From an undergraduate fascination with ‘what makes us tick?’ to a research career in ‘what makes us talk?’, it's been a happy journey (for me, at any rate!). Being a cognitive psychologist who examines the neural underpinnings of language feels rather like being a child with a handful of coins in front of a candy vending machine: Of course she can sample some of that delicious candy! She just has to figure out which coin to use...
In spare moments, I continue my love affair with literature, and indulge a not-so-secret passion for music (especially classical Hindustani, ghazal, sufi, jazz and old country Western), history and travel. Who knows? Someday, perhaps, I shall write a polyglot sufi bard’s account of mediaeval Asia…
In spare moments, I continue my love affair with literature, and indulge a not-so-secret passion for music (especially classical Hindustani, ghazal, sufi, jazz and old country Western), history and travel. Who knows? Someday, perhaps, I shall write a polyglot sufi bard’s account of mediaeval Asia…
