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Seana Coulson

Title(s)Professor, Cognitive Science
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    1. From dots to faces: individual differences in visual imagery capacity predict the content of Ganzflicker-induced hallucinations. Neurosci Conscious. 2026; 2026(1):niag016. Chkhaidze A, Reeder RR, Gag C, Kiyonaga A, Coulson S. PMID: 42110566; PMCID: PMC13156945.
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    2. The influence of co-speech gestures on speech envelope tracking. Brain Lang. 2026 May; 276:105745. Momsen JP, Wu YC, Coulson S. PMID: 41887027.
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    3. Words and Worlds Both: Dynamic Effects of Distributional and Sensorimotor Information in Semantic Processing. Open Mind (Camb). 2025; 9:2149-2174. Vinaya H, Trott S, Pecher D, Zeelenberg R, Coulson S. PMID: 41497522; PMCID: PMC12768550.
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    4. Point-light Talkers: Multisensory Enhancement of Speech Tracking by Co-speech Movement Kinematics. J Cogn Neurosci. 2025 Dec 01; 37(12):2616-2631. Momsen JP, Coulson S. PMID: 40554790.
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    5. Turing Jest: Distributional Semantics and One-Line Jokes. Cogn Sci. 2025 May; 49(5):e70066. Trott S, Walker DE, Taylor SM, Coulson S. PMID: 40396401; PMCID: PMC12093450.
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    6. Decoding Prosodic Information from Motion Capture Data: The Gravity of Co-Speech Gestures. Open Mind (Camb). 2025; 9:652-664. Momsen JP, Coulson S. PMID: 40337357; PMCID: PMC12058326.
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    7. Network resonance and the auditory steady state response. Sci Rep. 2024 07 22; 14(1):16799. Johnson TD, Gallagher AJ, Coulson S, Rangel LM. PMID: 39039107; PMCID: PMC11263589.
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    8. Strong Prediction: Language Model Surprisal Explains Multiple N400 Effects. Neurobiol Lang (Camb). 2024; 5(1):107-135. Michaelov JA, Bardolph MD, Van Petten CK, Bergen BK, Coulson S. PMID: 38645623; PMCID: PMC11025652.
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    9. Brain responses to a lab-evolved artificial language with space-time metaphors. Cognition. 2024 05; 246:105763. Verhoef T, Marghetis T, Walker E, Coulson S. PMID: 38442586.
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    10. Mimicry of partially occluded emotional faces: do we mimic what we see or what we know? Cogn Emot. 2022 12; 36(8):1555-1575. Davis JD, Coulson S, Blaison C, Hess U, Winkielman P. PMID: 36300446.
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    11. Event related spectral perturbations of gesture congruity: Visuospatial resources are recruited for multimodal discourse comprehension. Brain Lang. 2021 05; 216:104916. Momsen J, Gordon J, Wu YC, Coulson S. PMID: 33652372; PMCID: PMC11296609.
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    12. Verbal working memory and co-speech gesture processing. Brain Cogn. 2020 12; 146:105640. Momsen J, Gordon J, Wu YC, Coulson S. PMID: 33171343; PMCID: PMC11299644.
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    13. Dynamic grounding of emotion concepts. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2018 08 05; 373(1752). Winkielman P, Coulson S, Niedenthal P. PMID: 29914995; PMCID: PMC6015836.
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    14. Projectors, associators, visual imagery, and the time course of visual processing in grapheme-color synesthesia. Cogn Neurosci. 2017 10; 8(4):206-223. Amsel BD, Kutas M, Coulson S. PMID: 28697672; PMCID: PMC6559728.
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    15. Sensorimotor simulation and emotion processing: Impairing facial action increases semantic retrieval demands. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci. 2017 06; 17(3):652-664. Davis JD, Winkielman P, Coulson S. PMID: 28255798.
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    16. Editorial: The Metaphorical Brain. Front Hum Neurosci. 2015; 9:699. Coulson S, Lai VT. PMID: 26779008; PMCID: PMC4700253.
