The lab is very excited to have the support of the National Science Foundation for our collaborative research focused on connecting linguistic and perceptual development through symmetry. This is joint research that we will carry out with our colleagues John Trueswell and Lila Gleitman at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Barbara Landau elected NAS member
Dr. Barbara Landau is among the 84 newly elected members of the National Academy of Sciences.
Barbara Landau Named William James Fellow
Dr. Landau received a 2018 William James Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science, an honor that recognizes individuals for their “lifetime of significant intellectual contributions to the basic science of psychology.” Follow the link above for the complete Hub article.
Huffington Post features research on amnesic artist
Click to read the Huffington Post’s article about a research project on memory and amnesia carried out by Barbara Landau, Emma Gregory, Mike McCloskey, and Zoe Ovans.
Postdoctoral fellow opportunity: Spatial cognitive development
The Language and Cognition Lab has an opening for a post-doctoral fellow who will lead a new project on young children’s block-building capacities as a window into the broader development of spatial representations.
Note: This position has been filled and is no longer open.
Dr. Landau’s Work With Amnesic Artist Featured in The New Yorker
A project of Dr. Landau’s on an amnesic artist was covered in The New Yorker as a featured article, entitled ‘Life Lines.’ Click to read the article.
Barbara Landau Elected Chair of Psychology Section of AAAS
Landau is currently the Chair of Section J (Psychology) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2016-2017), after which she will become Past Chair (2017-2018).
Johns Hopkins Experts Discuss Matters of the Brain During Calif. Event
Barbara Landau, the director of the Science of Learning Institute, hosted the evening panel discussion, which was broadcast on Ustream.
Learning Along the Lifespan: What Does the Future Hold?
Landau is the director of JHU’s Science of Learning Institute (2013-present). Read her interview in Arts & Sciences Magazine.
Johns Hopkins Launches Cross-Disciplinary Science of Learning Institute
Dr. Landau is the director of JHU’s Science of Learning Institute (2013-present). In its very existence, the institute will leverage Johns Hopkins’ wealth of experience in the field, bringing together an estimated 500-plus scholars and researchers from the brain sciences, education, engineering, medicine, arts, and many other disciplines.