Hilary Gomes

My research has been primarily motivated by my desire to better understand mature language organization and language acquisition in normal children and the processes underlying aberrant language development in impaired populations. In most of my research I have employed event-related potentials (ERPs). ERPs provide a very powerful technique for studying the temporal and spatial patterns of cortical electrical activity during stimulus processing. My current work explores three related areas: 1) the development of selective auditory attention in normal school age children; 2) auditory selective attention in children with language impairments and in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder; and 3) the factors modulating auditory selective attention in adults.

Curriculum Vitae

	Cognitive Neuroscience Ph.D. Program	FACULTY
			Hilary Gomes Professor B.S., Georgetown Univ.; M.A., City College; Ph.D., The Graduate School of CUNY Office Address: NAC 7/202 Office Phone: (212) 650-5720 Email: hgomes@earthlink.net Director, Neuropsychological Center for Children
• Research Interests: My research has been primarily motivated by my desire to better understand mature language organization and language acquisition in normal children and the processes underlying aberrant language development in impaired populations. In most of my research I have employed event-related potentials (ERPs). ERPs provide a very powerful technique for studying the temporal and spatial patterns of cortical electrical activity during stimulus processing. My current work explores three related areas: 1) the development of selective auditory attention in normal school age children; 2) auditory selective attention in children with language impairments and in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder; and 3) the factors modulating auditory selective attention in adults. Curriculum Vitae Back to Faculty top