Veena D. Dwivedi

Director – Centre for Neuroscience; Professor - Psychology | Neuroscience, Brock University

The goal of my research program is to understand how the human mind/brain effortlessly understands language. I propose a "heuristic first, algorithmic second" model of language processing. This model integrates the latest findings from neuroscience, psychology and linguistic theory.

For more information about my research program, visit the Dwivedi Brain and Language Lab website:
https://brocku.ca/dwivedi-brain-and-language-lab/

Specialties: neuroscience, ERPs, EEG, semantics, self-paced reading, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, syntax, context, discourse, anaphora, brain, quantifiers, linguistics, Hindi.

B.Sc. Physiology, McGill University
Ph.D. Linguistics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Experience

–present

Associate Professor in Brain and Language, Psychology/Neuroscience, Brock University
2020–present

Professor in Brain and Language, Psychology/Neuroscience, Brock University

Education

1994

University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Linguistics
1987

McGill University, Physiology

Grants and Contracts

2019

The role of individual differences in motivation and emotion in language comprehension

Role:

Principal Investigator

Funding Source:

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Professional Memberships

Cognitive Neuroscience Society
Cognitive Science Society
Society for Neurobiology of Language