Publications

Lab papers - email lorna.quandt @ gallaudet.edu to request courtesy copies

Inan, M., Atwell, K., Sicilia, A., Quandt, L. C., & Alikhani, M. (Accepted). Generating signed language instructions in large-scale dialogue systems. 2024 Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (NAACL 2024). 

Alam, M. S., Lamberton, J., Wang, J., Leannah, C., Miller, S., Palagano, J., de Bastion, M., Smith, H., Malzkuhn M., & Quandt, L. C. (2024). ASL Champ!: A virtual reality game with deep-learning driven sign recognition. Computers & Education: X Reality, 4. Link

Viegas, C., Inan, M., Quandt, L. C., & Alikhani, M. (2023). Including facial expressions in contextual embeddings for sign language generation. Paper presented at the 12th Joint Conference on Lexical and Computational Semantics (*SEM 2023).

Alam, M. S., De Bastion, M., Malzkuhn, M., & Quandt, L. C. (2023). Recognizing highly variable American Sign Language in virtual reality. To be presented at the 8th International Workshop on Sign Language Translation and Avatar Technology (SLTAT). Link

May, L., Miller, S., Bakri, S., Quandt, L. C., & Malzkuhn, M. (2023). Designing access in sound art exhibitions: Centering deaf experiences in Musical Thinking. In Proceedings of CHI23: ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Link

Leannah, C., Willis, A. S., & Quandt, L. C. (2022). Perceiving fingerspelling via point-light displays: The stimulus and the perceiver both matter. PLOS ONE 17(8): e0272838. Link

Quandt, L. C., Lamberton, J., Leannah, C., Willis, A., & Malzkuhn, M. (2022). Signing avatars in a new dimension: Challenges and opportunities in virtual reality. In Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Sign Language Translation and Avatar Technology (SLTAT). Link

Quandt, L. C., Willis, A. S., Schwenk, M., Weeks, K., & Ferster, R. (2022). Attitudes toward signing human avatars vary depending on hearing status and age of signed language exposure. Frontiers in Psychology. Link

Berteletti, I., Kimbley, S. E., Sullivan, S. J., Quandt, L. C., & Miyakoshi, M. (2022). Different language modalities, yet similar cognitive processes in arithmetic fact retrieval. Brain Sciences, 12(2), 145. Link

Quandt, L. C. & Kubicek, E., Willis, A. S., & Lamberton, J. (2021). Enhanced biological motion perception in deaf native signers. Neuropsychologia. Link

Quandt, L. C. & Willis, A. S. Earlier and more robust sensorimotor discrimination of ASL signs in deaf signers during imitation. (2021). Language, Cognition, & Neuroscience. 10.1080/23273798.2021.1925712. Link

Kubicek, E. & Quandt, L. C. (2021). A positive relationship between sign language comprehension and mental rotation abilities. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 26, 1-12. Link

Shao, Q., Sniffen, A., Blanchett, J., Hillis, M. E., Shi, X., Haris, T. K., Liu, J., Lamberton, J., Malzkuhn, M., Quandt, L. C., Mahoney, J., Kraemer, D. J. M., Zhou, X., & Balkcom, D. (2020). Teaching American Sign Language in mixed reality. In The Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT), 4, 152. Link

Quandt, L. C., Lamberton, J., Willis, A. S., Wang, J., Weeks, K., Kubicek, E., & Malzkuhn, M. (2020). Teaching ASL signs using signing avatars and immersive learning in virtual reality. In The 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’20), October 26–28, Virtual Event, Greece. Link

Kubicek, E. & Quandt, L. C. (2019). Sensorimotor system engagement during ASL sign perception: an EEG study in deaf signers and hearing non-signers. Cortex, 119, 457-469. Link

Quandt, L. C. & Kubicek, E. (2018). Sensorimotor characteristics of sign translations modulate EEG when deaf signers read English. Brain and Language, 187, 9-17. Link

Earlier work

Quandt, L. C., Lee, Y.-S., & Chatterjee, A. (2017). Neural bases of action abstraction. Biological Psychology, 129, 314-323.

