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Check out this article about aphantasia, featuring Dr. Sarah Shomstein!

https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-happens-in-a-mind-that-cant-see-mental-images-20240801/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=What%20Happens%20in%20a%20Mind%20That%20Can%E2%80%99t%20%E2%80%98See%E2%80%99%20Mental%20Images&utm_campaign=Getting%20Press%20-%20September%202024

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Kira Wegner-Clemens who successfully defended her dissertation titled "The Influence of Audiovisual Semantics on Attention."

Special thanks to Dr. Sohn for chairing the defense; Drs. Kravitz and Rosenblau for serving as dissertation committee members; and Drs. Thothathiri and Mitroff for being readers.

Congratulations, Kira 🥳🥳🥳🥳

Please join us in congratulating Prachi Mahableshwarkar, who successfully defended her dissertation last week! The title of her dissertation is: "Natural Scene Perception: Interactions between Semantics and Space".

Committee members included Drs. John Philbeck, Dwight Kravitz, Sarah Shomstein, Steve Mitroff, and Robert Pless. Dr. Gabriela Rosenblau served as the Chair.

Congratulations Prachi!! 🥳🥳🥳