Susan J. Naylor-Emlen, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor Villanova University
Educational HistoryUnit on Integrative Neuroimaging Post-doctoral Fellowship, 1998-2000 Clinical Brain Disorders Branch National Institute of Mental Health National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD
Tufts University, Medford, MA Ph.D. Experimental Psychology, February, 1999
Tufts University, Medford, MA MS Experimental Psychology, November, 1997
West Chester University, PA BA Psychology, Magna Cum Laude, May, 1993
Honors and Awards: College of Arts and Sciences Student Research Award Distinguished Psychology Student Award Outstanding Teaching Recognition (West Chester University)
Continuing Education Credit Depression and Mental Illness, The Reading Hospital and Medical Center, 3/26/02 (1.5 Credits) Neuro-Imaging in Psychiatry, The Reading Hospital and Medical Center 4/09/02 (1.5 Credits)
Teaching PositionsPsychology Department Villanova University Villanova, PA Visiting Assistant Professor 8/07-present
Psychology Department Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA Instructor 1/07-6/07
Psychology Department Kutztown University Kutztown, PA Visiting Assistant Professor 8/2004- 6/2007
Psychology Department Alvernia College Reading, PA 19607 Assistant Professor 8/2001- 6/2004
Psychology Department West Chester University West Chester, PA Instructor 8/2000 – 6/2001
Fellowship ProgramsIntramural Research Training Award Unit on Integrative Neuroimaging, Clinical Brain Disorders Branch National Institute of Mental Health, NIH Post-doctoral fellowship 11/98-1/2000
Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Functional Neuroimaging Visiting Fellowship in fMRI, 1997
Research Appointments Nissan Research & Development, Inc., Cambridge Basic Research 4 Cambridge Center Cambridge, MA 02142 Title: Visiting Graduate Student Researcher (5/96 to 3/97)
PublicationsNaylor-Emlen, S. & Taylor, H. (2008). An interactive model of temporal order and spatial context effects in map memory. In preparation. Naylor-Emlen, S. & Taylor, H. (2008). Contributing factors to temporal and spatial associations in mental representations of maps. Submitted for publication. Taylor, H.A. & Naylor, S.J. (2002). Goal-directed effects on processing a spatial environment: Indications from memory and language. Chapter in P. Oliver (Ed.), Cognitive and Computational Aspects of Spatial Language. Amsterdam: Kluwer. Taylor, H.A., Faust, R.R., Sitnikova, T., Naylor, S.J., & Holcomb, P.J. (2001). Is the donut in front of the car? An electrophysiological study examining spatial reference frame processing. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 55(2), 175-184. Gerton, B., Naylor, S., Mervis, C., Pani, J., & Berman, K. (2001). Neurophysiological correlates of the block design task as revealed by PET. NeuroImage. (Abstracts) Taylor, H.A., Naylor, S.J., Faust, R.R., & Holcomb, P.J. (2000). “Could you hand me those keys on the right?” Disentangling spatial reference frames using different methodology. Spatial Cognition and Computation, 1(4), 381-397. Naylor, S. (2000). Foreword to R. Noll, The encyclopedia of schizophrenia and the psychotic disorders (2nd Ed). New York: Facts on File. Naylor, S., Gerton, B., Brown, T., Meyer-Lindenberg, A., Mervis, C., Pani, J., & Berman, K. (1999) Neurophysiological activations during mental rotation in a 2-D rotated squares task. NeuroImage, 9(6), S335 (Abstracts). Taylor, H.A., Naylor, S.J. & Chechile, N. (1999). Goal-specific influences on the representation of spatial perspective. Memory and Cognition, 27(2), 309-319. Conference PresentationsNaylor-Emlen, S. & Taylor, H. (2008). Paper accepted for presentation at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Chicago, IL. Gerton, B., Naylor, S., Mervis, C., Pani, J., & Berman, K. (2000). Neurophysiological correlates of the block design task as revealed by PET. Paper presented at the Sixth International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human Brain. Naylor, S., Gerton, B., Brown, T., Meyer-Lindenberg, A., Mervis, C., Pani, J., & Berman, K. (1999, June). Neurophysiological activations during mental rotation in a 2-D rotated squares task. Paper presented at the Fifth International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human Brain, Dusseldorf, Germany. Faust, R., Naylor, S.J., Taylor, H.A. & Holcomb, P.J. (1998, April). Distinct processing of spatial reference frames: Electrophysiological Evidence. Paper presented at the 5th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, April. Taylor, H. A., Naylor, S. J., & Holcomb, P.J. (1998, January). Different aspects of scene descriptions lead to differential processing: Evidence from electrophysiological measures. Paper presented at the Ninth Annual Winter Conference on Discourse, Text, & Cognition, Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Naylor, S.J. & Taylor, H. A. (1997, November). What is space without time? Temporal contributions to map memory. Paper presented at the 38th meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Philadelphia, PA. Taylor, H.A. and Naylor, S.J. (1997, July). Goal-directed effects on processing of a spatial environment. Paper presented at the 14th National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-97), Language and Space Workshop, Providence, RI. Naylor, S.J. and Taylor, H.A. (1997, July). Map learning criterion and task demands in investigations of environmental memory. Paper presented at the 2nd biennial, conference of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC), Toronto, Canada. Taylor, H. A. and Naylor, S.J. (1997, April). Spatial perspective and the elements inherent in the experience of map learning and navigation. Presentation at the Cognitive Mapping Symposium, Association of American Geographers, Ft. Worth, TX. Naylor, S., Taylor, H.A., and Holcomb, P.J. (1997, March). Spatial, color, and size processing in pictures and words: Evidence from electrophysiological measures. Paper presented at the fourth annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, MA. Taylor, H.A. and Naylor, S.J. (1996, November). Goal and learning influences on the representation of spatial perspective. Paper presented at the 37th meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Chicago, IL.
Membership in Professional OrganizationsPsychonomic Society Cognitive Neuroscience
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