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A big and heartfelt congratulations goes out to Liz March (Class '07) on her acceptance to the PhD program at Arizona State University. Liz has been selected to work with Arthur Glenberg, a leading researcher in the field of embodied cognition. In particular, Liz will be working on an NSF supported research program that examines the application of embodied cognition concepts to increase reading comprehension in children.
I am particularly thrilled that Liz will be working with Glenberg because her senior comp project was designed to look at the embodied perception of time--so, in fact, she will be working with one of the people she was just writing about a year ago!
Liz will be visiting the Cognitive Group in April to discuss her comp project and to share her experience applying and being accepted to graduate school. She will also briefly review the kind of work she will be doing with Glenberg.
To learn more about embodied cognition and its potential application to reading comprehension, mathematical reasoning, and the sciences, please visit Glenberg's Website.
You can also listen to a talk given by Glenberg at the 2006 Psychonomics Conference by Clicking Here. The volume is soft, so please make sure to turn up your speaker after it downloads.