Dr Carly Anderson

Lecturer in Neuroscience

Research Overview

I am a Lecturer in Neuroscience and lead a research programme examining multimodal communication and plasticity. My work focuses on the benefits of visual information during communication, particularly when auditory access varies or is changing. I am particularly interested in how variations in sensory and language experience shape how the brain processes auditory and visual signals.

To answer these questions, I work with profoundly deaf individuals, cochlear implant users, and bi-/multilinguals (both spoken and sign language users). My research typically uses eye-tracking, and neuroimaging (fNIRS and EEG). I am comitted to improving the inclusivity of neuroimaging practices that disproportionately exclude people from underserved groups, including those with dark and textured hair, and those who use head-based devices such as hearing aids and cochlear implants.

Selected Publications

Cortical imbalance following delayed restoration of bilateral hearing in deaf adolescents
Anderson, C.A., Cushing, S.L., Papsin, B.C., Gordon, K.A. 15/08/2022 In: Human Brain Mapping. 43, 12, p. 3662-3679. 18 p.
Journal article

Adaptive benefit of cross-modal plasticity following cochlear implantation in deaf adults
Anderson, C.A., Wiggins, I.M., Kitterick, P.T., Hartley, D.E.H. 19/09/2017 In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 114, 38, p. 10256-10261. 6 p.
Journal article

Speech-evoked activation in adult temporal cortex measured using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS): Are the measurements reliable?
Wiggins, I.M., Anderson, C.A., Kitterick, P.T., Hartley, D.E.H. 30/09/2016 In: Hearing Research. 339, p. 142-154. 13 p.
Journal article

Hear Here Podcast - guest speaker
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition

Reducing Hair-Related Bias in fNIRS Research: Practical Inclusion for Textured Hair
Other

Inclusive fNIRS practices workshop
Other

Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow, 2021 - 2025, £300,000
Fellowship awarded competitively

LiUNA! Fellowship for Research Innovation, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, 2019 – 2021, $110,000
Fellowship awarded competitively

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Neuroscience and Neurocognition