Morton Ann Gernsbacher
Credentials: (she/her)
Position title: Vilas Research Professor and the Sir Frederic C. Bartlett Professor of Psychology
Email: MAGernsb@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 262-6989
Address:
597 Psychology
Research Area(s)
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience
Lab Website
Gernsbacher Lab
Research Interest
I research cognitive neuroscience of human communication and attention. I’m also interested in atypical communication and cognition, as well as electronically mediated communication (including electronic interaction for online learning and education).
Representative Publications
Gernsbacher, M.A., & Pripas-Kapit, S. (2012). Who’s missing the point? A commentary on claims that autistic persons have a specific deficit in figurative language comprehension. Metaphor & Symbol, 27, 93-105. PDF
Gallese, V., Gernsbacher, M.A., Heyes, C., Hickok, G., & Iacoboni, M. (2011). Mirror neuron forum. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6, 369-407. PDF
Stevenson, J.A., Harp, B. & Gernsbacher, M.A. (2011) Infantilizing autism. Disability Studies Quarterly, 31(3). HTML