Ava Kiai
Hauptforschungsgebiete
- Domain-general mechanisms of implicit & statistical learning
- Auditory sequence processing
- Time perception
- Neural & cognitive representations of syntax and hierarchical linguistic structure
Vita
Ausbildung
2016-2018 | Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales/Ecole normale superieure, Paris Master of Science with honors (mention ”bien”) Department of Cognitive Studies |
2011-2015 | New York University, New York Bachelor of Arts with honors , College of Arts and Science |
Werdegang
10/2018 - Present | Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt Neuroscience Department Doctoral Candidate Supervisor: Dr. Lucia Melloni |
02/2018 – 09/2018 | Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt Neuroscience Department Masters Student Masters Thesis: ”Does What We See Determine How Long We [Think] We See?: Investigating the role of visual object category on the perception of duration” |
05/2017 – 01/2018 | NeuroSpin, INSERM/CEA-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette Brain Dynamics Group Masters Student Supervisor: Dr. Virginie van Wassenhove |
07/2014 – 09/2014 | Conceptual Development & Social Cognition Lab, NYU Undergraduate Research Assistant Supervisor: Dr. Marjorie Rhodes |
03/2013 – 05/2013 | Davachi Lab, NYU Undergraduate Research Assistant Supervisor: Dr. Lila Davachi |
Publikationen
Monographien
Kiai A. (2018) Pinker’s (1994) The Language Instinct. In: Shackelford T., Weekes-Shackelford V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978 − 3 − 319 − 16999−6633−1
Kiai A. (2018) Steven Pinker. In: Shackelford T., Weekes-Shackelford V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolu- tionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978 − 3 − 319 − 16999 − 6632 − 1
Auszeichnungen & Stipendien
Stipendien und Preise
| 2015 | Deans Undergraduate Research Fund Grant ($1,000), NYU College of Arts & Science |
| 2014 | NYU French Department Book Award (top student in senior seminar) |