The Cognitive and Neural Science of Learning (CNSL) Lab

at the University of Greensboro

Located in the Department of Psychology, Eberhart Building

View our lab brochure HERE!

I am NOT recruiting Ph.D. students to start in the 2025-2026 academic year. Interested students can find out more about current projects in the lab here and about our department and the graduate program here. 

The CNSL lab investigates fundamental principles of human learning from a multi-disciplinary perspective. In particular, we use techniques of cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, and neuroscience to address questions of interest to basic science, but which also have practical implications for Education research. This includes both behavioral experimental and neural methods.

Current research topics: neural plasticity and recovery from aphasia; the role of motor-experience in acquiring written language; sub-lexical knowledge and individual differences in reading & spelling

See our publications here

Find my CV here

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The goal of this website is to contribute to the dissemination of research in cognitive science and its related fields relevant to understanding how the human mind and brain learn and use written language.

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New NPR article on handwriting

I was recently interviewed by a writer for NPR–the interest in the role of handwriting in learning (not just penmanship!) seems to continue to grow. You can read the article here. There is also an interesting new article out in Acta Psychologica showing superior learning of word forms (i.e., spelling), sound, and meaning when learning…

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