Language and Cognitive Development Lab
UCLA Psychology
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Graduate
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Amber Ankowski Amber Ankowski received her bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame. When she is not doing developmental research she loves to ride her bike and spend time with her nieces and nephew. She also makes a mean guacamole. |
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Mariel Kyger Mariel Kyger is a second year graduate student in the LCD
lab. Mariel graduated from Claremont McKenna College in 2005 and spent time
researching at Johns Hopkins and UC Riverside before coming to UCLA. |
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Emily Thom Emily Thom is a fourth year graduate student in the LCD lab. Her research interests include the situational and educational factors that influence language development. She is currently conducting a study looking at the relationship between vocabulary size and category generalization, and another looking at how hearing infants' use of gesture (Baby Sign or ASL) influences language development. She is also conducting a study with labmate Amber Ankowski that examines how spatial language influences young children's search strategies. Emily grew up in Claremont, California. She attended UCSB, majoring in Psychology and English. When she isn't in the lab or at a preschool, Emily enjoys reading, watching movies and bad reality TV, hiking, swimming, and exploring LA. |
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Haley Vlach Haley grew up in Bend, Oregon, where she learned to love skiing, hiking, biking, and playing outside. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a B.S. in psychology and is currently a second year graduate student in the LCD lab. Her research interests include category induction, concept development, memory, and educational applications of basic research. |
Lab
Alumni
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Alicia Chang Alicia Chang is a 6th year graduate student in cognitive psychology, with a minor in developmental psychology. Born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, she graduated from Boston University in 2002 before switching coasts, and is considering hopping coasts once again! In the LCD Lab, Alicia studies the effects of bilingualism on the development of number concepts in children. She is currently trying very hard to graduate, but also makes time to Master TA Psych 100B, sing karaoke, take spinning, jazz, and hip hop dance classes, travel, and sample international cuisine. UPDATE: Alicia is now PhD! |
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Friends
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Nathalie James |
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Alex Doumas |
Ben Rottman |
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