Curriculum Vitae

 

Edith Kaan

 

 

Personal Data

 

Affiliation:                             Program in Linguistics

University of Florida

4127 Turlington Hall

                                                Box 115454

                                                Gainesville, FL 32611

                                                USA

 

Phone:                                    +1 352- 392 0639 x 229

Fax:                                         +1 352- 392 8480

Email:                                      kaan@ufl.edu

 

 

Education

 

1992-1997                               Ph.D. Linguistics /Behavioral, Cognitive and Neurosciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Cum Laude. Ph.D. Thesis ‘Processing Subject-Object Ambiguities in Dutch;’ Defended May 1, 1997.

 

1989-1992                               M.A. General Linguistics, University of Groningen. Cum Laude.

 

1987-1989                               General Linguistics, and Dutch Linguistics and Literature, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

 

 

Academic Positions

December 2003-present                Assistant professor, Program in Linguistics (Neurolinguistics), University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl.

 

2002-2003                               Assistant research professor, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences/ Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University Medical School, Durham, NC.

 

2000- 2002                              McDonnell-Pew postdoctoral fellow, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC.

 

1998-1999                               Grotius postdoctoral fellow, Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

 

1997-1998                               McDonnell-Pew postdoctoral fellow, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA/ Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA.

 

 

Grants

 

Active:

2004                                        Humanities Scholarship Enhancement Fund, University of Florida

 

2003-2004                               Provost’s common fund for interdisciplinary research, Duke University. ‘Multilingualism and brain activation’ 

 

08/01/00- 12/15/03                McDonnell-Pew Foundation, Grant number: 2000-2044 ‘Cognitive and Neural Aspects of Syntactic Reanalysis,’

 

Past:

8/1/1998- 2/1/00                    Grotius postdoctoral grant, Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

 

 

Awards

 

1999                                        Visiting scholar, Max-Planck Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Leipzig, Germany.

 

1997-1998                               McDonnell-Pew Fellowship for Cognitive Science at MIT.

 

1996                                        NWO (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research) travel grant.

 

1995                                        NWO (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research) travel grant.

 

1994                                        NWO (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research) travel grant.

 

1993                                        NWO (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research) travel grant.

 

 

Professional Activity

 

Consulting Referee:                 National Science Foundation,

Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO),

Cambridge University Press,

Brain and Language,

Cognitive Brain Research,

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience,

Journal of Memory and Language,

Journal of Neurolinguistics,

Language and Cognitive Processes,

Memory and Cognition,

Trends in Cognitive Sciences.

 

Abstract referee:                  The Neurological Basis of Language: Experimental, Neurological and Computational Approaches, 2001

CUNY conference on Human Sentence Processing, 2002.

CUNY conference on Human Sentence Processing, 2003.

CUNY conference on Human Sentence Processing, 2004.

WCCFL-22 conference, 2003

 

Co-editor:                              Language and Cognition 5. Annual Proceedings of the Research Group for Theoretical and Experimental Linguistics of the University of Groningen.

 

Society Memberships:                Member of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society.

                                                Member of the Linguistics Society of America.

 

 

University Service

 

2000-2002                               Organizer of Research Rounds, weekly meetings on cognitive neuroscience. Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University.

 

1998-1999                               Organizer of biweekly meetings on text and sentence processing, Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS.

 

1997-1998                               Moderator of Neuroling Lunch/Dinner, weekly discussions on language processing and neuroimaging, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, MIT.

 

 

Teaching experience

 

2004                                        Lecturer: ‘Cognitive neuroscience of language’ (Graduate), University of Florida

 

2003                                        Guest Lecturer: ‘Introduction to methods in psycholinguistics’ (Undergraduate), Duke University

 

2002-2003                               Lecturer: ‘Brain and Language’ (Advanced undergraduate seminar), Duke University.

 

2002                                        Guest Lecturer: ‘Introduction to Cognitive Psychology’ (Undergraduate), Duke University.

 

2001                Guest Lecturer: ‘Methods in cognitive neuroscience’ (Undergraduate), Duke University.

 

2001                Guest Lecturer: ‘Cognitive neuroscience II’ (Graduate), Duke University.

 

1999                Lecturer: ‘Mental processes in sentence comprehension’ (Graduate/undergraduate), Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS.

 

1998-1999                               Lecturer: ‘Experimental design in psycholinguistics’ (Undergraduate), Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS.

 

1998                                        Lecturer: ‘Topics in sentence processing’ (Graduate), LOT Winter school, Leiden, The Netherlands.

 

1997                                        Guest Lecturer: ‘Introduction to psycholinguistics’ (Undergraduate), Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT.

 

1994-1996                               Lecturer: ‘Experimental design and techniques’ (Undergraduate), Linguistics Department, University of Groningen.

 

1993-1994                               Lecturer: ‘Specific language impairment’ (Undergraduate), Linguistics Department, University of Groningen.

