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Peter Lam

Academic title(s): 

PhD Student

Peter Lam
Laboratory: 
Dr. Marc Pell (Supervisor)
Research areas: 
Emotions
Extralinguistic factors
Neural mechanisms
Pragmatic processes
Current research: 

I am generally interested in uncovering the mechanisms and neural correlates of human speech communication. Specifically, I look at how extralinguistic information (social identity, intent, emotions, etc.), conveyed by our voices (esp. prosody), influences our semantic processes. Another line of research I am potentially interested in is the ability to distinguish and infer, from neural patterns, people’s communicative intent and emotional states. I aim to solve puzzles of our communicative, social brains from multiple angles through conducting behavioral, physiological, and electrophysiological studies.

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