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Education
Ph.D., Psychology, Texas A&M University, USA, 2010
Advisor: Dr. Jyotsna Vaid
Title of thesis: Morphology in Word Recognition: Hindi and Urdu
Ph.D., Psychology, University of Mysore, Mysore, India, 2005
Advisor: Dr. P. Padakannaya
Title of thesis: Reading and Writing in Kannada and English Orthographies: A Psycholinguistic Investigation of Processes, Problems and Remedial Measures
Post-Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management, Karnataka State Open University, Mysore, India, 2001
M.A. in Psychology, University of Mysore, India, 1999
B.A. in Psychology, University of Mysore, India, 1997
O Level, University of London, U.K., 1994
Honors and Awards
Research Grants and Fellowships
Work Experience
Feb 2012 – presentDST Post-doctoral Fellow, National Brain Research Centre, Manesar
Manjunatheshwara College Mangalore University Ujire , India
Research Publications
Rao, C., Mathur, A., & Singh, N. C. (2013). 'Cost in Transliteration': The Neurocognitive Processing of Romanized Writing. Brain & Language, 124, 205-212.
Rao, C., Soni, S., & Singh, N. C. (August 2012). The case of the neglected alphasyllabary: Orthographic processing in Devanagari. Behavioural and Brain Sciences, 40-41.
Rao, C., Vaid, J., Srinivasan, N., & Chen, H-C. (2011). Orthographic characteristics Speed Hindi Word Naming but Slow Urdu Naming: Evidence from Hindi/Urdu Biliterates. Reading and Writing, 24, 679-695.
Rao, C., Prakash, P., & Joshi, R. M. (2006). An 8-point scoring key for analyzing spelling skills of children in Kannada. Psychological Studies, 51, 49-51.
Padakannaya, P., & Rao, C. (2006). Dual Reading Strategies. Psychological Studies, 51, 280-282.
To request a copy of one of the articles, go to Resource
Selected Conference Presentations
Rao, C., Mathur, A., & Singh, N. C. ‘Cost in transliteration’? The neurocognitive challenge of Romanized writing. Poster presentation, Language, Literacy and Cognitive evelopment, Bangalore, India, December 2011.
Vaid, J., Rao, C., Chen, H.C., & Narayanan, S. Orthographic and morphological priming in Hindi and Urdu: A preliminary investigation. Poster presentation, 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Boston, USA, June 2009.
Vaid, J., Rao, C., Chen, H.C. & Narayanan, S. Phonological priming in Hindi and Urdu: A preliminary investigation. Poster presentation, 49th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, USA, November 2008.
Vaid, J., Rao, C., Chen, H.C., Kar, B., & Sharma, D.R. Frequency and length effects in Hindi and Urdu: Resuscitating the orthographic depth hypothesis. Poster, 20th Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, USA, May 2008.
Rao, C., Vaid, J., & Chen, H.C. Cognate lexical access: Evidence from Hindi and Kannada bilinguals. Poster presentation, 5th International Conference: Mental Lexicon, Montreal, Canada, October 2006.
Vaid, J., Rao, C., & Chen, H.C. On the psycholinguistic significance of the bar in Hindi word recognition. Poster presentation, Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading Conference, Vancouver, Canada, July 2006.
Vaid, J., Chen, H.C., Rao, C., & Manzano, I. Joke detection: Is there a bilingual and/or brokering advantage? Poster presentation, Language Acquisition and Bilingualism Conference, Toronto, Canada, May 2006.
Vaid, J., Chen, H.C., Martinez, F. E., & Rao, C. Does prior orthographic experience influence L1 and L2 word segmentation? Poster presentation, 45th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Minneapolis, USA, November 2004.
Rao, C. Remedial intervention for poor readers learning Kannada and English. Paper presentation, 14th Annual Conference of the National Academy of Psychology, IIT, Kharagpur, India, February 2004.
Padakannaya, P., & Rao, C. Reading English in normal and dyslexic Kannada children. Paper presentation, 30th All India Conference of Dravidian Linguistics, Karnatak University, Dharwad, India, November 2002.
