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)
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]