Susan J. Naylor-Emlen, Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor Villanova University

                                                                                                                                               

                       

Educational History

Unit 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 Positions

Psychology 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 Programs

Intramural 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)

           

Publications

Naylor-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 Presentations

Naylor-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 Organizations

Psychonomic Society

Cognitive Neuroscience