Quandt, L. C., Cardillo, E. R., Kranjec, A., & Chatterjee, A. (2015). Fronto-temporal regions encode the manner of motion in spatial language. Neuroscience Letters, 609, 171-175. 

Quandt, L. C. & Chatterjee, A. (2015). Rethinking actions: Implementation and association. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, 6, 483-490. 

Bunlon, F., Marshall, P. J., Quandt, L. C., & Bouquet, C. A. (2015). Influence of action-effect associations acquired by ideomotor learning on imitation. PLOS ONE, 10, e0121617. 

Drew, A. R., Quandt, L. C., & Marshall, P. J. (2015). Visual influences on sensorimotor EEG responses during observation of hand actions. Brain Research, 1597, 119-128. 

Quandt, L. C. & Marshall, P. J. (2014). The effect of action experience on sensorimotor EEG rhythms during action observation. Neuropsychologia, 56, 401-408. 

Quandt, L. C., Marshall, P. J., Bouquet, C. A., & Shipley, T. F. (2013). Somatosensory experiences modulate alpha and beta power during subsequent action observation. Brain Research, 1534, 55-65. 

Quandt, L. C., Marshall, P. J., Shipley, T. F., Beilock, S. L., & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2012). Sensitivity of alpha and beta oscillations to sensorimotor characteristics of action: An EEG study of action production and gesture observation. Neuropsychologia, 50, 2745-51. 

Quandt, L. C., Marshall, P. J., Bouquet, C. A., Young, T., & Shipley, T. F. (2011). Experience with novel actions modulates frontal alpha EEG desynchronization. Neuroscience Letters, 499, 37-41. 

Roussotte, F. F., Bramen, J. E., Nuñez, S. C., Quandt, L. C., Smith, L. M., O’Connor, M. J., Bookheimer, S. Y., & Sowell, E. R. (2011). Abnormal brain activation during working memory in children with prenatal exposure to drugs of abuse: The effects of methamphetamine, alcohol, and polydrug exposure. NeuroImage, 54, 3067-75. 

Carp, J., Halenar, M. J., Quandt, L. C., Sklar, A., & Compton, R. J. (2009). Perceived similarity and neural mirroring: Evidence from vicarious error processing. Social Neuroscience, 4, 85-96. 

Compton, R. J., Carp, J., Chaddock, L., Fineman, S. L., Quandt, L. C., & Ratliff, J. B. (2008). Trouble crossing the bridge: Interhemispheric communication of emotional images in anxiety. Emotion, 8, 684-92. 

Compton, R. J., Robinson, M. D., Ode, S., Quandt, L. C., Fineman, S. L., & Carp, J. (2008). Error monitoring ability predicts daily stress regulation. Psychological Science, 19, 702-8. 

Compton, R. J., Lin, M., Vargas, G., Carp, J., Fineman, S. L., & Quandt, L. C. (2008). Error-detection and post-error behavior in depressed undergraduates. Emotion, 8, 58-67.

Compton, R. J., Carp, J., Chaddock, L., Fineman, S. L., Quandt, L. C., & Ratliff, J. B. (2007). Error-monitoring in anxiety: Increased error-sensitivity or altered expectations? Brain and Cognition, 64, 247-56.    

Sortino, R., Kim, C., Guettler, T., McClyman, K., Lualdi, C., Wooten, A., Quandt, L. C., & Pizzie, R. Supporting STEM learning in anxious students through visual language. To be presented at the International Mind, Brain, and Education Society 2024 annual meeting.

Leannah, C. & Quandt, L. C. Deaf Learners in STEM: Exploring Embodied Cognition with VR and EEG. To be presented at the International Mind, Brain, and Education Society 2024 annual meeting. 

Bosworth, R. G., Schwenk, M., Quandt, L. C. (2023). Looking preferences for signing avatars: Does naturalness matter? Presented at the Psychonomic Society’s Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA. 

