PUBLICATIONS
Hirshorn, E.A., Dye, M.W.G., Hauser, P., Supalla, T., & Bavelier, D. (2015). Achieving literacy of a spoken language without sound: The effect of language experience on reading in profoundly deaf individuals. Frontiers in Psychology.
Hirshorn, E.A. & Fiez, J.A. (2014). Artificial orthographies as a tool for studying cross-linguistic differences in the cognitive and neural profiles of reading. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 31, 69-85.
Hirshorn, E.A., Dye, M.W.G., Hauser, P., Supalla, T., & Bavelier, D. (2014). Influence of deafness and speech-based phonological knowledge on neural networks involved in sentence comprehension. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8, 1-13.
Corina, D.P., Lawyer, L., Hauser, P., & Hirshorn, E.A. (2013). Lexical processing in deaf readers: A preliminary fMRI investigation of reading proficiency. PLoS One. 8(1).
Hirshorn, E.A., Fernandez, N., & Bavelier, D. (2012). Routes to short term memory indexing: Insights from deaf individuals. Cognitive Neuropsychology. 29(1-2): 85-103.
Hirshorn, E.A. Visual Language and Visual Learning Science of Learning Center. (2011, May). Visual Attention and Deafness (Research Brief No. 3). Washington, DC.
Bavelier, D. & Hirshorn, E.A. (2010). I see where you're hearing: how cross-modal plasticity may exploit homologous brain structures. Nature Neuroscience: News and Views. 13 (11): 1-2.
Schnur, T.T., Schwartz, M.F., Kimberg, D.Y., Hirshorn, E.A., Coslett, H.B., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2008). Localizing Interference during Speech Production: Convergent Neuroimaging and Neuropsychological Evidence for the Function of Broca's Area. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(1), 322-327.
Thompson-Schill, S.L., Schnur, T.T., Hirshorn, E.A., Myrna F. Schwartz, & Daniel Y. Kimberg. (2007). Regulatory functions of prefrontal cortex during single word production. Brain and Language. 103, 171-172.
Hirshorn, E.A. & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2006). Role of the left inferior frontal gyrus in covert word retrieval: Neural correlates of switching during verbal fluency. Neuropsychologia, 44, 2547-2557.
Under Revision
Hirshorn, E.A., Moore, M.W., Durisko, C., Perfetti, C., & Fiez, J.A. Studying fusiform gyrus laterality of writing systems with different grain sizes: An artificial orthography training study.
Hirshorn, E.A., Ghuman, A., Richardson, M. & Fiez, J.A. Dissociation of visual categorization and unique word individuation in the posterior inferior temporal cortex using intracranial recordings.
Hirshorn, E.A., Dye, M.W.G., Hauser, P., Supalla, T., & Bavelier, D. Alternate routes to literacy in deaf individuals: A unique perspective on the Visual Word Form Area.
In Preparation
Hirshorn, E.A., Moore, M.W., Durisko, C., Perfetti, C., & Fiez, J.A. (Planned submission 12/14 to Scientific Studies of Reading). Using artificial orthographies to understand fundamental differences between skilled reading in writing systems with different grain sizes.
INVITED TALKS
Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading Annual Meeting
“Using Artificial Orthographies to Study Reading in Different Writing Systems”
Kona, Hawaii, July 16, 2015
Reading and Language Group Meeting, Learning Research and Development Center
“Specificity of word individuation in the left mid-fusiform gyrus: Could temporal dynamics be the missing link in the VWFA debate?”
Pittsburgh, PA, December 12, 2014
VisCog Meeting, Carnegie Mellon University
“Dissociation of visual categorization and unique word individuation in the posterior inferior temporal cortex using intracranial recordings.”
