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Ark Verma
PhD (Ghent University)
Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research Interest
Cognitive Science, Lateralization of Cognitive Functions, Psycholinguistics, Visual Word Recognition in Hindi/Indian Languages, Bilngualism & Executive Control, and Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language, Consciousness.
Office
Room No. FB-624
Faculty Building
IIT Kanpur-208016, Uttar Pradesh, India
Specialization
Cognitive Psychology, Psycholinguistics, Cognitive Science
Education
PhD (Experimental Psychology), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, 2014.
PhD thesis title: Lateralization of Cognitive Functions:The Visual Half-Field Task Revisited. PhD thesis supervisor: Prof. Dr. Marc Brysbaert.
M.A. (Cognitive Science), Centre of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, University of Allahabad, 2009.
B.A. (Psychology, English Literature), University of Allahabad, 2007.
Teaching Area
Psycholinguistics
Cognitive Psychology
Psychology of Adjustment
Cognitive Science
Selected Publications
Verma, A. & Brysbaert, M. (2014). A validated set of tool pictures with matched objects and non-objects for laterality research. Laterality, 20(1), 22-48.// Impact Factor: 1.563
Verma, A., van der Haegen, L., & Brysbaert, M. (2013). Symmetry Detection in typically and atypically lateralized individuals: A visual half-field study. Neuropsychologia, 51, 2611-2619.// Impact Factor: 4.49
Khare, V., Verma, A., Kar., B.R., Srinivasan, N., Brysbaert, M. (2013). Bilingualism and the increased attentional blink effect: evidence that the difference between bilinguals and monolinguals generalizes to different levels of second language proficiency. Psychological Review, 77(6), 728-737. // Impact Factor: 2.37
Verma, A., & Brysbaert, M. (2011). A right visual field advantage for tool-recognition in the visual half-field paradigm. Neuropsychologia, 49, 2342-2348. // Impact Factor: 4.49
Awards & Fellowships
Post Graduate Merit Scholarship, CBCS, University of Allahabad, 2007-09.
Doctoral Scholarship, Ghent University, 2010-2014.
Ongoing Project
Investigating the Lateralization of Attentional Processes.