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Jill Weisberg, Ph.D.

After receiving a B.A in French and an M.A. in Experimental Neuropsychology from George Mason University, Jill completed her Ph.D. in Neuroscience at Georgetown University in 2006. Her dissertation used brain imaging to examine the effects of language and sensory experience on the functional anatomy of object recognition and spatial processing. Jill is currently working in Karen Emmorey's Laboratory for Language and Cognitive Neuroscience at San Diego State University (http://emmoreylab.sdsu.edu/). Her work there uses functional brain imaging to explore how experience with signed languages impacts cognition and the brain. She also continues to work with Alex Martin at the Laboratory for Brain & Cognition, NIMH, exploring how concepts (e.g. objects concepts, social interaction) are represented in the brains of autistic individuals.

Publications:

  1. Martin A., Wiggs C.L., & Weisberg J. (1997). Modulation of human medial temporal lobe activity by form, meaning, and experience. Hippocampus 7 (6), 587-593.
  2. Wiggs C.L., Weisberg J., & Martin A. (1999). Neural correlates of semantic and episodic memory retrieval. Neuropsychologia 37 (1), 103-118.
  3. Chao, L.L., Weisberg, J., & Martin, A. (2002). Experience-dependent modulation of category-related brain activity. Cerebral Cortex 12 (5), 545-551.
  4. Martin A., & Weisberg, J. (2003). Neural foundations for understanding social and mechanical concepts. Cognitive Neuropsychology 20 (3/4/5/6), 575-587.
  5. Turkeltaub, P.E., Weisberg, J., Flowers, D.L. Basu, D and Eden, G.F. (2004) The Neurobiological Basis of Reading: A Special Case of Skill Acquisition, In: Developmental Language Disorders: from Phenotypes to Etiologies. Rice and Catts (Eds.), Lawrence Erlbaum.
  6. Wheatley T., Weisberg J., Beauchamp M.S., & Martin A. (2005). Automatic priming of semantically related words reduces activity in the fusiform gyrus. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 17 (12),1871-1885.
  7. Wiggs, C.L., Weisberg, J., & Martin, A. (in press) Repetition Priming Across the Adult Lifespan -- The Long and Short of it. Aging Neuropsychology, and Cognition.

Abstracts:

  1. Lalonde F.M., Martin A., Weisberg J.A., Maisog J.M., & Haxby J.V. (1995). Identification of areas of increased and decreased neural activity using fMRI. Human Brain Mapping Supp 1 230.
  2. Karni A., Weisberg J., Lalonde F., & Ungerleider L.G. (1995). An fMRI study of human visual cortex plasticity. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 21 117.12.
  3. Martin A., Lalonde F.M., Wiggs C.L., Weisberg J., Ungerleider L.G., & Haxby J.V. (1995). Repeated presentation of objects reduces activity in ventraloccipitotemporal cortex: An fMRI study of repetition priming. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 21, 588.3.
  4. Lalonde F.M., Jezzard P., Weisberg J.A., Wiggs C.L., Haxby J.V., & Martin A. (1996). A difference in fMRI time courses between areas of increased and decreased neural activity. Neuroimage 3 S74.
  5. Wiggs C.L., Weisberg J., Garber S., & Martin A. (1996). Brain regions associated with semantic and episodic memory. Neuroimage 3 S568.
  6. Wiggs C.L., Weisberg J., Garber S., & Martin A. (1996). Patterns of rCBF associated with knowing and remembering. Paper presented at the Third annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA.
  7. Karni, A,, Weisberg, J., Lalonde, F.M., Ungerleider, L.G. (1996). Slow changes in primary and secondary visual cortex associated with perceptual skill learning: An fMRI study. Neuroimage 3 S543.
  8. Chao L.L., Weisberg J., Wiggs C.L., & Martin A. (1997). Seeing, naming, and knowing about colors: a PET study. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 23 88.1.
  9. Chao L.L., Weisberg J., Wiggs C.L, Haxby J.V., Ungerleider L.G., & Martin A. (1997). Cortical representations of perception, naming, and knowledge of color. NeuroImage 5(4) S54.
  10. Weisberg, J., van Turennout M., & Martin A. (2000) Effects of object form and task demands on repetition priming: An event-related fMRI study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience Suppl. 59A.
  11. Chao, L.L., Weisberg J., & Martin, A. (2000). Experience-dependent, category-specific modulation of posterior temporal cortex. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 54 104.8.
  12. Zahajszky, J., Bellgowan, P., Weisberg, J., & Martin, A. (2001). Repetition-related decreases in neural activity occur in both object priming and recognition memory tasks. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 27 72.1.
  13. Weisberg J., & Martin A. (2001) Different patterns of neural activity associated with social and mechanical knowledge. Neuroimage 13(6) S485.
  14. Chao, L.L., Weisberg, J., & Martin, A. (2001). Experience-dependent modulation of category-related brain activity. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Suppl. 80C.
  15. Wheatley, T., Weisberg, J., Beauchamp, M.S., & Martin, A. (2002). Repetition-related decreases in bold signal occur with semantic priming. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 20.9
  16. Weisberg J., Maisog, J.M., Turkeltaub, P.E., & Eden, G.F. (2005) Parietal lobe involvement in mental rotation: A meta-analysis using activation likelihood estimates (ALE).  Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 640.13.
  17. Weisberg J., Crain K.L., Koo D.S., & Eden G.F. (2006) Object identification and location processing in deaf signers: An fMRI study. Georgetown Office of Biomedical Graduate Education Student Research Days Annual Competition and Exposition.
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