Pittsburgh, PA, October 8, 2014
Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading Annual Meeting
“Studying Fusiform Gyrus Laterality of Writing Systems with Different Grain Sizes: An Artificial Orthography Training Study”
Santa Fe, NM, July 20, 2014
Cognitive Brown Bag Invited Talk, Learning Research and Development Center
"Reading Off the Beaten Pathway: Investigating Alternative Pathways to Literacy"
Pittsburgh, PA, October, 30, 2013
Invited talk at Haskins Laboratories
"Using Artificial Orthographies to Study Different Writing Systems"
New Haven, CT, June 6, 2013
Symposium Talk presented at the International Neuropsychological Symposium
"Exploring Alternate Routes to Literacy in Deaf Individuals"
Bonifaccio, Corsica, France, June 2012
Symposium Talk presented at Inter-Science of Learning Center Conference
Representing VL2 Science of Learning Center
"Exploring Alternate Routes to Literacy in Profoundly Deaf Individuals"
Boston, MA, May 24, 2010
Invited talk for the HEAD Seminar Series at Linköping University
Principal Investigators: Jerker Rönnberg and Mary Rudner
"Reading Skill in Profoundly Deaf Individuals: How Language Experience Affects Reading Ability." Linköping, Sweden, December 16, 2009
Invited talk at INSERM CEA Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit
Principal Investigator: Stanislas Dehaene
"Reading in deaf people"
Paris, France, December 11, 2009
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Hirshorn, E.A., Fiez, J.A., & Perfetti, C. (2014). Using artificial orthographies to study the neural correlates and fusiform laterality of writing systems with different grain sizes. Talk to be given at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, NM.
Hirshorn, E.A., Wrencher, A., Schwartz, R., Moore, M., & Fiez, J.A. (2013). Using artificial orthographies to study the neural correlates and fusiform laterality of writing systems with different grain sizes. Neurobiology of Language Conference, San Diego, CA.
Hirshorn, E.A., Wrencher, A., Cordier, J., Moore, M., & Fiez, J.A. (2012). Developing an alphasyllabary writing system for English: Implications for decoding and the VWFA. Poster presented at the Neurobiology of Language Conference, San Sebastian, Spain.
Hirshorn, E.A., Dye, M.W.G., Hauser, P.C., & Bavelier, D. (2010). Exploring alternate routes to literacy in profoundly deaf native signers. Poster presented at the Neurobiology of Language Conference, San Diego, CA.
Spotwood, N., Lawyer, L., Hirshorn, E.A., Patterson, H., Hauser, P.C., Eden, G., Mendoza, M.C., & Corina, D.P. (2010). An fMRI study of implicit sign processing: Functional neuro-anatomy of lexical recognition in American Sign Language. Poster presented at the Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research Meeting, Purdue University, IN.
Hirshorn, E.A., Fernandez, N., & Bavelier, D. (2009). Phonological and episodic
buffer contribution to short-term memory in deaf signers. Poster presented at the Cognitive Science Society Annual Meeting, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Hirshorn, E.A., Dye, M.W.G., Hauser, P.C., & Bavelier, D. (2009). Relative contribution of phonological skills and memory in reading in profoundly deaf individuals. Poster presented at the International Mind, Brain, and Education Society Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Hirshorn, E.A., Dye, M.W.G., Hauser, P.C., & Bavelier, D. (2009). Relative contribution of phonological skills and memory in reading: The case of profoundly deaf individuals. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Hirshorn, E.A., Mani, M., Guidon, A., & Bavelier, D. (2008). White matter pathways underlying reading skills in profoundly deaf adults. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
Hirshorn, E.A., Dye, M.W.G., Hauser, P.C., & Bavelier, D. (2008). Routes to achieving literacy in deaf readers: The case of native American Sign Language (ASL) users. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Hirshorn, E.A., Aguirre, G.K., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2005).
Proactive and reactive cognitive control during semantic retrieval. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, New York City, NY.
Schnur, T.T., Hirshorn, E.A., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2005). Mapping semantic interference during picture naming: an fMRI study. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, New York City, NY.
Prabhakaran, R., Brandon, M., Hirshorn, E.A., Jha, A.P. & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2005). An event-related fMRI investigation of proactive interference resolution in a nonverbal working memory task. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, New York City, NY.
Hirshorn, E.A., Lemos, J.C., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2004). Role of the left inferior frontal gyrus in covert word retrieval: Neural correlates of switching during verbal fluency. Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting, Budapest, Hungary.
