Jim Nikelski's Home Page - Beware!!!

I'm a student (yes, one of many) working towards a Ph.D. I am in the particularly enviable position of having two (2!) advisors: (1) Dr. Robert Zatorre in the Neuropsychology/Cognitive Neuroscience Unit of the Montreal Neurological Institute, and (2) Dr. Laura Petitto in the Psychology Department at McGill University.

E-mail:

<nikelski@bic.mni.mcgill.ca>

Office phone:

(514) 398-6143 OR (514) 398-1842

Office fax:

(514) 398-8948

Projects and Responsibilities

• Investigate PET multifiltering methods
• Investigate alternate methods of analyzing PET data (correlational,etc.)

Research Interests

• The neural substrate underlying language in polyglots
• The possibility of making a phonology/non-phonology distinction neurally
• The application of structural equation modelling to PET data analysis
• The coupling of PET/MRI/ERP data in order to create more descriptive models
• The creation and application of connectionist models

Favorite Links

• The BIC Home Page