Our Research

Our lab investigates the cognitive processes that underpin language, learning, and memory phenomena in a range of populations, including second language learners/bilinguals, children, and aging populations (both healthy and disordered). 

SOME OF OUR CORE RESEARCH AREAS:

Implicit and explicit learning, declarative and procedural memory, second language acquisition/bilingualism, psycholinguistics, individual differences

SOME OF OUR CORE RESEARCH QUESTIONS:

Why do adults vary so much in their language learning outcomes, when children are so successful? 

What roles do individual differences in general cognitive abilities (e.g., implicit/explicit learning, declarative/procedural memory, working memory, attention) play in language?

Most of our language abilities are implicit (they operate unconsciously), but what role does conscious awareness play in language?

How does listening to speech in an unfamiliar accent affect language learning, and general learning and memory?