| Abstract: | The Early Career Awards recognize the large number of excellent young psychologists. Recipients of this award may not have held a PhD for more than eight years. Marta Kutas is one of the recipients of the 1984 award. Kutas is cited for outstanding research on the physiology of human cognition and language. Her innovative studies of event-related brain potentials have clarified mechanisms of sensory-motor performance and decision making and have opened new avenues for probing the organization of language in the brain. She has shown how electrophysiological measures can reveal the timing of semantic analyses during reading and the operation of semantic priming and memory mechanisms. In addition, she has elucidated the role of contextual factors in language comprehension. This work constitutes a landmark for demonstrating the value of combined physiological/behavioral approaches to the analysis of human thought and language. In addition to the citation, a biography and bibliography of Kutas' works are provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
