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Karen Emmorey studies how normal hearing and deaf individuals understand sign language and how it is processed through the brain. Her research focuses on sign language and how it represents the human language, cognitive processes and the brain functions of individuals. She investigates how sign language impacts face processing, mental imagery and memory. She collects data from fMRI and PET scans to see if there is correlation with deafness and normal hearing with sign language and cognitive functioning. Presently she holds the position of the Director of the Laboratory for Language and Cognitive Neuroscience and is also apart of the Executive Committee at the Center for Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience. She also held a position as Senior Staff Scientist at Stalk Institute for Biological Studies from 1988-2005

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Dr. Karen Emory is an author/editor of four books which include: ''Perspectives on Classifier Constructions in Sign Languages (2003). Language, cognition, and the brain: Insights from sign language research (2002). The signs of language revisited: An anthology to honor Ursula Bellugi and Edward Klima (2000). Language, Gesture, and Space (1995).'' She has also been and author/editor of more than 100 journal articles and chapters.

Biography
Emmorey received her Ph.D degree in Linguistics from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1987. Dr. Emmorey was an Associate Editor for the Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, and she has been on the Editorial Board of Sign Language Studies, Sign Language & Linguistics, and the Journal of Memory and Language. Dr. Emmorey has received 2.5 million dollars in research grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. She is also a recurring keynote speaker at the AAAS Annual meeting and has spoken at the Nijmegen Lectures in 2001 and the Blackwell Lectures in 2009.

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