Education
Ph.D., Psychology, Texas A&M University, USA, 2010
Advisor: Dr. Jyotsna Vaid
Title of thesis: Morphology in Word Recognition: Hindi and Urdu
Ph.D., Psychology, University of Mysore, Mysore, India, 2005
Advisor: Dr. P. Padakannaya
Title of thesis: Reading and Writing in Kannada and English Orthographies: A Psycholinguistic Investigation of Processes, Problems and Remedial Measures
Post-Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management, Karnataka State Open University, Mysore, India, 2001
M.A. in Psychology, University of Mysore, India, 1999
B.A. in Psychology, University of Mysore, India, 1997
O Level, University of London, U.K., 1994
Honors and Awards
- Durganand Sinha Young Scientist Award, 14th Annual Conference of the National Academy of Psychology, IIT Kharagpur, India, February 2004
- Best Paper Award, 30th All India Conference of Dravidian Linguistics, Karnatak University, Dharwad, India, November 2002
- Dr. M.V. Gopalaswamy Memorial Gold Medal in Psychology, University of Mysore, Mysore, India, March 2000 Gourishankar Endowment Prize for English Literature, Maharani’s College of Arts for Women, University of Mysore, August 1997
Research Grants and Fellowships
- DST Cognitive Science Initiative Post-doctoral Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, 2011
- APA Dissertation Research Award, American Psychological Association, 2008
- Graduate Stipendiary Fellowship, Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, Texas A&M University, 2007
- Summer Fellowship, Vivian Smith Institute for Advanced Studies, International Neurological Society, 2006
- International Education Fee Study Grant, International Student Services, Texas A&M University, 2006
- Research and Presentation Grant, Office of Graduate Studies, Texas A&M University, 2006
Work Experience
Feb 2012 – present
[Principal Investigator on a project aimed at constructing a comprehensive
battery for the assessment of metalinguistic awareness among illiterate adults
who are native speakers of Hindi]
June ’10 – Feb ’12 Research Associate, National Brain Research Centre, Manesar , India
[post-doctoral fellow in charge of design, execution and reporting of research
on language processing in bi- and multilingual readers; mentor to junior PhD
students]
Sep ’05 – May ’09 Laboratory Instructor, Research Methods in Psychology,
Texas A&M University , Texas , USA
[taught students to design and conduct research studies in various areas of
psychology, and to present research in APA format]
July ’03 – July ’04 UGC Senior Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Mysore Mysore , India
[designed and conducted experiments on Kannada word recognition
among skilled readers, analyzed and presented data on reading and spelling
acquisition among normal and poor readers of Kannada and English; taught
Master’s level course in basic experimental psychology]
July ’01 – July ’03 UGC Junior Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Mysore Mysore , India
[assessed reading and spelling acquisition in Kannada and English
among normal and poor learners; taught Master’s level course in basic
experimental psychology]
July 2000 – July ’01 Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Sri Dharmasthala
[taught Master’s level courses in behaviour modification,
physiological psychology and behavior genetics, and basic experimental
psychology]
Research Publications
Rao, C., Mathur, A., & Singh, N. C. (2013). 'Cost in Transliteration': The Neurocognitive Processing of Romanized Writing. Brain & Language, 124, 205-212.
Rao, C., Soni, S., & Singh, N. C. (August 2012). The case of the neglected alphasyllabary: Orthographic processing in Devanagari. Behavioural and Brain Sciences, 40-41.
Rao, C., Vaid, J., Srinivasan, N., & Chen, H-C. (2011). Orthographic characteristics Speed Hindi Word Naming but Slow Urdu Naming: Evidence from Hindi/Urdu Biliterates. Reading and Writing, 24, 679-695.
Rao, C., Prakash, P., & Joshi, R. M. (2006). An 8-point scoring key for analyzing spelling skills of children in Kannada. Psychological Studies, 51, 49-51.
Padakannaya, P., & Rao, C. (2006). Dual Reading Strategies. Psychological Studies, 51, 280-282.
To request a copy of one of the articles, go to Resource
Selected Conference Presentations
Rao, C., Mathur, A., & Singh, N. C. ‘Cost in transliteration’? The neurocognitive challenge of Romanized writing. Poster presentation, Language, Literacy and Cognitive evelopment, Bangalore, India, December 2011.
Vaid, J., Rao, C., Chen, H.C., & Narayanan, S. Orthographic and morphological priming in Hindi and Urdu: A preliminary investigation. Poster presentation, 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Boston, USA, June 2009.
Vaid, J., Rao, C., Chen, H.C. & Narayanan, S. Phonological priming in Hindi and Urdu: A preliminary investigation. Poster presentation, 49th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, USA, November 2008.
Vaid, J., Rao, C., Chen, H.C., Kar, B., & Sharma, D.R. Frequency and length effects in Hindi and Urdu: Resuscitating the orthographic depth hypothesis. Poster, 20th Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, USA, May 2008.
Rao, C., Vaid, J., & Chen, H.C. Cognate lexical access: Evidence from Hindi and Kannada bilinguals. Poster presentation, 5th International Conference: Mental Lexicon, Montreal, Canada, October 2006.
Vaid, J., Rao, C., & Chen, H.C. On the psycholinguistic significance of the bar in Hindi word recognition. Poster presentation, Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading Conference, Vancouver, Canada, July 2006.
Vaid, J., Chen, H.C., Rao, C., & Manzano, I. Joke detection: Is there a bilingual and/or brokering advantage? Poster presentation, Language Acquisition and Bilingualism Conference, Toronto, Canada, May 2006.
Vaid, J., Chen, H.C., Martinez, F. E., & Rao, C. Does prior orthographic experience influence L1 and L2 word segmentation? Poster presentation, 45th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Minneapolis, USA, November 2004.
Rao, C. Remedial intervention for poor readers learning Kannada and English. Paper presentation, 14th Annual Conference of the National Academy of Psychology, IIT, Kharagpur, India, February 2004.
Padakannaya, P., & Rao, C. Reading English in normal and dyslexic Kannada children. Paper presentation, 30th All India Conference of Dravidian Linguistics, Karnatak University, Dharwad, India, November 2002.
