Morton Ann Gernsbacher | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of North Texas University of Texas at Dallas University of Texas at Austin |
Known for | Structure building model of language comprehension, research on language processing in people with autism |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Psychology Psycholinguistics |
Institutions | University of Wisconsin–Madison University of Oregon |
Thesis | The effects of verbalization on memory for orientation in pictures[1] Memory for Surface Information in Non-Verbal Stories: Parallels and Insights to Language Processes[2] |
Doctoral advisor | Donald Foss |
Neurodiversity paradigm |
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Morton Ann Gernsbacher is an American psychologist who is Vilas Research Professor and Sir Frederic Bartlett Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is a specialist in autism and psycholinguistics and has written and edited professional and lay books and over 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on these subjects.[3] She is currently on the advisory board of the journal Psychological Science in the Public Interest and associate editor for Cognitive Psychology, and she has previously held editorial positions for Memory & Cognition and Language and Cognitive Processes. She was also president of the Association for Psychological Science in 2007.[4]