I received a BA in Cognitive Neuroscience from Harvard University in 2002. Since graduating from college, I've decided to pursue an MD, so I am entering the Bryn Mawr Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program in the fall of 2005.

Academic and Research Interests

I work at the Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology studying literacy and numeracy with Dr. Bruce McCandliss. My undergraduate thesis advisor was Professor Elizabeth Spelke, and I did my research in her Laboratory for Developmental Studies. Before that, I worked in Professor Marc Hauser's Primate Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory. My interests include reading and attention development and remediation, brain-based education, infant cognitive development, and neuroendocrinology.

Publications and Presentations

Ochs, L., et al. (2005). Differential Response to Reading Intervention Based on Initial Skill Level. Cognitive Neuroscience Society. New York, NY.

Niogi, S., et al. (2005). Assessing the Developmental Relationship Between Reading Disability and White Matter Tract Microstructure Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI); the Importance of a Reproducible Objective Quantification Scheme. Cognitive Neuroscience Society. New York, NY.

Wolmetz, M.E., et al. (2005). Reading disability in children is linked to atypical activation patterns within a one-back task contrasting pseudowords and consonant strings. Cognitive Neuroscience Society. New York, NY.

Dibble, E., et al. (2003). Human reorientation by a directional signal: Evidence in Support of Homologous Navigation Mechanisms. Society for Research in Child Development. Tampa, Florida.

Miller, C.T., et al. (2001). Amodal completion of acoustic signals by a nonhuman primate. Nature Neuroscience, 8, 783-784.

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