Karen Emmorey

Title(s)	Adjunct Professor, Psychology
School	Vc-academic Affairs
Address	9500 Gilman Drive # La Jolla CA 92093
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Research

Research Activities and Funding

Assessing the neural dynamics of reading in deaf adults
NIH R01DC014246Feb 1, 2015 - Jan 31, 2019
Role: Principal Investigator

Neural Systems Underlying Sign Language Production
NIH R01DC006708Jan 1, 2005 - Dec 31, 2011
Role: Principal Investigator

Bimodal Bilingualism
NIH R01HD047736Sep 1, 2004 - Jul 31, 2015
Role: Principal Investigator

THEORETICAL ISSUES IN SIGN LANGUAGE RESEARCH
NIH R13DC001383Jan 1, 1992 - Dec 31, 1992
Role: Principal Investigator

UNIVERSAL CONSTRAINTS ON NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING
NIH F32NS008343Mar 15, 1988
Role: Principal Investigator

Language, Modality and the Brain
NIH R01DC010997Jul 1, 1979 - Jun 30, 2020
Role: Principal Investigator

Language, Modality and the Brain
NIH R01HD013249Jul 1, 1979 - Oct 31, 2010
Role: Principal Investigator

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Publications

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Using transitional information in sign and gesture perception. Acta Psychol (Amst). 2023 Jun; 236:103923. Brozdowski C, Emmorey K. PMID: 37087958; PMCID: PMC10576459.

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Psy Psychology
Translation:Humans
How (and why) does iconicity effect lexical access: An electrophysiological study of American sign language. Neuropsychologia. 2023 05 03; 183:108516. McGarry ME, Midgley KJ, Holcomb PJ, Emmorey K. PMID: 36796720; PMCID: PMC10576952.

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Neu Neurology Psy Psychology
Translation:Humans
Sensitivity to orthographic vs. phonological constraints on word recognition: An ERP study with deaf and hearing readers. Neuropsychologia. 2022 12 15; 177:108420. Lee B, Martinez PM, Midgley KJ, Holcomb PJ, Emmorey K. PMID: 36396091; PMCID: PMC10152474.

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Neu Neurology Psy Psychology
Translation:Humans
Are form priming effects phonological or perceptual? Electrophysiological evidence from American Sign Language. Cognition. 2022 03; 220:104979. Meade G, Lee B, Massa N, Holcomb PJ, Midgley KJ, Emmorey K. PMID: 34906848; PMCID: PMC9578293.

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Psy Psychology
Translation:Humans
Matching pictures and signs: An ERP study of the effects of iconic structural alignment in American sign language. Neuropsychologia. 2021 11 12; 162:108051. McGarry ME, Massa N, Mott M, Midgley KJ, Holcomb PJ, Emmorey K. PMID: 34624260; PMCID: PMC8560580.

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Neu Neurology Psy Psychology
Translation:Humans
The organization of the American Sign Language lexicon: Comparing one- and two-parameter ERP phonological priming effects across tasks. Brain Lang. 2021 07; 218:104960. Meade G, Lee B, Massa N, Holcomb PJ, Midgley KJ, Emmorey K. PMID: 33940343; PMCID: PMC8543839.

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Bra Brain Psy Psychophysiology Spe Speech-Language Pathology
Translation:Humans
Teaching & Learning Guide for: The neurocognitive basis of skilled reading in prelingually and profoundly deaf adults. Lang Linguist Compass. 2021 Apr; 15(4). Emmorey K, Lee B. PMID: 34777571; PMCID: PMC8579777.

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Picture-naming in American Sign Language: an electrophysiological study of the effects of iconicity and structured alignment. Lang Cogn Neurosci. 2021; 36(2):199-210. McGarry ME, Mott M, Midgley KJ, Holcomb PJ, Emmorey K. PMID: 33732747; PMCID: PMC7959108.

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An ERP investigation of orthographic precision in deaf and hearing readers. Neuropsychologia. 2020 09; 146:107542. Meade G, Grainger J, Midgley KJ, Holcomb PJ, Emmorey K. PMID: 32590018; PMCID: PMC7502516.

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Neu Neurology Psy Psychology
Translation:Humans
Shadowing in the manual modality. Acta Psychol (Amst). 2020 Jul; 208:103092. Brozdowski C, Emmorey K. PMID: 32531500; PMCID: PMC7387226.

