AFFILIATIONS
Hunter College, CUNY
James Gordon, Ph.D.
Dr. James Gordon, professor of psychology and director of the Laboratory of Visual Psychophysiology at Hunter College, City University of New York, is a long-time collaborator with our laboratory. Several of our lab members are currently involved in research on visual evoked potentials (VEPs) at Hunter College under the co-mentorship of Dr. Gordon. In the lab we use EEG equipment to conduct studies assessing VEPs in neurotypical individuals and individuals with neurologic dysfunction. Dr. Gordon is a close colleague of Dr. Zemon’s and together they have published groundbreaking scientific studies on the visual system in individuals with and without atypical neurologic functioning. Currently, projects at Hunter are geared toward improving VEP technology and measures. Students are also involved in developing a battery of tests for assessing children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), which is being conducted in collaboration with Paige Siper, Ph.D. at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, who is a former student from our program. Other students are planning to develop a VEP battery to test individuals for concussions and traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
Pamela Butler, Ph.D.
Dr. Butler, associate professor of psychiatry at New York University Langone Medical Center, is the director of The Experimental Psychopathology Laboratory, which is part of the Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia at the Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research (NKI). Dr. Butler's lab is focused on understanding early sensory processing deficits in individuals with schizophrenia. Through the application of our electrophysiological methods of eliciting and analyzing VEPs, as well as the use of psychophysical techniques to assess visual processes, we are engaged in collaborative investigations that are designed to characterize dysfunction in specific neural pathways and mechanisms associated with schizophrenia. Students in our laboratory who are involved in this work are conducting both predoctoral and doctoral research projects that include emotion recognition in facial images and neuropsychological processes in addition to studies of primary visual function.
Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Paige Siper, PhD
Dr. Siper is an assisstant professor of psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and is the Chief Clinical Psychologist at the Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment. Dr. Siper's research is focused on understanding early sensory processing differences in individuals with autism spectrum disorder and related disorders. Through the application of our electrophysiological methods of eliciting and analyzing VEPs, as well as the use of psychophysical techniques to assess sensory processing, we are engaged in collaborative investigations that are designed to characterize dysfunction in specific neural pathways and mechanisms associated with ASD. Dr. Siper's VEP research specifically focuses on rare genetic disorders (i.e. Phelan-McDermid syndrome, Fragile X syndrome, and FOXP1, among others) and clinical trials, with the ultimate goal of establishing a biomarker for ASD to aid with diagnosis and predict treatment response.