The Center for Cognitive and Brain Sciences is proud to announce our 2023 Summer Graduate Research Award recipients. 

At the Center for Cognitive and Brain Sciences (CCBS), we are committed to supporting student research during both undergraduate and graduate careers. Every year, we award Summer Graduate Research Awards to a select group of graduate students who demonstrate academic excellence in the field of cognitive and brain sciences. Applicants are asked to propose a research project in collaboration with primary and secondary advisors who carry affiliations in two different academic departments. This annual program fosters interdisciplinary collaboration across the Ohio State University.

Emily Napoli

Project Title: First language dialect experience as a source of individual differences in vowel acquisition

Home Department: Linguistics, advised by Dr. Cynthia Clopper

Visiting Department: Psychology, advised by Dr. Mark Pitt

Gerardo Lopez

Project Title: Exploring the Perception of Synthesized Voices within a Musical Context

Home Department: Music, advised by Dr. Anna Gawboy

Visiting Department: Psychology, advised by Dr. Laura Wagner

Nicole Viola

Project Title: Developing QUEST (Quitting Using Executive function Strategy Training) Tobacco Cessation Component Development for Youth Experiencing Homelessness with Acquired Brain Injury

Home Department: Speech & Hearing, advised by Dr. Jennifer Lundine

Visiting Department: Public Health, advised by Dr. Julianna Nemeth

Seyed Ali Alavi Bajestan

Project Title: Detecting Auditory Selective Attention from EEG Data using Deep Neural Networks

Home Department: Computer Science and Engineering, advised by Dr. Donald Williamson

Visiting Department: Psychology, advised by Dr. Mark Pitt

Xiaozhi Yang

Project Title: Gaze influences political decision making: a combine computational modelling and eye-tracking approach

Home Department: Psychology, advised by Dr. Ian Krajbich

Visiting Department: Communication, advised by Dr. Jason Coronel

Yu Jin Song

Project Title: The role of cognitive ability in processing prosodic prominence by adults and children

Home Department: Linguistics, advised by Dr. Shari Speer

Visiting Department: Psychology, advised by Dr. Laura Wagner

Zachary Lookenbill

Project Title: "We Got the Beat": Synchronization and Beat Perception in Marching Band and Drumline

Home Department: Music, advised by Dr. Anna Gawboy

Visiting Department: Psychology, advised by Dr. Rosalee Meyer