Morton Ann Gernsbacher | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of North Texas University of Texas at Dallas University of Texas at Austin |
Known for | Structure building model of language comprehension, research on language processing in people with autism |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Psychology Psycholinguistics |
Institutions | University of Wisconsin–Madison University of Oregon |
Thesis | The effects of verbalization on memory for orientation in pictures[1] Memory for Surface Information in Non-Verbal Stories: Parallels and Insights to Language Processes[2] |
Doctoral advisor | Donald Foss |
Neurodiversity paradigm |
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Morton Ann Gernsbacher is an American psychologist who is Vilas Research Professor and Sir Frederic Bartlett Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[3] She is a specialist in autism and psycholinguistics and has written and edited professional and lay books and over 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on these subjects.[4][5]
She has served on the advisory board of the journal Psychological Science in the Public Interest and has held several editor positions for Cognitive Psychology, Memory & Cognition and Language and Cognitive Processes.[6] She was also president of the Association for Psychological Science in 2007.[7]