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    17. Iconic Gestures Facilitate Discourse Comprehension in Individuals With Superior Immediate Memory for Body Configurations. Psychol Sci. 2015 Nov; 26(11):1717-27. Wu YC, Coulson S. PMID: 26381507.
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    18. Facial Action and Emotional Language: ERP Evidence that Blocking Facial Feedback Selectively Impairs Sentence Comprehension. J Cogn Neurosci. 2015 Nov; 27(11):2269-80. Davis JD, Winkielman P, Coulson S. PMID: 26244721.
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    19. How vertical hand movements impact brain activity elicited by literally and metaphorically related words: an ERP study of embodied metaphor. Front Hum Neurosci. 2014; 8:1031. Bardolph M, Coulson S. PMID: 25566041; PMCID: PMC4274969.
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    20. Co-speech iconic gestures and visuo-spatial working memory. Acta Psychol (Amst). 2014 Nov; 153:39-50. Wu YC, Coulson S. PMID: 25282199.
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    21. A psychometric measure of working memory capacity for configured body movement. PLoS One. 2014; 9(1):e84834. Wu YC, Coulson S. PMID: 24465437; PMCID: PMC3897381.
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    22. Grammatical number agreement processing using the visual half-field paradigm: an event-related brain potential study. Int J Psychophysiol. 2014 Feb; 91(2):88-103. Kemmer L, Coulson S, Kutas M. PMID: 24326084; PMCID: PMC3977012.
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    23. Enhanced mental rotation ability in time-space synesthesia. Cogn Process. 2013 Nov; 14(4):429-34. Brang D, Miller LE, McQuire M, Ramachandran VS, Coulson S. PMID: 23553317.
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    24. Hemispheric asymmetry in interpreting novel literal language: an event-related potential study. Neuropsychologia. 2013 Apr; 51(5):907-21. Davenport T, Coulson S. PMID: 23376053.
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    25. Handedness and calendar orientations in time-space synaesthesia. J Neuropsychol. 2011 Sep; 5(2):323-32. Brang D, Teuscher U, Miller LE, Ramachandran VS, Coulson S. PMID: 21923792.
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    26. Are depictive gestures like pictures? commonalities and differences in semantic processing. Brain Lang. 2011 Dec; 119(3):184-95. Wu YC, Coulson S. PMID: 21864890; PMCID: PMC3196291.
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    27. Predictability and novelty in literal language comprehension: an ERP study. Brain Res. 2011 Oct 18; 1418:70-82. Davenport T, Coulson S. PMID: 21925647.
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    28. Modality Switching in a Property Verification Task: An ERP Study of What Happens When Candles Flicker after High Heels Click. Front Psychol. 2011; 2:10. Collins J, Pecher D, Zeelenberg R, Coulson S. PMID: 21713128; PMCID: PMC3111443.
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    29. Similarly shaped letters evoke similar colors in grapheme-color synesthesia. Neuropsychologia. 2011 Apr; 49(5):1355-1358. Brang D, Rouw R, Ramachandran VS, Coulson S. PMID: 21219918.
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    30. Spatial cueing in time-space synesthetes: An event-related brain potential study. Brain Cogn. 2010 Oct; 74(1):35-46. Teuscher U, Brang D, Ramachandran VS, Coulson S. PMID: 20637536.
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    31. Magnetoencephalography reveals early activation of V4 in grapheme-color synesthesia. Neuroimage. 2010 Oct 15; 53(1):268-74. Brang D, Hubbard EM, Coulson S, Huang M, Ramachandran VS. PMID: 20547226.
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    32. Gestures modulate speech processing early in utterances. Neuroreport. 2010 May 12; 21(7):522-6. Wu YC, Coulson S. PMID: 20375745; PMCID: PMC2929818.
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    33. Contextual priming in grapheme-color synesthetes and yoked controls: 400 msec in the life of a synesthete. J Cogn Neurosci. 2011 Jul; 23(7):1681-96. Brang D, Kanai S, Ramachandran VS, Coulson S. PMID: 20350175.
