Hi. I'm Phillip. I'm a husband, uncle, musician, submission grappling practicioner, and research professor. You're probably here for that last bit! I completed my Ph.D. at Georgetown University in 2013, focusing on psycholinguistics, implicit learning, statistical learning, and memory. I also have a master's from the University of Wales, Bangor, where I focused on cognitive semantics. I am currently a professor at Kent State University.
My research generally focuses on the following:
Language, Learning, Meaning, and Memory
- what specific roles do episodic, semantic, and procedural memory play in language?
- how do we learn language as children and adults?
- how are words and meanings organized and accessed in memory?
Computational Modeling, Language, and Cognitive Impairment
- can computational models of declarative memory successfully simulate human learning, especially learning of language?
- can machine learning and text mining shed light on variability in other cognitive abilities?
- can we use people's speech to successfully model if they will have a cognitive impairment in the future?
Quantitative Research Methodology
- how can we best measure implicit learning in learning experiments?
- how can we accurately measure learning at all?
- how can we accurately measure timing in psycholinguistic experiments?
- how can we improve statistical practices among psychologists and linguists?
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I also like a nice turn of phrase. So here are some of my favorites:
"Nice, nice, very nice; So many different people in the same device." - Kurt Vonnegut
"I, uh, I just see trees." - John Candy
My research generally focuses on the following:
Language, Learning, Meaning, and Memory
- what specific roles do episodic, semantic, and procedural memory play in language?
- how do we learn language as children and adults?
- how are words and meanings organized and accessed in memory?
Computational Modeling, Language, and Cognitive Impairment
- can computational models of declarative memory successfully simulate human learning, especially learning of language?
- can machine learning and text mining shed light on variability in other cognitive abilities?
- can we use people's speech to successfully model if they will have a cognitive impairment in the future?
Quantitative Research Methodology
- how can we best measure implicit learning in learning experiments?
- how can we accurately measure learning at all?
- how can we accurately measure timing in psycholinguistic experiments?
- how can we improve statistical practices among psychologists and linguists?
~~~~~
I also like a nice turn of phrase. So here are some of my favorites:
"Nice, nice, very nice; So many different people in the same device." - Kurt Vonnegut
"I, uh, I just see trees." - John Candy