 

 

Publications

 

Journal articles

 

Kaan, E. Wijnen, F. & Swaab, T.Y. (in press). ‘Gapping: Electrophysiological evidence for immediate processing of “missing” verbs in sentence comprehension.’Brain and Language.

 

Kaan, E. and Vasic, N. (in press) ‘Cross-serial dependencies in Dutch: The influence of NP-type on processing load.’ Memory & Cognition.

 

Kaan, E. and Swaab, T.Y (2003). ‘Electrophysiological evidence for serial processing: A comparison between nonpreferred and ungrammatical continuations.’ Cognitive Brain Research, 17 (3), 621-635.

 

Kaan, E. and Swaab, T.Y. (2003). ‘Revision, repair and complexity in sentence processing: An electrophysiological differentiation.’ Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 15 (1), 98-110.

 

Kaan, E. and Swaab, T.Y. (2002). ‘The neural circuitry of syntactic comprehension.’ Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 6 (8), 350-356.

 

Kaan, E. (2002). ‘Investigating the effects of distance and number interference in agreement processing: An ERP study.’ Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 31 (2),165-193

 

Kaan, E. (2001). ‘Subject-object order ambiguities and the nature of the second NP.’ Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 30 (5), 527-545.

 

Kaan, E., Harris, A., Gibson, E. and Holcomb, P. (2000). ‘The P600 as an index of syntactic integration difficulty’. Language and Cognitive Processes, 15 (2), 159-201.

 

Kaan, E. (1999). ‘Review of Colin Phillips “Structure and Order”.’ GLOT International, 4 (9/10), 7-10.

 

Kaan, E. (1999). ‘Sensitivity to NP-type: processing subject-object ambiguities in Dutch.’ Journal of Semantics 15, 335-354.

 

 

Bookchapters and proceedings (peer reviewed)

 

Kaan, E., and Vinokurova, N. (in press). ‘Resolving number ambiguities in Sakha: Evidence for the Determiner Phrase as a processing domain’. In: M. Coene and D’hulst (Eds.). From NP to DP. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

 

Vinokurova, N., and Kaan, E. (in press). ‘DP as a Processing Domain: Evidence from Sakha’. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Turkish Linguistics.

 

Kaan, E. and Stowe, L.A. (in press). ‘Transitivity violations and event-related potentials.’ In: H.-J. Heinze and Th.F. Münte (eds.) Mapping Cognition in Time and Space. Proceedings of the 1994 Magdeburg conference.

 

Kaan, E. and Stowe, L.A. (2002). ‘Storage and computation in sentence processing: A neuroimaging perspective’. In: S.G. Nooteboom, F. Weerman and F. Wijnen (eds.). Storage and Computation in the Language Faculty. Dordrecht: Kluwer. Pages 257-298.

 

Kaan, E. (1997). Processing subject-object ambiguities in Dutch. Ph.D., University of Groningen.

 

Kaan, E. (1996). ‘Parsing embedded wh-questions in Dutch.’ In: R. Jonkers, E. Kaan and J. Wiegel (eds). Language and Cognition 5. Annual Proceedings of the Research Group for Theoretical and Experimental Linguistics of the University of Groningen.

 

Kaan, E. (1993). ‘Event-related brain potentials and the study of syntax.’ In: A. de Boer, J. de Jong and R. Landeweerd (eds.) Language and Cognition 3. Annual Proceedings of the Research Group for Theoretical and Experimental Linguistics of the University of Groningen.

 

Kaan, E. (1993). ‘Extraposition from NP in Dutch: Some consequences of Minimalism.’ GAGL, 36, 144-151.

 

Kaan, E. (1992). ‘A minimalist approach to extraposition of CP and verb (projection) raising.’ In: D. Gilbers and S. Looyenga (eds.). Language and Cognition 2. Annual Proceedings of the Research Group for Linguistic Theory and Knowledge Representation of the University of Groningen.

 

Kaan, E., and De Mey, S. (1991). ‘Krifka on event-related readings.’ In: M. Kas, E.J. Reuland and C. Vet (eds.) Language and Cognition 1. Annual Proceedings of the Research Group for Linguistic Theory and Knowledge Representation of the University of Groningen.

 

Kaan, E., Kas, M. and Ruhland, R. (1990). ‘Een procedure voor het redeneren met kwantoren.’ (A procedure for reasoning with quantifiers). TABU, 20, 205-221.

 

 

Published abstracts and paper presentations

 

Kaan, E., and Wijnen, F. (2004).  ‘Quantifiers in Discourse: An ERP Study’. Poster, 17th annual CUNY conference on Human Sentence Processing, College Park, MA, March 25-27, 2004.

 

Kaan, E., Swaab, T.Y., Song, A. and McCarthy, G. (2003).  ‘Syntactic processing in the anterior temporal lobe’. Poster, 16th annual CUNY conference on Human Sentence Processing, Boston.