Brandon, M., Hirshorn, E.A., Jha, A.P., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2004). Proactive interference resolution during nonverbal working memory: Evidence for domain-general processing in LIFG. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Hirshorn, E.A., Dye, M.W.G., Hauser, P., Supalla, T., & Bavelier, D. (2015). Achieving literacy of a spoken language without sound: The effect of language experience on reading in profoundly deaf individuals. Frontiers in Psychology.
Hirshorn, E.A. & Fiez, J.A. (2014). Artificial orthographies as a tool for studying cross-linguistic differences in the cognitive and neural profiles of reading. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 31, 69-85.
Hirshorn, E.A., Dye, M.W.G., Hauser, P., Supalla, T., & Bavelier, D. (2014). Influence of deafness and speech-based phonological knowledge on neural networks involved in sentence comprehension. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8, 1-13.
Corina, D.P., Lawyer, L., Hauser, P., & Hirshorn, E.A. (2013). Lexical processing in deaf readers: A preliminary fMRI investigation of reading proficiency. PLoS One. 8(1).
Hirshorn, E.A., Fernandez, N., & Bavelier, D. (2012). Routes to short term memory indexing: Insights from deaf individuals. Cognitive Neuropsychology. 29(1-2): 85-103.
Hirshorn, E.A. Visual Language and Visual Learning Science of Learning Center. (2011, May). Visual Attention and Deafness (Research Brief No. 3). Washington, DC.
Bavelier, D. & Hirshorn, E.A. (2010). I see where you're hearing: how cross-modal plasticity may exploit homologous brain structures. Nature Neuroscience: News and Views. 13 (11): 1-2.
Schnur, T.T., Schwartz, M.F., Kimberg, D.Y., Hirshorn, E.A., Coslett, H.B., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2008). Localizing Interference during Speech Production: Convergent Neuroimaging and Neuropsychological Evidence for the Function of Broca's Area. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(1), 322-327.
Thompson-Schill, S.L., Schnur, T.T., Hirshorn, E.A., Myrna F. Schwartz, & Daniel Y. Kimberg. (2007). Regulatory functions of prefrontal cortex during single word production. Brain and Language. 103, 171-172.
Hirshorn, E.A. & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2006). Role of the left inferior frontal gyrus in covert word retrieval: Neural correlates of switching during verbal fluency. Neuropsychologia, 44, 2547-2557.
Under Revision
Hirshorn, E.A., Moore, M.W., Durisko, C., Perfetti, C., & Fiez, J.A. Studying fusiform gyrus laterality of writing systems with different grain sizes: An artificial orthography training study.
Hirshorn, E.A., Ghuman, A., Richardson, M. & Fiez, J.A. Dissociation of visual categorization and unique word individuation in the posterior inferior temporal cortex using intracranial recordings.
Hirshorn, E.A., Dye, M.W.G., Hauser, P., Supalla, T., & Bavelier, D. Alternate routes to literacy in deaf individuals: A unique perspective on the Visual Word Form Area.
In Preparation
Hirshorn, E.A., Moore, M.W., Durisko, C., Perfetti, C., & Fiez, J.A. (Planned submission 12/14 to Scientific Studies of Reading). Using artificial orthographies to understand fundamental differences between skilled reading in writing systems with different grain sizes.
INVITED TALKS
Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading Annual Meeting
“Using Artificial Orthographies to Study Reading in Different Writing Systems”
Kona, Hawaii, July 16, 2015
Reading and Language Group Meeting, Learning Research and Development Center
“Specificity of word individuation in the left mid-fusiform gyrus: Could temporal dynamics be the missing link in the VWFA debate?”
Pittsburgh, PA, December 12, 2014
VisCog Meeting, Carnegie Mellon University
“Dissociation of visual categorization and unique word individuation in the posterior inferior temporal cortex using intracranial recordings.”
