ELISA KIM FROMBOLUTI Curriculum Vitae Department of Psychology 316 Physics Rd, Rm 55 Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 Email: ekfromboluti@gmail.com Web: http://psychology.msu.edu/taplab/ EDUCATION 2011-present Ph. D. (2016, expected) Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience Program Specialization in Cognitive Science Advisor: J. Devin McAuley, Ph.D. 2013 M.A., Psychology Thesis title: Perceived duration of deviant auditory events: Test of a novel pitch-window hypothesis Michigan State University, College of Social Sciences Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Program 2006 B.A., Physics, Creative Writing New York University, College of Arts & Sciences HONORS & AWARDS 2011-2016 University Distinguished Fellow, Michigan State University 2013 Society for Music Perception and Cognition Student Travel Award 2013 Cognitive Science Program Graduate Summer Fellowship, Michigan State University 2002-2006 Baird Scholar, New York University 2002, 2004 Dean s List, New York University ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2011- Graduate Research Assistant Timing, Attention & Perception Laboratory Supervisor: J. Devin McAuley, Ph.D. Spring 2014 Teaching Assistant Psychology 101: Introductory Psychology Professor: Sharleen Sakai, Ph.D.
Guest lectures: Language and Thought (March 10, 2014); Stress and Health (April 21, 2014) Fall 2013 Fall 2012 Teaching Assistant Psychology 244: Developmental Psychology: Infancy through Childhood Professor: Judith Danovitch, Ph.D. Teaching Assistant Psychology 200: Introduction to Cognitive Psychology Professor: Mark Becker, Ph.D. 2010-2011 Research Assistant Dynamic Cognition Laboratory Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Psychology Supervisor: Jeffrey Zacks, Ph.D. Supervising Post-Doctoral Fellows: Ashley Bangert, Ph.D., Jesse Sargent, Ph.D., Chris Kirby, Ph.D. 1998-2002 Research Assistant Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics Supervisor: Lawrence Krauss, Ph.D. PUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS Herrmann, B., Henry, M.J., Fromboluti, E.K., McAuley, J.D., & Obleser, J. (2015). Statistical context shapes stimulus-specific adaptation in human auditory cortex. Journal of Neurophysiology, DOI: 10.1152/jn.00634.2014. McAuley, J.D., & Fromboluti, E.K. (2014). Attentional Entrainment and perceived event duration. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 369(1658), 20130401 Kim, E., & McAuley, J. D. (2013). Effects of pitch distance and likelihood on the perceived duration of deviant auditory events. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 75(7), 1547-1558. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS Fromboluti, E.K., Jones, K., Moran, T., Moser, J., & McAuley, J.D. Differential effects of pitch and time on event-related potentials may underlie distortions in perceived duration in an Page 2 of 6
auditory oddball task. Poster presented at The Neurosciences and Music V: Cognitive Stimulation and Rehabilitation, Dijon, France, May 29 June 1, 2014 Fromboluti, E.K., Jones, K., Moran, T., Moser, J., & McAuley, J.D. Electrophysiological markers of perceived duration in an auditory oddball paradigm. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, November 9-13, 2013 Fromboluti, E.K., Jones, K., & McAuley, J.D. Temporal preparation contributes to the overestimation of duration of oddball events. Poster presented at the Rhythm Perception and Production Workshop, Birmingham, United Kingdom, September 11-13, 2013 McAuley, J.D., Kim, E., & Jones, K., (2013). Why are durations of deviant (oddball) stimuli overestimated? Paper presented at the New England Sequence and Timing (NEST) conference, Amherst, MA, March 9, 2013. Kim, E., & McAuley, J.D. (2012). Perceived duration of auditory oddballs: Effects of pitch distance and likelihood. Poster presented at the New Frontiers in Cognitive, Evolutionary, and Computational Models of the Mind Workshop, College of Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, December 20, 2012. Kim, E., Jones, K., McAuley, J.D. (2012). Temporal preparation and the perceived duration of auditory oddballs. Poster presented at the New Frontiers in Cognitive, Evolutionary, and Computational Models of the Mind Workshop, College of Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, December 20, 2012. Kim, E., & McAuley, J.D. (2012). Perceived duration of auditory oddballs: Effects of pitch distance and likelihood. