A variety of converging operations demonstrate key differences between separable
dimensions, which can be analyzed independently, and integral dimensions, which are …

This dissertation explores holistic harmony identification. Aural training theorist Gary S.
Karpinski depicts this as the most effective and precise form of harmonic listening, but a …

This dissertation addresses the following questions through five studies using the
randomized-controlled training paradigm: Can language learning lead to linguistic relativity …

We constantly perceive and categorize internal signals, like our subjective affective state,
and complex social signals, like the faces of the people around us. In this dissertation, I aim …

How do we accelerate the process of gaining expertise? Recent research suggests that
advanced pattern recognition and fluency can be developed in a short period of time using …

Experience and learning shape human behavior and alter brain functioning. To investigate
the effects of learning on visual object representations in the brain, real-world visual experts …

Perceptual representations are a foundational aspect of all cognitive processes that involve
input from the external environment. Yet there is ample evidence that these perceptual …

Language acquisition is a ubiquitous, challenging problem involving fundamental cognitive
abilities of attention, learning, and memory. From infants to adult travelers, language …

My research seeks to explain how we learn about and represent the world. I empirically
examine how people learn word-object map**s (ie, nouns) from a series of situations …

カテゴリ知覚は観察者の持つカテゴリが観察者の知覚に影響する現象であり,
実験的には事物が同じカテゴリに属するときよりも異なるカテゴリに属するときにその事物の弁別 …