Selected Presentations:

• Niyongabo, I., McCullough, S. & Emmorey, K. (2011). Does the absence of auditory input to the cerebral nervous system during development lead to changes in the structure of the brain? San Diego State University Student Research Symposium. see poster

• McCullough, S., Saygin, A., Alac, M., & Emmorey, K. (2010). Motion semantics in American Sign Language activate motion-sensitive visual areas in the human brain. Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research, September, Purdue University, West Layfayette, IN. see poster

• Emmorey, K., McCullough, S., Mehta, S., Ponto, L.L.B, & Grabowski, T.J. (2010). The biology of linguistic expression impacts neural correlates for spatial language. Neurobiology of Language, November, San Diego, CA. see poster

• Allen, J., Emmorey, K., Bruss, J., & Damasio, H. (2007). Do hearing status and sign language experience affect insula morphology? An MR volumetric analysis. Society for Neuroscience meeting, November, San Diego, California.

• Emmorey, K., Xu, J., Gannon, P., Goldin-Meadow, S., & Braun, A. (2007). Perception of pantomime, American Sign Language verbs, and nonsense signs by deaf signers and hearing non-signers. Cognitive Neuroscience Society, May, New York. see poster

• Saygin, A., McCullough, S., Alac, M., & Emmorey, K. (2007). Sentences with motion semantics activate motion-sensitive visual areas in the human brain. Society for Neuroscience meeting, November, San Diego, California.

• Allen, J., Emmorey, K., Bruss, J., & Damasio, H. (2007). An MR Volumetric Study of the Motor Hand Region and Insula in Deaf, Hearing, and Hearing-Signing Individuals. Cognitive Neuroscience Society, May, New York. see poster

• McCullough, S., & Emmorey, K. (2004). The neural systems underlying the recognition of linguistic and emotional facial expressions. Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research 8, October, Barcelona, Spain.

• Emmorey, K., & Grabowski, T. (2004). Neural organization for sign versus speech production. Cognitive Neuroscience Society, April, San Francisco, CA.

• Pickell, B., Emmorey, K., Hickok, G., Klima, E., & Bellugi, U. (2002). Clues from American Sign Language: The role of the right occipital lobe in language. Academy of Aphasia meeting, October, New York, NY.