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

Portrait of Morton Ann Gernsbacher


Research Area(s)
Perception, 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. (2025). Challenging the assumption that autistic people lack a theory of mind. Biological Psychiatry, 10, 1001-1002. [DOI]

Gernsbacher, M. A. (2025). Why the theory-of-mind-deficit view of autism persists despite evidence to the contrary. Psychological Inquiry, 36(4), 276-278. [DOI]

Gernsbacher, M. A. (2024). Construction–Integration and the Structure Building Framework: Twin siblings born of different parents. Discourse Processes, 61(6-7), 304-306. [DOI]