Willis, A. S. & Quandt, L. C. (2023). Predictive processing in perception of artificial and natural signing avatar movement in signed language words leads to a cubic model of mu frequency power changes: An EEG study of signed language movement and familiarity. Presented at Neuroscience 2023, Washington, DC.

Palagano, J., Delorme, T.*, & Quandt, L. C. (2023). On the Other Hand: Factors influencing neural alignment during fingerspelling in American Sign Language. Presented at the 2023 (Mis)alignment in Alignment Research workshop, Aix-en-Provence, France. 

Schwenk, M. & Quandt, L. C. (2023). Impact of American Sign Language fluency on response time and accuracy in visual-spatial tasks. Presented at Neuroscience 2023, Washington, DC. 

Palagano, J. & Quandt, L. C. (2023). Effects of sign language brokering on working memory capacity. Presented at the 15th annual meeting of the Society for Neurobiology of Language, Marseilles, France.

Leannah, C. & Quandt, L. C. (2023). Investigating embodied cognition in deaf ASL users: EEG and virtual reality for STEM education. Presented at the 15th annual meeting of the Society for Neurobiology of Language, Marseilles, France.

Schwenk, M. & Quandt, L. C. (2023). The influence of ASL fluency and age of acquisition on perceptual reasoning skills in American Sign Language users. Presented at the 15th annual meeting of the Society for Neurobiology of Language, Marseilles, France. 

Schwenk, M. & Quandt, L. C. (2023). The role of ASL handshape classifiers in visual spatial skill development: A comparative analysis. Presented at the 48th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development. 

Schwenk, M. & Quandt, L. C. (2023). Assessing the impact of self-reported and objective fluency on visual spatial tasks in deaf signers. Presented at the 13th Biennial Conference of the Society for the Study of Human Development, Philadelphia, PA. 

Palagano, J., Quandt, L. C., & Bosworth, R. G. (2023) Digital American Sign Language storybooks and literacy. Presented at the Digital Media and Developing Minds International Scientific Congress, Washington, D.C. 

Pizzie, R., Sortino, R., Kim, C., Wooten, A., & Quandt, L. C. (2023) Leveraging a visuospatial language to enhance quantitative learning. Presented at the annual meeting of the Mathematical Cognition & Learning Society, Loughborough, UK. 

Willis, A. S. & Quandt, L. C. (2023). Perception of signing avatar’s movement leads to predictive processing and non-linear model of mu/alpha frequency power changes. Presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA. 

Quandt, L. C., Leannah, C., Schwenk, M., & Willis, A. S. (2023). Deafness and ASL fluency each differentially impact biological motion perception. Presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA.

Schwenk, M., Quandt, L. C., & Bosworth, R. (2023) Sign-naïve and native signing infants’ visual preferences for signing avatars. Presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, UT. 

Willis, A. S. & Quandt, L. C. (2022). The role of the mirror mechanism in the perception of signing avatars’ movements. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neurobiology of Language, Philadelphia, PA. 

Inan, M. Hassan, S., Quandt, L. C., & Alikhani, M. (2022). Learning cognitive and linguistic prosodic categories in signed languages for automatic sign language understanding. Presented at the 44th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Toronto, CA. 

Viegas, C., Quandt, L. C., & Alikhani, M. (2022). Look for adjectives in the face: How facial expressions contribute to meaning in sign languages. Presented at the 44th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Toronto, CA.

Willis, A. S., Schwenk, M., & Quandt, L. C. (2022). Prior technology experience shapes signers’ emotional responses to signing avatars. Presented at Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research 14: 2022, Osaka, Japan. 

Willis, A. S. & Quandt, L. C. (2022). How does the age of sign language acquisition affect the social perception of signing avatars? Presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society.

Quandt, L. C., Leannah, C., Schwenk, M., & Willis, A. S. (2022). Effects of sign language experience and being deaf upon biological motion processing. Presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society.

