman |
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Louise B. McGavock Chair of Neuroscience
Professor of Hearing & Speech Sciences, Pharmacology, Psychology and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
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Research interests: multisensory processing, development and plasticity, developmental disabilities
Has been known to: herd cats...in both the figurative and literal sense
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Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
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Research interests: neural computation, convolutional neural networks, multisensory decision-making
Has been known to: grow a beard in 5 minutes flat
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Hometown: Columbia, MD
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Email: david.tovar@vanderbilt.edu
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Research interests: generalizable tools for psychophysics, eye movements, childhood synesthesia, visual attention
Has been known to: do both dumb and fun things on skis
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Hometown: Wakefield, Quebec
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Email: marcus.watson@vanderbilt.edu
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Research interests: multisensory motion processing, perceptual decision-making, computational modeling
Has been known to: accumulate vintage furniture she neither needs nor has space for
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Hometown: Summit, NJ & Stamford, CT
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Email: adriana.m.schoenhaut@vanderbilt.edu
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Research interests: multisensory spatial integration in autism, Bayesian causal inference in autism, multivariate pattern analysis
Has been known to: use coffee as her primary source of hydration
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Hometown: San Diego, CA
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Email: sarah.g.vassall@vanderbilt.edu
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Research interests: audiovisual integration, neuroplasticity, cochlear implants
Has been known to: teach her cats new tricks
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Hometown: Allentown, NJ
Check out Ansley's new literature review linked here
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Email: ansley.j.kunnath@vanderbilt.edu
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Research interests: (neuro)physiological correlates of local-global perceptual processing, repetitive self-stimulatory behaviors, AI-generative models, autism
Has been known to: laugh uncontrollably at objectively unfunny things
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Hometown: Howell, MI
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Email: william.quakenbush@vanderbilt.edu
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Research interests: multisensory processing in autism, sensory re-training
Has been known to: have a blog sharing his unique perspective as an autistic, check out the blog linked here
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Hometown: Cupertino, CA
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Email: hari.srinivasan@vanderbilt.edu
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Research interests: language development and processing in children with hearing loss, cochlear implants
Has been known to: spend the entire weekend playing Stardew Valley
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Hometown: Encinitas, CA
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Email: mackenzie.a.lighterink@vanderbilt.edu
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Research interests: sex-based differences in autism
Has been known to: appreciate the little things
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Hometown: San Francisco, CA & Stockholm, Sweden
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Email: ingrid.shragge@vanderbilt.edu
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Research interests: audiovisual motion perception, human and nonhuman primate psychophysics, causal inference and Bayesian modeling
Has been known to: convert lab members into Taylor Swift fans
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Hometown: Washington, IL
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Email: adam.j.tiesman@vanderbilt.edu
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Research interests: multisensory integration, spatial localization, unilateral occlusion
Has been known to: religiously eat an unhealthy amount of sushi
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Hometown: Hazel Green, AL
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Email: messiyah.stevens@vanderbilt.edu
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Research interests: audiovisual integration in autism, self and parent reported questionnaires
Has been known to: take long walks at the park
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Hometown: River Vale, NJ
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Email: dylan.s.schnur@vanderbilt.edu
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Research interests: data science visualizations, music/auditory cognition, neural correlates of creativity
Has been known to: manage and use music studios on Vandy's campus
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Hometown: San Antonio, TX
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Email: gina.l.yu@vanderbilt.edu
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Research interests: audiovisual integration, neural reorganization following sensory deprivation
Has been known to: love listening to musical soundtracks
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Hometown: Rye, NY
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Email: hannah.s.bertisch@vanderbilt.edu
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Research interests: audiovisual motion perception, neural correlates of various mental disorders
Has been known to: skydive!!!
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Hometown: New York City, NY
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Email: kalina.stoyanova@vanderbilt.edu
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Research interests: visual psychophysics, NHP reinforcement learning, bayesian probabilistic models
Has been known to: like pizza cold more than hot
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Hometown: Chicago, IL
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Email: wesley.a.williams@vanderbilt.edu
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