Elsi Kaiser’s Language Processing Lab investigates the representations and mechanisms involved in language production and comprehension. We conduct research on a range of different topics, many of which relate to the broader themes of how different kinds of information are integrated during language processing and what this can tell us about the nature of the mental representations activated during processing. We use a range of methods, including visual-world eye-tracking, and investigate phenomena in various languages, including English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Finnish.
In addition, Zuzanna Fuchs’ Psycholinguistics of Mono- and Multilingualism lab (PoMMLab) uses visual-world eye-tracking methodology to investigate how monolingual and heritage speakers process language in real time.
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Would you like to participate in research at the Language Processing Lab?
As a research assistant:
Undergraduate students can become involved through independent study projects (e.g. LING 490), through the Student Opportunities for Academic Research fund (SOAR), the Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF) or Provost’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship (PURF). Sometimes paid research assistantships are also available. Please email Dr. Kaiser for further information (emkaiser AT usc DOT edu).
As a research participant:
We conduct a range of studies in the lab, on various languages (currently mostly on English, Mandarin Chinese and Korean). If you are a native speaker of one of these languages and would like to participate in a short research study, please contact Dr. Kaiser for more details (emkaiser AT usc DOT edu).