Shao, Q., Sniffen, A., Blanchett, J., Hillis, M. E., Shi, X., Haris, T. K., Liu, J., Lamberton, J., Malzkuhn, M., Quandt, L. C., Mahoney, J., Kraemer, D. J. M., Zhou, X., & Balkcom, D. (2021). Teaching American Sign Language in mixed reality. Talk at UbiComp/ISWC 2021. 

Quandt, L. C., Willis, A. S., Weeks, K., Wang, J., Lamberton, J., Schwenk, M.° & Malzkuhn, M. (2021). ASL + VR: Lessons from the first three years of Signing Avatars & Immersive Learning (SAIL). Presented at the CIRCLS ’21 annual convening. 

Leannah, C., Willis, A. S., & Quandt, L. C. (2021). Perception of ASL fingerspelling via point-light displays. Slide Slam presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neurobiology of Language.

Schwenk, M., Willis, A. S., Weeks, K., Ferster, R., & Quandt, L. C. (2021). Attitudes towards sign language avatars in the practice of teletherapy and assessment. Presented at the convention of the American Psychological Association, Society of Clinical Psychology (Division 12).

Xu, A. & Quandt, L. C. (2021). Multisensory Integration in Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Groups. Presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society.

Quandt, L. C., Malzkuhn, M., Willis, A. S., Lamberton, J., Wang, J., Wang, Y., & Weeks, K. (2020). SAIL: Signing Avatars & Immersive Learning. Virtual showcase presented at the annual meeting of the Immersive Learning Research Network.

Willis, A. S., Weeks, K., Schwenk, M., & Quandt, L. C. Behavioral and neural responses to American Sign Language avatars. Presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Neurobiology of Language. 

Berger, L., Sullivan S., Quandt, L. C., & Berteletti, I. (2020). Influence of language modality on sensorimotor involvement in arithmetic calculation. Accepted at the annual meeting of the Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society, canceled due to Covid-19.

Kubicek, E., Thornton, D., & Quandt, L. C. (2020). The relationship between sign language fluency and mental rotation: An EEG study. Presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society.

Quandt, L. C., Kubicek, E.^, & Lamberton, J. (2020). Superior discrimination of complex biological motions in native ASL signers. Presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. 

Quandt, L. C. & Willis, A. (2019). Sensorimotor EEG activity during sign production in deaf signers and hearing non-signers. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neurobiology of Language in Helsinki, Finland. 

Willis, A. & Quandt, L. C. (2019). Sign language experience increases motor resonance during imitation of signs. Presented at the Gallaudet University Research Expo in Washington, D.C.

Kubicek., E. & Quandt, L. C. (2019). Neural correlates of biological motion perception in sign language users. Presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society in San Francisco, CA.

Willis, A. & Quandt, L. C. (2019). Sign language experience increases motor resonance during imitation of signs. Presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society in San Francisco, CA.

Kubicek., E. & Quandt, L. C. (2019). Neural correlates of biological motion perception in sign language users. Data Blitz talk presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society in San Francisco, CA.

Berger, L. & Quandt, L. C. (2018). Sensorimotor EEG indicates deaf signers simulate tactile properties of ASL signs when reading English. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neurobiology of Language in Quebec City, Canada.

Kubicek, E. & Quandt, L. C. (2018). Deaf signers’ sensorimotor system activity during perception of one- and two-handed signs. Presented at SACNAS 2018: The National Diversity in STEM Conference in San Antonio, TX.

Kubicek, E. & Quandt, L. C. (2018). Deaf signers’ sensorimotor system activity during perception of one- and two-handed signs. Data Blitz presentation given at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society in Boston, MA.

Kubicek, E. & Quandt, L. C. (2018). Deaf signers’ sensorimotor system activity during perception of one- and two-handed signs. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society in Boston, MA.

Quandt, L. C. & Kubicek, E. M. (2017). Motor system contributions to cross-linguistic translation when deaf signers read English. Oral presentation at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.