Pittsburgh, PA, October 8, 2014
Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading Annual Meeting
“Studying Fusiform Gyrus Laterality of Writing Systems with Different Grain Sizes: An Artificial Orthography Training Study”
Santa Fe, NM, July 20, 2014
Cognitive Brown Bag Invited Talk, Learning Research and Development Center
"Reading Off the Beaten Pathway: Investigating Alternative Pathways to Literacy"
Pittsburgh, PA, October, 30, 2013
Invited talk at Haskins Laboratories
"Using Artificial Orthographies to Study Different Writing Systems"
New Haven, CT, June 6, 2013
Symposium Talk presented at the International Neuropsychological Symposium
"Exploring Alternate Routes to Literacy in Deaf Individuals"
Bonifaccio, Corsica, France, June 2012
Symposium Talk presented at Inter-Science of Learning Center Conference
Representing VL2 Science of Learning Center
"Exploring Alternate Routes to Literacy in Profoundly Deaf Individuals"
Boston, MA, May 24, 2010
Invited talk for the HEAD Seminar Series at Linköping University
Principal Investigators: Jerker Rönnberg and Mary Rudner
"Reading Skill in Profoundly Deaf Individuals: How Language Experience Affects Reading Ability." Linköping, Sweden, December 16, 2009
Invited talk at INSERM CEA Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit
Principal Investigator: Stanislas Dehaene
"Reading in deaf people"
Paris, France, December 11, 2009
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Hirshorn, E.A., Fiez, J.A., & Perfetti, C. (2014). Using artificial orthographies to study the neural correlates and fusiform laterality of writing systems with different grain sizes. Talk to be given at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, NM.
Hirshorn, E.A., Wrencher, A., Schwartz, R., Moore, M., & Fiez, J.A. (2013). Using artificial orthographies to study the neural correlates and fusiform laterality of writing systems with different grain sizes. Neurobiology of Language Conference, San Diego, CA.
Hirshorn, E.A., Wrencher, A., Cordier, J., Moore, M., & Fiez, J.A. (2012). Developing an alphasyllabary writing system for English: Implications for decoding and the VWFA. Poster presented at the Neurobiology of Language Conference, San Sebastian, Spain.
Hirshorn, E.A., Dye, M.W.G., Hauser, P.C., & Bavelier, D. (2010). Exploring alternate routes to literacy in profoundly deaf native signers. Poster presented at the Neurobiology of Language Conference, San Diego, CA.
Spotwood, N., Lawyer, L., Hirshorn, E.A., Patterson, H., Hauser, P.C., Eden, G., Mendoza, M.C., & Corina, D.P. (2010). An fMRI study of implicit sign processing: Functional neuro-anatomy of lexical recognition in American Sign Language. Poster presented at the Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research Meeting, Purdue University, IN.
Hirshorn, E.A., Fernandez, N., & Bavelier, D. (2009). Phonological and episodic
buffer contribution to short-term memory in deaf signers. Poster presented at the Cognitive Science Society Annual Meeting, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Hirshorn, E.A., Dye, M.W.G., Hauser, P.C., & Bavelier, D. (2009). Relative contribution of phonological skills and memory in reading in profoundly deaf individuals. Poster presented at the International Mind, Brain, and Education Society Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Hirshorn, E.A., Dye, M.W.G., Hauser, P.C., & Bavelier, D. (2009). Relative contribution of phonological skills and memory in reading: The case of profoundly deaf individuals. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Hirshorn, E.A., Mani, M., Guidon, A., & Bavelier, D. (2008). White matter pathways underlying reading skills in profoundly deaf adults. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
Hirshorn, E.A., Dye, M.W.G., Hauser, P.C., & Bavelier, D. (2008). Routes to achieving literacy in deaf readers: The case of native American Sign Language (ASL) users. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Hirshorn, E.A., Aguirre, G.K., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2005).
Proactive and reactive cognitive control during semantic retrieval. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, New York City, NY.
Schnur, T.T., Hirshorn, E.A., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2005). Mapping semantic interference during picture naming: an fMRI study. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, New York City, NY.
Prabhakaran, R., Brandon, M., Hirshorn, E.A., Jha, A.P. & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2005). An event-related fMRI investigation of proactive interference resolution in a nonverbal working memory task. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, New York City, NY.
Hirshorn, E.A., Lemos, J.C., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2004). Role of the left inferior frontal gyrus in covert word retrieval: Neural correlates of switching during verbal fluency. Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting, Budapest, Hungary.
Brandon, M., Hirshorn, E.A., Jha, A.P., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2004). Proactive interference resolution during nonverbal working memory: Evidence for domain-general processing in LIFG. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
