Changing Brains

Aaron J. Newman is Professor at Dalhousie University, Chair of the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, and Director of the NeuroCognitive Imaging Lab. His research program in cognitive neuroscience focuses on how the brain organization for language, hearing, and vision can be altered by experience.Giordana Grossi is Professor of Psychology at the State University of New York at New Paltz and Director of the Brain and Cognition Lab. Her empirical work, which employs both behavioral and electrophysiological measures, explores aspects of automaticity and expertise in visual word recognition in both monolinguals and bilinguals.

• Foreword. Being a Scientist in the Neville Tradition: Ten Things I Learned from HelenDebra L. MillsIntroductionAaron J. Newman & Giordana GrossiInterlude i: Thanks, You Guys! Marta KutasChapter 1. Development and plasticity of selective auditory attention in early childhoodAmanda Hampton Wray & Elif Isbell Interlude ii: A Big Fat P3Marta KutasChapter 2. Allocation of auditory spatial selective attention in action video game players Julia Föcker, Matin Mortazavi, Wayne Khoe, Steven A. Hillyard, & Daphne Bavelier Interlude iii: Structure and ContentMarta KutasChapter 3. The roles of age of acquisition, proficiency, and first language on second language processingAnnika Andersson & Aaron J. NewmanChapter 4. Exploring the Effects of Aging on Language Abilities in Deaf Signers David P. Corina, Lucinda O’Grady Farnady, Todd LaMarr, Svenna Pedersen, Kurt Winsler, & Laurel LawyerChapter 5. Changes in occipito-temporal cortex with literacy: Electrophysiological evidenceGiordana Grossi & Elizabeth SacchiChapter 6. Reading in deaf individuals: Examining the role of visual word form areaElizabeth A. Hirshorn, Matthew W.G. Dye, Peter Hauser, Ted Supalla, & Daphne Bavelier Interlude iv: One Less Sense Isn’t NonsenseMarta KutasChapter 7. Deafness and signed language: Implications of Helen Neville’s neuroplasticity research for children receiving cochlear implantsAaron J. Newman & Mairéad MacSweeneyInterlude v: Sound or Sign?Marta Kutas Chapter 8. Making memories last: How sleep promotes neuroplasticityRandolph F. Helfrich & Robert T. KnightInterlude vi: The Importance of ParentingMarta KutasChapter 9. Changing Brains for Social JusticeEric Pakulak & Courtney StevensInterlude vii: A Double-Edged SwordMarta KutasChapter 10. Exploring Common Mechanisms of Brain Development and Adult Plasticity in Humans and RodentsMichael I. Posner & Mary K. Rothbart