Research Center and Collaborators

Dr. Demir-Lira is the Director of the Development, Experience and Neurocognition Lab and Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Iowa. 

Her research program is aimed at understanding how early environmental and biological factors interact in predicting children's academic outcomes - in both typically-developing children and children with atypical developmental trajectories. Her work leverages a diverse array of methods, including naturalistic parent-child observations, experimental designs and neuroimaging methods (MRI, fMRI and fNIRS). [PULLED DIRECTLY FROM WEBSITE]

Dr. Miyakoshi works on signal processing of electroencephalography. He focuses on applications of independent component analysis, and evoked related potential (ERP) analysis. Is a major contributor to the EEGLAB software.

Dr. Langdon is a postdoctoral fellow in the Language Creation Lab, directed by Dr. Marie Coppola. 

Dr. Langdon is interested in studying language acquisition within multiply modalities (aural, visual, tactile), and the neural underpinnings of the language system. 

The Action Brain Lab uses electroencephalography (EEG) and other psychophysiological measures to understand how multiple brain networks relate in the production, understanding, and acquisition of sign/visual language. Specific areas of interest are mirroring systems, spatial perception, and how action processing and experience affect one another. Applications include new technologies for learning signed language. 

Dr. Mitchiner is Associate Professor in the Education Department and her work focuses on early childhood education.

Dr. Allen's team conducts longitudinal research projects of academic achievement and literacy in the deaf community throughout the country. He has retired in 2020 from his role of Co-Principal Investigator of the VL2 Center and from his position as Director of the PhD in Educational Neuroscience Program (PEN) at Gallaudet University. We thank him for his contributions to the Center and the Program.

Dr. VanMeter is the director of the Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging at Georgetown University. 

The Hirsch Lab investigates neural circuitry underlying a variety of mental processes in health/typical and clinical/psychiatric populations. In particular, the lab focuses on methodology of representative brains of spatial references seeking to expand from a single to multi-brain reference. Towards this aim, the lab specializes in hyperscanning (more than one individual) using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) technology.  Conceptually, the lab explores dynamic social and communicative behavior.