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society: 53rd Annual Meeting, p. 184. Kim, E., Jones, K., McAuley, J.D. (2012). Temporal preparation and the perceived duration of auditory oddballs. Poster presented at the Auditory Perception Cognition and Action meeting, Minneapolis, MN, November, 14, 2012. McAuley, J.D. & Kim, E., (2012). Dynamic attending and the perceived duration of auditory oddballs. Paper presented at the Perspectives on Rhythm and Timing (PoRT) conference, Glasgow, Scotland, July 19-21, 2012. Kim, E., & McAuley, J.D. (2012). Perceived duration of auditory oddballs: Effects of pitch distance and likelihood. Poster presented at the Midwest Cognitive Science Meeting, Bloomington, Indiana, May 7, 2012. Wedd, A., Kim, E., and McAuley, J.D. (2011). Effects of sequence timing on the perceived duration of auditory oddballs. Poster presented at the Auditory Perception Cognition and Action Meeting, Seattle, WA, November 2, 2011. Page 3 of 6
TALKS 2015 Temporal preparation contributes to distortions in perceived duration, Cognitive Science Forum, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, March 27, 2015. 2015 Temporal preparation contributes to distortions in perceived duration, Rhythm & Timing Symposium, Western Ontario University, London, ON, Canada, February 28, 2015. 2014 Pitch context influences the perceived duration of deviant sounds: tests of a pitch window hypothesis, Cognitive Science Forum, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, February 14, 2014. 2013 Speed of detection and perceived duration of deviant auditory oddballs: Test of a novel pitch-window hypothesis, Society for Music Perception and Cognition Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada, August 8-11, 2013. Perceived duration of deviant auditory oddballs: Test of a novel Pitch Window hypothesis, Midwest Cognitive Science Conference, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, May 18, 2013. Testing a novel pitch window hypothesis for perceived duration of deviant auditory events, Cognitive Science Forum, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, April 5, 2013. 2012 Perceived duration of auditory oddballs: Effects of pitch distance and likelihood, Cognitive Science Forum, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, March 23, 2012. PROFESSIONAL & DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE 2015 Graduate Student Evaluator of Undergraduate Student Posters University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, April 10, 2015 Co-organizer of Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Area prospective graduate student recruiting weekend, East Lansing, MI, March 19-20, 2015 2014 Panelist, Information session: What to expect from grad school Psi Chi Club, Michigan State University East Lansing, MI, February 26, 2014 2013 Guest speaker, Information session: Why pursue a Ph.D. in Cognitive Science? Psi Chi Club, Grand Valley State University Page 4 of 6
Allendale, MI, October 23, 2013 2013 Graduate Student Evaluator of Undergraduate Student Posters University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, April 12, 2013 2012-2013 Cognitive Science Forum Representative Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 2012 Graduate Student Evaluator of Undergraduate Student Posters University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, April 13, 2012 2010 Greeter & Conference Assistant Annual Meeting on Object Perception, Attention, and Memory, St. Louis, MO, November 17, 2010. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Using Brainsight and Magstim for image-guided trans-cranial magnetic stimulation, training led by Rogue Research staff at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, January, 2014 Applied Bayesian spatio-temporal regression analysis, led by Andrew Finley at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, June 10, 2013 Mini-ERP Boot Camp, led by Steven Luck at University of South Carolina, sponsored by the Institute for Mind and Brain and the Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, February 25-26, 2013 Doing Bayesian Data Analysis, workshop led by John K. Kruschke at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, September 14-15, 2012 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Psychological Society (2013-2014) Society for Music Perception and Cognition (2013-present) Society for Neuroscience (2013-2014) SKILLS Statistical analysis & stimulus generation (SPSS, Excel, MATLAB) Experimental design and presentation (E-Prime) EEG (Biosemi hardware; analysis with EEGlab and ERPlab in MATLAB) Page 5 of 6
TMS (BrainSight) Programming (MATLAB, R) Software/Hardware development (Arduino) Page 6 of 6