Veena Dwivedi
Associate Professor
Department of Teacher Education
Brock University
Canada
Biography
Dr. Dwivedi teaches courses in Introduction to Linguistic Theory, Neurolinguistics and Syntax. Prior to teaching at Brock, she taught in the Department of Linguistics at McGill University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of Massachusetts.
Research Interest
The focus of Dr Dwivedi's research is to answer the question: How do human brains comprehend and generate language? In order to properly answer this question, an integrated analysis is required that combines advanced knowledge from linguistics, neuroscience, and psychology. She uses both behavioural and electrophysiological methods for her investigations of language processing.
Publications
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Dwivedi, V., Phillips, N. Einagel, S., & Baum, S. (2007) An ERP Study of Noun Phrase Interpretation. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience supplement, 25, 285-6.
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Dwivedi, V., Phillips, N., Laguë-Beauvais, M., and Baum, S. (2006). An electrophysiological investigation of mood, modal context and anaphora. Brain Research, 1117, 135-153.
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Dwivedi, V., Phillips, N. Einagel, S., & Baum, S. (2007) An ERP Study of Noun Phrase Interpretation. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience supplement, 25 .
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Dwivedi, V., Phillips, N. Einagel, S., & Baum, S. (2008). The neurophysiology of scope ambiguity. Proceedings of the Canadian Linguistics Association, 15pp.
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Drury, J., Steinhauer, K., & Dwivedi, V. (2008). Logical semantics in language processing: An ERP study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience supplement, 26.
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De Almeida, R. G. & Dwivedi, V. (2008). Coercion without lexical decomposition: Type-shifting effects revisited. Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 53, 301-326.
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Dwivedi, V., & M. Goldhawk. (2009) Semantic underspecification and anaphora. In F. Mailhot (ed.) Proceedings of the 2009 Canadian Linguistics Association Annual Conference, 15pp.
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Dwivedi, V., Phillips, N. Einagel, S., & Baum, S. (2010). The neural underpinnings of semantic ambiguity and anaphora. Brain Research, 1311, 93-109.
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Dwivedi, V. (2013). Interpreting quantifier scope ambiguity: Evidence of heuristic first, algorithmic second processing. PLoS One, 8(11), 1-20.
