Jeni Yamada, PhD

Jeni Yamada is the author of Laura: A Case for the Modularity of Language published by MIT Press: Bradford Books, based on her comprehensive study of a young woman who was significantly cognitively impaired, yet had sophisticated abilities in selected linguistic areas. As a graduate student at UCLA Dr. Yamada had the opportunity to join with Dr. Susan Curtiss in the study of Genie, as well as in research studying the relationship between language and cognition in development and breakdown.

In addition to illustrating and co-authoring the CYCLE she writes essays and stories, and does illustrations for books, dissertations, research articles, and tests for other researchers doing linguistic and cognitive studies on brain damaged, brain different, language delayed, cognitively impaired, and normal individuals.