Conference Presentations
- Norton-Ford, J. and Sprouse, J. Dynamic spectral correlates of conditions which elicit the P600. 87th Annual
Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, Boston, MA, January
3-6th, 2013.
- Norton-Ford, J. and Sprouse, J. Dynamic frequency correlates
of (morpho-)syntactic processing: Induced beta band activity
correlates with the successful composition of agreement, abstract
case, and thematic relations. Fourth Annual Neurobiology of
Language Conference, San Sebastian, Spain, October 27, 2012.
- Norton-Ford, J., Deng, S., Kean, M. L., Srinivasan,
R. Sensitivity of the gamma band auditory steady state response to
linguistic features of a stimulus. Linguistic
Society of America annual conference, Baltimore, MD, January
7th, 2010.
- Norton-Ford, J., Padgett, J. Focus and Pitch Accent in
English. Linguistics at Santa Cruz annual conference at the
University of California, Santa
Cruz, March 4, 2007.
Invited Talks
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EEG analysis of linguistic stimuli: sensitivity of the gamma band
steady state response to the presence of seman- tic
meaning. Distinguished Alumna Address, Linguistics Undergraduate
Research Conference at the University of California, Santa Cruz,
June 4, 2010.
Working Papers
- Norton-Ford, J., Deng, S., Srinivasan, R. (2013). Linguistic
Information Processing Influences High-Frequency Activity in
Auditory Cortex: EEG Evidence of Top-Down Influences on the
Gamma Band Auditory Steady State Response. (in prep)
- Norton-Ford, J. Dynamic frequency correlates of
(morpho-)syntactic processing: induced beta band activity
correlates with the successful composition of agreement, abstract
case, and thematic relations.
- Norton-Ford, J. The Role of Endogenous and Exogenous Activity
in Neuroimaging: A Historical Perspective.
Extended Abstracts
- Norton-Ford, J., Deng, S., Kean, M. L., Srinivasan, R. (2009).
Sensitivity of the gamma band auditory steady state response
to linguistic aspects of a stimulus. Extended Abstracts of 84th
Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, Baltimore, MD, January
2010.
Honors and Awards
- 2nd place, Ralph Waldo Gerard Prize in the History of Neuroscience, UC Irvine, 2011.
- The Role of Endogenous and Exogenous Activity in Neuroimaging: A Historical Perspective.
Research Funding
- University of California, Irvine
- Associate Dean's Fellowship, School of Social Sciences, Winter 2012
- Summer Fellowship, Department of Cognitive Science, 2008 - 2010
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- NIMH Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience Fellowship, Summer 2009
Research Experience
- Graduate Student Researcher
- University of California, Irvine, 2012-2013
- PI: Bill Maurer, Dean of Social Sciences
- Performed large-scale data analysis of point of sale activations
(purchase records of phone "minutes") as part of a collaboration with
large local telecom service provider.
- Presented results, including geographical representations of sales patterns,
at Social Sciences Experts Series events at UCI in April, 2013.
- Graduate Student Researcher
- University of California, Irvine, 2010
- PI, Leigh Ball, Graduate Resource Center Director
- Assisted graduate students with the composition and editing process of grant, fellowship, and article-writing.
- Designed and hosted seminars dealing with the application process of various funding opportunities for graduate students.
- Planned and conducted graduate student writing workshops.
- Graduate Student Researcher
- University of California, Santa Cruz, Winter 2006
- Performed a large-scale literature review of morphological research dealing with processing of case and number, cross-linguistically.