Anna Noelle Boyer

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Position Title
PhD Student

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Kerr Hall 261
Office Hours
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Bio

About

I am a second-year Linguistic PhD student studying sign language neurolinguistics in the Corina Neurolinguistics lab. My recent research is focused on articulation and neural motor models of American Sign Language, particularly the types of sensory feedback that predominate motoric self-monitoring and correction as evidenced by cases of deaf signing aphasic patients. 

Conference Presentations

UC Davis Spring Psychology Conference, Recipient of Best Visual Presentation Award, 2024 "Conduction Aphasia and Forward Models in American Sign Language" 

UC Davis Linguistics Symposium, 2024 "Evidence for a Hierarchal Forward Motor Model in Sign Language Production"

Linguistics Society of America (LSA), Poster, 2025 "Conduction Aphasia in ASL, A Hierarchal Model of Sign Production"

Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR), 2025 "Conduction Aphasia in American Sign Language, Implications for a Sensorimotor Neural Model of Sign Processing" 

UC Davis Linguistics Symposium, 2025 "Examining ASL Syllable Structure in Light of Neurological Impairment"

Center for Mind and Brain, Poster, Recipient of the Gazzaniga Prize for Best Poster, 2025 "Conduction Aphasia in ASL, A Hierarchal Model of Sign Production"

Education and Degree(s)
  • B.A., Linguistics, The Ohio State University 2023 (Magna Cum Laude)
  • B.A., Psychology, The Ohio State University 2023 (Magna Cum Laude)
Honors and Awards
  • Spring Psychology Conference Best Visual Presentation, 2024
  • Michael S. Gazzaniga Best Trainee Poster Prize, 2025
Courses
  • Lin 1 Introduction to Linguistics (AU 23, AU 24)
  • Lin 1Y Introduction to Linguistics (Hybrid) (WI 23, SP 24, WI 25)
  • Lin 105 Sign Language Linguistics (AU 24)
Research Interests & Expertise
  • American Sign Language Neurobiology
  • ASL Articulatory Phonetics
  • ASL Psycholinguistics
  • Sensorimotor Integration
  • Motoric Control and Models