University of Pittsburgh

Tokowicz, Natasha

Tokowicz, Natasha

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
PhD, Penn State University

Primary Program: Cognitive Program
All programs: Cognitive Program, Cognitive Neuroscience Concentration Program

Contact

634 LRDC
412-624-7026
Fax: 412-624-9149
tokowicz@pitt.edu
http://www.pitt.edu/~plumlab

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Research Interests: Second language learning, bilingualism, meaning representation, cognitive neuroscience of language processing

Accepting Graduate Students: No

Selected Publications

  • Degani, T., & Tokowicz, N. (in press). Semantic ambiguity within and across languages: An integrative review. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.
  • Tokowicz, N., & Warren, T. (in press). Beginning adult L2 learners’ sensitivity to morphosyntactic violations: A self-paced reading study. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology.
  • Tolentino, L. C., & Tokowicz, N. (2009). Are pumpkins better than heaven?: An ERP investigation of the concrete-word advantage using order effects. Brain and Language, 110, 12-22.
  • van Hell, J. G., & Tokowicz, N. (2009). Event-related brain potentials and second language learning: Syntactic processing in late L2 learners at different L2 proficiency levels. Second Language Research, 25, 465-496.
  • Tokowicz, N., & Kroll, J. F. (2007). Number of meanings and concreteness: Consequences of ambiguity within and across languages. Language and Cognitive Processes, 22, 727-779.
  • Tokowicz, N., & MacWhinney, B. (2005). Implicit and explicit measures of sensitivity to violations in second language grammar: An event-related potential investigation. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 27, 173-204. (Abstract-pdf)

Honors and Awards

  • Women in Cognitive Science Travel Award (2004)

Labs

Graduate Student Advisees

  • Degani, Tamar
  • Eddington, Chelsea
  • Tolentino, Leida
  • Tuninetti, Alba
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