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    34. Sentence context affects the brain response to masked words. Brain Lang. 2010 Jun; 113(3):149-55. Coulson S, Brang D. PMID: 20303578.
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    35. Temporal sequences, synesthetic mappings, and cultural biases: the geography of time. Conscious Cogn. 2010 Mar; 19(1):311-20. Brang D, Teuscher U, Ramachandran VS, Coulson S. PMID: 20117949.
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    36. The communicative style of a speaker can affect language comprehension? ERP evidence from the comprehension of irony. Brain Res. 2010 Jan 22; 1311:121-35. Regel S, Coulson S, Gunter TC. PMID: 19900421.
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    37. Knowing when to trust others: an ERP study of decision making after receiving information from unknown people. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2009 Mar; 4(1):23-34. Boudreau C, McCubbins MD, Coulson S. PMID: 19015085; PMCID: PMC2656882.
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    38. Is the sky 2? Contextual priming in grapheme-color synaesthesia. Psychol Sci. 2008 May; 19(5):421-8. Brang D, Edwards L, Ramachandran VS, Coulson S. PMID: 18466400.
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    39. Congruity Effects in Time and Space: Behavioral and ERP Measures. Cogn Sci. 2008 Apr 05; 32(3):563-78. Teuscher U, McQuire M, Collins J, Coulson S. PMID: 21635346.
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    40. Cognitive, neurophysiological, and functional correlates of proverb interpretation abnormalities in schizophrenia. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2007 Jul; 13(4):653-63. Kiang M, Light GA, Prugh J, Coulson S, Braff DL, Kutas M. PMID: 17521483.
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    41. A special role for the right hemisphere in metaphor comprehension? ERP evidence from hemifield presentation. Brain Res. 2007 May 18; 1146:128-45. Coulson S, Van Petten C. PMID: 17433892.
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    42. Iconic gestures prime related concepts: an ERP study. Psychon Bull Rev. 2007 Feb; 14(1):57-63. Wu YC, Coulson S. PMID: 17546731.
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    43. How iconic gestures enhance communication: an ERP study. Brain Lang. 2007 Jun; 101(3):234-45. Wu YC, Coulson S. PMID: 17222897.
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    44. Meaningful gestures: electrophysiological indices of iconic gesture comprehension. Psychophysiology. 2005 Nov; 42(6):654-67. Wu YC, Coulson S. PMID: 16364061.
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    45. Hemispheric asymmetry and pun comprehension: when cowboys have sore calves. Brain Lang. 2007 Feb; 100(2):172-87. Coulson S, Severens E. PMID: 16199084.
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    46. Right hemisphere activation of joke-related information: an event-related brain potential study. J Cogn Neurosci. 2005 Mar; 17(3):494-506. Coulson S, Wu YC. PMID: 15814008.
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    47. Hemispheric asymmetries and joke comprehension. Neuropsychologia. 2005; 43(1):128-41. Coulson S, Williams RF. PMID: 15488912.
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    48. Right hemisphere sensitivity to word- and sentence-level context: evidence from event-related brain potentials. J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn. 2005 Jan; 31(1):129-47. Coulson S, Federmeier KD, Van Petten C, Kutas M. PMID: 15641911.
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    49. Handedness, hemispheric asymmetries, and joke comprehension. Brain Res Cogn Brain Res. 2004 May; 19(3):275-88. Coulson S, Lovett C. PMID: 15062865.
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    50. Syntactic processing with aging: an event-related potential study. Psychophysiology. 2004 May; 41(3):372-84. Kemmer L, Coulson S, De Ochoa E, Kutas M. PMID: 15102122.
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    51. Conceptual integration and metaphor: an event-related potential study. Mem Cognit. 2002 Sep; 30(6):958-68. Coulson S, Van Petten C. PMID: 12450098.
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    52. Getting it: human event-related brain response to jokes in good and poor comprehenders. Neurosci Lett. 2001 Dec; 316(2):71-4. Coulson S, Kutas M. PMID: 11742718.
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