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Dr. Craig Thorburn

Craig Thorburn is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Holt Lab and graduated with a Ph.D. in Linguistics and a certificate in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2023.  His research interests lie at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and phonology, where he studies how humans are able to map a continuous multidimensional acoustic signal to discrete abstract speech categories.  His previous work has focused on the effective learning techniques for second language speech categories, while his current studies address learning mechanisms and representations of speech sounds more generally, and how auditory context can influence speech production mapping. Craig is passionate about interdisciplinary approaches to science and leverages psychoacoustic experiments, neuroimaging and computational modelling in his work.  He has also shared his work with budding scientists through various scientific outreach programs. Outside of his scientific work Craig enjoys long scenic bike rides, Scottish dancing, and experimenting with cooking recipes (both food and drinks!).