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Simon Fischer-Baum is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University. His research investigates the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying language processing and memory systems.
Education:
- B.A. in Neuroscience and Behavior, Columbia University, 2003
- Ph.D. in Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins University, 2010
Dr. Fischer-Baum's research integrates written and spoken language processing with short-term memory systems through cognitive neuropsychology. His lab employs computational modeling, behavioral experiments, and neuroimaging techniques (fMRI, ERP/EEG, tDCS) to examine representations and processes across diverse populations including unimpaired undergraduates, congenitally deaf/blind individuals, and brain-damaged patients. Current projects focus on written language processing mechanisms, sequence representation organization, and temporal dynamics of cognition revealed through perseveration errors in serial order processing.
Advising: Dr. Fischer-Baum currently mentors graduate students Colin Noe (EEG/ERP methods in spoken language perception), Sarah Irons (computational cognitive neuropsychology), Katia Kazhuro (aphasia language production deficits), and Yu Lu (psycholinguistics with Martin Lab). His former doctoral students include Yingxue Tian (Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute), Mingjun Zhai (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), and Ivanova Veras de Jesús (Rice BMED Lab).
Lab: The Neuroplasticity Lab maintains a problem-centered research approach studying neural adaptation to expertise, cross-system cognitive interactions, and cortical reorganization following brain damage. The lab collaborates with Rice's Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience group and hosts visiting scholars like Qingqing Qu from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, with Charlotte Wilkinson serving as lab manager.
