Thomas G. Bever
Professor of Linguistics, Psychology, Cognitive Science & Neuroscience
Tom Bever's teaching and research focuses on the foundations of Cognitive and Linguistic Universals. He ordinarily works with a large number of independent study undergraduates, graduate students and colleagues: he works with students in each of the four programs listed above.
Bever's research areas include: sentence comprehension, cerebral asymmetries in humans and animals, constraints on learning in humans and animals, spatial cognition in humans and animals, reading, aesthetics.
Graduate Students
- Andrew Glines (Linguistics)
- Roeland Hancock (Psychology)
- Clay Williams (SLAT)
Undergraduate Students
- Danielle Miller
- Ian Rios
- Kelly Young
Recent Alumni
- Elizabeth Specker (Ph.D. 2007)
- Jody Cripps (Ph.D. 2007)
- Shiaohui Chan (Ph.D. 2006)
- Charles Lin (Ph.D. 2006)
- Scott Jackson (Ph.D. 2005)
- William D. Lewis (Ph.D. 2002)
- Nicholas La Mendola (Ph.D. 199?)
- Joel Magloire (Ph.D. 2001?)
- Erin O'Bryan (Ph.D. 2003)
- Katrina (Treadwell) Nicholas (BA 2003)
- Montserrat Sanz (Ph.D. 1996?)
- Bradly Simpson (BA 2000?)
- Andria Ligas (BA 2001?)
- Nick Vu (BA 2001?)
- Selene Gardner (BA 2004)
- Joel Lachter (Ph.D. 199?)