Current Members:

P. Thomas Schoenemann, Director

 

Dr. Schoenemann is an Associate Professor in Anthropology and Cognitive Science at Indiana University.is an Associate Professor in Anthropology at Indiana University, a Research Scientist at the Stone Age Institute, and a member of the Cognitive Science Program at Indiana University. His research interests are on the evolution of brain and behavior, with a special focus on language. He has done comparative work assessing primate differences in brain anatomy, with the goal of better understanding exactly how human brains are unique (and how they are not), he has collaborated with primate behavior researchers to probe how human cognition differs (and does not differ) from non-human primate cognition, and he has explored what might be inferred from fossil endocasts (braincases) of our ancestors about their behavior and cognition. His personal research website is here.

Victoria Klimaj, Graduate Student

Tyler Nighswander, Graduate Student

Leo Visser, Undergraduate Student

Josey Mentzer, Undergraduate Student

 

Previous members:

 

Dr. Zara Anwarzai. Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University 

Dr. Shelby Putt, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Illinois State University

Dr. Chung-Lin Martin Yang, Lecturer, Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester

After undergoing training in neuroimaging techniques at IU Imaging Research Facility, Martin joined the lab as a postdoc in summer 2017. His major research interests include brain and language, language learning, human speech perception/production, and cognitive evolution. He has been working with Tom primarily on the fMRI project investigating the role of Broca's area in implicit sequential learning as well as another fMRI project on stone tool making. He is also conducting research on speech perception using electroencephalography (EEG). He left the lab in summer 2018 and started a new position at the University of Rochester. He is now teaching various undergraduate courses, including cognition, foundations of cognitive science, psycholinguistics, lab in cognitive neuroscience, and language use and understanding.

 

Graduate Students:

Chloe Holden

Lana Ruck

Del Hurst

Mackenzie Loyet

Lindsey Kitchell

Undergraduate Students:

Alvaro Michael

Lauren Weed