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Psy Psychology
Translation:Humans
ERP Evidence for Co-Activation of English Words during Recognition of American Sign Language Signs. Brain Sci. 2019 Jun 21; 9(6). Lee B, Meade G, Midgley KJ, Holcomb PJ, Emmorey K. PMID: 31234356; PMCID: PMC6627215.

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ERP effects of masked orthographic neighbour priming in deaf readers. Lang Cogn Neurosci. 2019; 34(8):1016-1026. Meade G, Grainger J, Midgley KJ, Holcomb PJ, Emmorey K. PMID: 31595216; PMCID: PMC6781870.

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Phonological and semantic priming in American Sign Language: N300 and N400 effects. Lang Cogn Neurosci. 2018; 33(9):1092-1106. Meade G, Lee B, Midgley KJ, Holcomb PJ, Emmorey K. PMID: 30662923; PMCID: PMC6335044.

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From sublexical facilitation to lexical competition: ERP effects of masked neighbor priming. Brain Res. 2018 04 15; 1685:29-41. Meade G, Grainger J, Midgley KJ, Emmorey K, Holcomb PJ. PMID: 29407530; PMCID: PMC5840043.

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Bra Brain
Translation:Humans
Implicit co-activation of American Sign Language in deaf readers: An ERP study. Brain Lang. 2017 07; 170:50-61. Meade G, Midgley KJ, Sevcikova Sehyr Z, Holcomb PJ, Emmorey K. PMID: 28407510; PMCID: PMC5538318.

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Bra Brain Psy Psychophysiology Spe Speech-Language Pathology
Translation:Humans
The Action-Sentence Compatibility Effect in ASL: the role of semantics vs. perception. Lang Cogn. 2015 Jun; 7(2):305-318. Secora K, Emmorey K. PMID: 26052352; PMCID: PMC4455545.

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Synchronization to auditory and visual rhythms in hearing and deaf individuals. Cognition. 2015 Jan; 134:232-44. Iversen JR, Patel AD, Nicodemus B, Emmorey K. PMID: 25460395; PMCID: PMC4255154.

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Psy Psychology
Translation:Humans
Modulation of BOLD response in motion-sensitive lateral temporal cortex by real and fictive motion sentences. J Cogn Neurosci. 2010 Nov; 22(11):2480-90. Saygin AP, McCullough S, Alac M, Emmorey K. PMID: 19925197; PMCID: PMC3547627.

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Neu Neurology
Translation:Humans
Effects of iconicity and semantic relatedness on lexical access in american sign language. J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn. 2010 Nov; 36(6):1573-81. Bosworth RG, Emmorey K. PMID: 20919784; PMCID: PMC2970771.

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Psy Psychology
Translation:Humans
Categorical perception of affective and linguistic facial expressions. Cognition. 2009 Feb; 110(2):208-21. McCullough S, Emmorey K. PMID: 19111287; PMCID: PMC2681241.

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Psy Psychology
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Co-speech gesture in bimodal bilinguals. Lang Cogn Process. 2008 Feb; 24(2):290-312. Casey S, Emmorey K. PMID: 19430579; PMCID: PMC2678840.

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"Tip of the fingers" experiences by deaf signers: insights into the organization of a sign-based lexicon. Psychol Sci. 2005 Nov; 16(11):856-60. Thompson R, Emmorey K, Gollan TH. PMID: 16262769.

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Psy Psychology
Translation:Humans
Neural organization for recognition of grammatical and emotional facial expressions in deaf ASL signers and hearing nonsigners. Brain Res Cogn Brain Res. 2005 Feb; 22(2):193-203. McCullough S, Emmorey K, Sereno M. PMID: 15653293.

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Bra Brain Psy Psychology
Translation:Humans
A "word length effect" for sign language: further evidence for the role of language in structuring working memory. Mem Cognit. 1998 May; 26(3):584-90. Wilson M, Emmorey K. PMID: 9610126.

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Psy Psychology
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A visuospatial "phonological loop" in working memory: evidence from American Sign Language. Mem Cognit. 1997 May; 25(3):313-20. Wilson M, Emmorey K. PMID: 9184483.

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Psy Psychology
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Face processing by deaf ASL signers: evidence for expertise in distinguished local features. J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ. 1997; 2(4):212-22. McCullough S, Emmorey K. PMID: 15579849.

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Aud Audiology Edu Education