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	Auditory Development Lab, 2011-2012 (photo taken by Irina Ghilic)
	Laurel J. Trainor, Lab Director, Professor , Director of MIMM 905.525.9140 ext. 23007 905.529.6225 (fax) ljt@mcmaster.ca Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour McMaster University, 1280 Main St. W. Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA, L8S 4K1
	Elaine Whiskin, Research Assistant 905.525.9140 ext. 24797 905.529.6225 (fax) whiskin@mcmaster.ca
	Dave Thompsom, Research Technician 905.525.9140 ext. 24052 905.529.6225 (fax) thompsdc@mcmaster.ca
	Dan Bosnyak, Researcher 905.525.9140 ext. 24052 bosnyak@mcmaster.ca
	Ayda Ghahremani, Researcher 905.525.9140 ext. 24052 ghahrea@grads.ece.master.ca Research Interests: Ayda is a graduate from the Master's program in Electrical Engineering. Her research experience is in EEG/MEG signal processing and MRI co-registration. Ayda is currently investigating neural anticipation and motor-auditory synchronization during isochronous auditory beats.
	Céline Marie, Post-Doctoral Fellow 905.525.9140 ext. 24797 mariec@mcmaster.ca Research Interests: Céline's research focuses on brain plasticity by studying the mechanisms and temporal dynamics of sound processing in healthy adults with psychological and brain imaging methods (EEG). Céline's current project focuses on understanding the effect of musical experience on oscillatory activity in different frequency bands during sound processing.
	Rayna Friendly,Graduate Student 905.525.9140 ext. 24811 friendr@mcmaster.ca Research Interests: Rayna completed her undergraduate honours degree in Psychology at McMaster University. Currently, she is studying the development of voice discrimination during the first year after birth, as well as the development of singing ability in children.
	Kate Einarson,Graduate Student 905.525.9140 ext. 24811 einarsk@mcmaster.ca Research Interests: Kate received her B.A. (Adv) in Linguistics and Psychology from the University of Manitoba, where she focused on language acquisition and reading development in children. She is currently working towards a Ph. D. studying the relationship between perceiving and producing musical sequences, and the effect of one's environment on these skills. Kate is also interested in the correlation between musical abilities and abilities in other domains, such as language, memory and social skills.
	Nicole Folland,Graduate Student 905.525.9140 ext. 27114 follanna@mcmaster.ca Research Interests: Nicole graduated with her Honours B.Sc. in Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour from McMaster University. Nicole remains at McMaster and is working towards her Ph.D. She is currently studying Auditory Scene Analysis in adults and infants, with specific interests in simultanous integration.
	Chris Slugocki,Graduate Student 905.525.9140 ext. 24797 slugocc@mcmaster.ca Research Interests: Chris graduated with a BSc. (Honours) in Neuroscience and Behaviour from McMaster University. His senior thesis used event-related potentials to study the temporal extraction of pitch from an acoustic stimulus lacking resolvable spectral cues. Chris is currently working on his Ph. D. in Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, where his project will focus on measuring the interaction of cortical and subcortical auditory processing in early infancy using novel electroencephalographic methods.
	Laura Cirelli,Graduate Student 905.525.9140 ext. 24811 cirelllk@mcmaster.ca Research Interests: Laura graduated with an Honours B. A. in Psychology from Laurentian University where she gained research experience in language acquisition, reading, and emotion discrimination. Her current research interests focus on rhythmic synchronization and musical entrainment from a developmental perspective.
	Jeff Bruce,Graduate Student 905.525.9140 ext. 24832 brucejs@mcmaster.ca Research Interests: Jeff is working on a project in conjunction with the Neural Computation Lab with Dr. Sue Becker.
	David Gerry, Graduate Student 905.525.9140 ext. 24811 dgerry@nas.net Research Interests: David completed a B.Mus. and M.Mus. in performance at the University of Toronto. He also received diplomas from the Royal Conservatory of Music and the Suzuki Talent Education Research Institute in Japan. David is researching whether directed musical experience in infancy has an effect on perceptual, cognitive and social development.