Congratulations to our wonderful undergraduate researcher, Lauren Rydel, for successfully defending her senior thesis! @zeynepsaygin.bsky.social
Z-Lab OSU
@zlab.bsky.social
We're a research group at The Ohio State University studying how the human brain develops and changes with experience.
Recent work by Kelly Hiersche in collaboration with @osherlab.bsky.social demonstrates that language and theory of mind are functionally and spatially distinct in the brain of 3-9 year old children! @zeynepsaygin.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Functional dissociation of language and theory of mind in the developing superior temporal lobe - Communications Biology
Functional MRI in young children demonstrates that brain regions supporting language and theory of mind are functionally and spatially distinct within the superior temporal lobe, and these functions a...
nature.com
Congratulations to one of our star undergraduate research assistants, Lauren Rydel, for presenting her hard work at the 2026 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum! @zeynepsaygin.bsky.social
Congratulations to our graduate student, Dr. Elana Schettini for successfully defending her dissertation today!
Having fun at dinner with the @zlab.bsky.social! What's better than hanging out with research friends on the beach :)
Science is for everyone. Come join us at the Ohio Statehouse at 12 today! We have lots of signs to share!
Come see us at #VSS2025! Kelly w/ "Developmental Variability in Location and Function of High-Level Visual Areas" and Lauren w/ "Investigating Visual and Auditory Language Responses in the Ventral Temporal Cortex of Pre-Reading Children: A Multivariate Analysis" in the Pavilion on Sunday afternoon!
Congratulations to our graduate student, Kelly Hiersche for winning the Herbert A. Toops Research Award for the most outstanding and creative article published by a Psychology graduate student in 2024!
