Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Stone Age Institute and The Center for Research into the Anthropological Foundations of Technology, Indiana University
Shelby received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Iowa in 2016. Her research utilizes functional neuroimaging technology, the fossil and archaeological record, and experimental methods to investigate the evolution of primate and hominin brains and behaviors, including cognition, language, tool use and manufacture, social transmission, and learning.
Experience
–present
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Center for Research into the Anthropological Foundations of Technology, Indiana University
Education
2016
University of Iowa, PhD
Publications
2017
The Functional Brain Networks that Underlie Early Stone Age Tool Manufacture, Nature Human Behaviour
2015
The Origins of Stone Tool Reduction and the Transition to Knapping: An Experimental Approach, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
2014
The Role of Verbal Interaction during Experimental Bifacial Stone Tool Manufacture, Lithic Technology
Grants and Contracts
2014
Experimental Investigation of the Co-evolution of Language and Toolmaking in the Brain: A fNIRS Study
Role:
Principal Investigator
Funding Source:
The Wenner-Gren Foundation
2014
Investigating the co-evolution of language and toolmaking: A fNIRS study
Role:
Principal Investigator
Funding Source:
The Leakey Foundation
2014
The effect of language on cortical activity during bifacial stone tool reduction: An fNIRS study