Dan Mirman, PhD

Dan Mirman

Institute Scientist, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute
Director, Language & Cognitive Dynamics Laboratory
Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania

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BA, Psychology, Cornell University, 2000
PhD, Psychology (Cognitive Neuroscience), Carnegie Mellon University, 2005

Research interests

I am interested in the mechanisms underlying comprehension and production of spoken language from behavioral, neuropsychological, and computational perspectives. Research in my lab uses behavioral, eye-tracking, cognitive neuropsychological, and computational modeling methods.

Current projects

The time course of spoken word processing in aphasia
The structure and processing of semantic knowledge about words and objects
Dynamics of competition and cooperation between word neighbors (words that are similar in sound, spelling, or meaning)
Top-down effects of context on perception

Selected Publications

Mirman, D., Graf Estes, K., and Magnuson, J.S. (2010). Computational modeling of statistical learning: Effects of transitional probability vs. frequency and links to word learning. Infancy, 15(5), 471-486.

Mirman, D., Strauss, T.J., Dixon, J.A., and Magnuson, J.S. (2010). Effect of representational distance between meanings on recognition of ambiguous spoken words. Cognitive Science, 34(1), 161-173. PMID 20354577

Mirman, D. and Magnuson, J.S. (2009). Dynamics of activation of semantically similar concepts during spoken word recognition. Memory & Cognition, 37(7), 1026-1039. PMID 19744941

Mirman, D., Dixon, J.A., and Magnuson, J.S. (2008). Statistical and computational models of the visual world paradigm: Growth curves and individual differences. Journal of Memory and Language, 59(4), 475-494. PMID 19060958

Mirman, D., Magnuson, J.S., Graf Estes, K., and Dixon, J.A. (2008). The link between statistical segmentation and word learning in adults. Cognition, 108(1), 271-280. PMID 18355803

Mirman, D. and Magnuson, J.S. (2008). Attractor dynamics and semantic neighborhood density: Processing is slowed by near neighbors and speeded by distant neighbors. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 34(1), 65-79. PMID 18194055

Mirman, D., McClelland, J.L., Holt, L.L., and Magnuson, J.S. (2008). Effects of attention on the strength of lexical influences on speech perception: Behavioral experiments and computational mechanisms. Cognitive Science, 32(2), 398-417. PMID 18509503

McClelland, J.L., Mirman, D., and Holt, L.L. (2006). Are there interactive processes in speech perception? Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 10(8), 363-369. PMID 16843037