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Liz Hirshorn is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the State University of New York at New Paltz, where she directs the Diversity in Language Lab (DiLL). Her research employs behavioral and EEG methodologies to investigate individual differences in skilled reading and cognitive interactions, with particular focus on alternative pathways to literacy that challenge conventional reading models.
Her research program centers on psycholinguistics and cognitive neuroscience, specifically examining how skilled reading develops through variable cognitive routes. Key projects include comparing English and Chinese reading processes to identify shared cognitive mechanisms between distinct writing systems, and investigating relationships between reading and face processing to understand lifelong neuroplasticity. Her work has significant implications for understanding struggling readers and developing alternative literacy interventions.
Dr. Hirshorn actively advises thesis students in psycholinguistics using behavioral or EEG methodologies, with recent projects exploring music-reading skill relationships and attentional differences in video game players. Her lab emphasizes experimental approaches to cognitive psychology with applications to educational contexts.
She maintains an active publication record spanning cognitive neuroscience, psycholinguistics, and reading research, with recent work focusing on holistic word processing, bilingual reading, and neuroplasticity in deaf populations. Her research demonstrates consistent methodological rigor through combined behavioral and neuroimaging approaches.
