Our research has three main themes:
Bilingualism
We explore the relationship between experience using multiple languages and other aspects of cognition.
Language Processing
Some of our work focuses on specific sub-components of language use, for example the ability to form expectations for the meanings of upcoming words during reading.
Cognitive Control
Some students in the lab also work on research projects to understand the relationship between multilingual language use and cognitive control ability.
Our research methods:
We use multiple techniques to explore the above research themes, including behavioral, eye-tracking, peripheral psychophysiological, and neurophysiological measures.
Meet the Lab
Students in the BEACON Lab come from multiple majors and backgrounds across the Claremont Colleges. They complete independent studies, senior theses, and even work as research assistants on specific lab-wide research projects.
Sarah Wang
Senior Thesis student, Research Assistant
Cognitive Science & Music double major
Pomona College '23
Nathaniel Braswell
Senior Thesis Student, Research Assistant
Cognitive Science major
Claremont McKenna '23
Sophia (Feiya) Suo
Independent Study Student
Pomona College
Chinese Language Resident
Franco Rivas Quiroz
Independent Study Student
Pomona College
Spanish Language Resident
Lucy Pan
Research Assistant
Cognitive Science & Asian American Studies double major
Pomona College '24
Mariana Duran
Research Assistant
Cognitive Science & Media Studies double major
Pomona College '24
Maika Nishiguchi
Senior Thesis Student
Cognitive Science & Computer Science double major
Pomona College '23
Matteen Harandi
Research Assistant
Cognitive Science major
Pomona College, '25
Vincent Rutherford
Research Assistant
Cognitive Science major
Pomona College '25
Momoka Schmidt
Research Assistant
Linguistics major
Scripps College '25
