Sharon Thompson-Schill

Sharon Thompson-Schill
Thompson-Schill
Born (1970-06-24) June 24, 1970 (age 54)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationCognitive psychologist
EmployerUniversity of Pennsylvania
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisContext Effects on Word Recognition: Implications for Models of Lexical Representation (1996)
Doctoral advisorJohn Gabrieli
Other advisorsGordon Bower
David Rumelhart

Sharon Thompson-Schill is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] Her research covers the field of biological basis of human cognitive systems, including language, memory, perception, and cognitive control, and the relationships between these systems. As of 2023, she has produced more than 190 scientific publications,[2] which collectively have been cited over 18,000 times.[3]

At the University of Pennsylvania, Thompson-Schill served as the Chairperson of the Psychology Department from 2014 to 2019, as the founding Director of MindCORE from 2017 to 2019, and as the Director (2010-2014) and Co-Director (2014-2017) of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience. She is also a member of the Committee on Science and the Arts at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia[4] and has served on the editorial boards of several scientific journals, including as Co-Editor-in-Chief of Cognitive Neuroscience.[5]

  1. ^ "Thompson-Schill, Sharon, Biological Basis of Behavior Program". www.sas.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  2. ^ "Sharon Thompson-Schill Lab::Publications". www.psych.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  3. ^ "Sharon L. Thompson-Schill - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  4. ^ "Committee on Science & the Arts". The Franklin Institute. 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
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