Jessamy Norton-Ford

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

  • 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

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.