 

Kaan, E., Tabone, E.J. and Swaab, T.Y. (2002). ‘Revision, Repair and the P600’. Poster presented at the 2002 CNS meeting, San Francisco.

 

Kaan, E. (2002). ‘ERP indices of syntactic repair’. Invited speaker, Department of Linguistics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, March 14, 2002.

 

Kaan, E. and Wijnen, F. (2001). ‘Interpreting bare quantifiers in context.’ Paper presented at the International Workshop on Discourse and Processing, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, July 2-3, 2001.

 

Kaan, E. (2001). ‘Using ERPS to investigate sentence processing.’ Invited speaker at Mayfest, University of Maryland, May 18-20, 2001.

 

Kaan, E. and Swaab, T.Y. (2001). ‘An ERP study of syntactic reanalysis’. Poster presented at the 2001 CNS meeting, New York; at the 14th Annual CUNY conference on Human Sentence Processing, Philadelphia, and The Neurological Basis of Language conference, Groningen, The Netherlands (abstract in Brain and Language, 86 (2003), p. 432).

 

Kaan, E., Wijnen, F., and Swaab, T.Y. (2001). ‘Gapping in the brain’. Poster presented at the 14th Annual CUNY conference on Human Sentence Processing, Philadelphia.

 

Kaan, E. and Wijnen, F. (2001).’Interpreting anaphoric quantifiers in context’. Poster presented at the 14th Annual CUNY conference on Human Sentence Processing, Philadelphia.

 

Kaan, E. (2001). ‘From neural activation to syntactic integration.’ Invited speaker, Department of Linguistics/ Cognitive Science Program, University of Delaware, March 19, 2001.

 

Kaan, E. (2000). ‘Interference effects in agreement processing: An ERP study’. Poster presented at the CNS meeting, San Francisco.

 

Kaan, E. (2000). ‘Using the P600 to investigate models of processing difficulty and reanalysis.’ Paper presented at the 13th Annual CUNY conference on Human Sentence Processing, La Jolla.

 

Kaan, E. and Vasic, N. (2000). ‘Cross-serial dependencies in Dutch: Evidence for a discourse-based complexity metric.’ Poster presented at the 13th Annual CUNY conference on Human Sentence Processing, La Jolla.

 

Kaan, E. and Vinokurova, N. (2000). ‘Resolving Sakha number ambiguities across a distance: Evidence for DP as a processing domain’ Poster presented at the 13th Annual CUNY conference on Human Sentence Processing, La Jolla.

 

Babyonyshev, M., Gibson, T. and Kaan, E. (2000). ‘The use of plausibility information in sentence reanalysis.’ Poster presented at the 13th Annual CUNY conference on Human Sentence Processing, La Jolla.

 

Kaan, E. (1999). ‘Effects of NP-type on word order preferences: Syntactic integration or frequency?’ Poster presented at the 12th Annual CUNY conference on Human Sentence Processing, New York.

 

Kaan, E. (1999). ‘The P600 as an index of syntactic integration difficulty.’ Invited presentation, Max-Planck Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Leipzig, Germany

 

Kaan, E., Harris, A., Gibson, E. and Holcomb,P. (1998). ‘The P600 as an index of syntactic integration difficulty’. Paper presented at the AMLaP ’98 conference, September 24-26, Freiburg.

 

Harris, A., Kaan, E., Holcomb, P.J. and Gibson, E. (1998). ‘LAN sensitivity to filler type’, Poster presented at the  4th Annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco.

 

Kaan, E. and Gibson, E. (1997). ‘Mechanisms of closure’. Poster presented at the AMLaP conference, Edinburgh.

 

Kaan, E. (1997). ‘Resolving subject-object ambiguities in Dutch: evidence for a mixed-grain model’ Poster presented at the 10th Annual CUNY conference on Human Sentence Processing, Santa Monica.

 

Kaan, E. (1996). ‘Parsing embedded wh-questions.’ Poster presented at the 9th Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, New York.

 

Kaan, E. and Stowe, L.A. (1995). ‘Non-local violations: the effects of distance and memory span.’ Poster presented at the 2nd Annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco.

 

Kaan, E. and Stowe, L.A. (1995). ‘Non-local subcategorization violations: the effects of distance and memory span.’ Paper presented at the 8th Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, Tucson, Arizona.

 

Stowe, L.A., Kaan, E., Culicover, P. and Torello, M. (1994). ‘Predicate argument structure: subcategorization or world knowledge?’ Paper presented at the 7th Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, New York.

 

Kaan, E. and Stowe, L.A. (1994). ‘Transitivity violations and ERPs.’ Poster presented at the 7th Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, New York.

 

Gunter, Th.C., Stowe, L.A., Kaan, E., Lamers, M.J.A. and Mulder, G. (1994). ‘When syntax meets semantics’. Poster presented at the 7th Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, New York.