Hope College
Our lab studies the neural basis of language via EEG techniques. Semantic processing of languge can be assesed by the N400 waveform, which appears approximately 400 milliseconds after semantic stimulus onset. The N400 is used as a predictor of the ease of assimilating information into a given context, and is affected by many factors such as difficulty, word frequency, and familiarity.
We specifically look at literal and metaphorical language, and the N400 differences between the two. Because much pervious research has been confounded by other factors, we strive to create throuroughly normed stimulus sets in order to better understand the neural basis of figurative language.
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Gwenda Schmidt
Lab Director
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
schmidtg_hope.edu
Liz Fast
Research Assistant
elizabeth.fast_hope.edu
Ashley Drew
ashley.drew_hope.edu
Audrey Weil
audrey.weil_hope.edu
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Stephen Agauas
Steve was in the lab from Spring 2010 to Spring 2011. He graduated from Hope college in the spring of 2011 with a double major in Psychology and Biology and a minor in Neuroscience. In the fall, Steve plans on attending the CMU Experimental Psychology program to obtain a Master's degree.
Elizabeth Miller
Elizabeth was in the lab from Spring 2010 to Spring 2011. She will graduate from Hope college in 2012 with a B.S. in Chemistry, and then go on to get her Ph.D. in Chemistry.
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