KIBM Innovative Research Awards 2006-2007

Investigators Affiliation Précis Award
Leslie Carver, Karen Dobkins, Aubyn Stahmer Psychology, UCSD Neural correlates of social referencing in children with autism $30,000.00
Gedeon Deak, Nicholas J. Cepeda, Rita Ceponiene, Alan Lincoln, P. Jeanne Townsend Cognitive Science & Center for Research in Language, UCSD Developing adaptive minds: Neural and behavioral dynamics of cognitive flexibility in childhood $32,220.00
Rita Ceponiene, Prof. Emeritus R. Galambos, Angela Ballantyne, Jeanne Townsend, Beverly Wulfeck Center for Research in Language, UCSD A new look at the workings of the visual system: from retinol output to dyslexia $28,045.00
Seanna Coulson, Nina Dronkers, Suzanne Moineau Center for Research in Language, UCSD Lesion-symptom mapping and pragmatic language comprehension $29,700.00
Ralph Greenspan Neurosciences Institute Does sleep require a brain? $39,100.00
Matthew D. McCubbins, Seana Coulson, Darren Schreiber Political Science, Cognitive Science, UCSD Overcoming overlearning $31,300.00
Pamela Reinagel Neurobiology, UCSD Is the thalamus the gatekeeper of sensory awareness? $30,000.00
Katerina Semendeferi, Eric Courchesne, Lisa Stefanicci Anthropology, UCSD Neural substrates of socio-emotional processing: from evolution and development to pathology $35,000.00
Frank Haist, Joan Stiles, Kang Lee Psychiatry, UCSD The cross-race effect: Testing the configural processing superiority hypothesis $30,300.00
Total Awards: $285,665.00