Dr Carly Anderson

Lecturer in Neuroscience

Research Overview

I am a Lecturer in Neuroscience and lead the Multimodal Communication and Plasticity (MCaP) Lab. My work focuses on how visual information supports communication, particularly when auditory access varies or is changing. I study how visual cues from faces and auditory signals are processed in the brain, and how these systems are shaped by our sensory and language experience.

I work with profoundly deaf individuals, cochlear implant users, and sign and spoken language bilinguals, using psychophysics, eye-tracking, and neuroimaging (fNIRS and EEG). I co-design inclusive neuroimaging practices to support equitable participation in research for people with diverse characteristics, including hair types and styles, and head-based devices (e.g., hearing aids and cochlear implants).