David Lewkowicz

I obtained my BA in psychology at Brandeis University, my PhD in biopsychology at the City University of New York, and completed my postdoctoral training in child mental health at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. I am a Fellow of the American Assocation for the Advancement of Science, American Association for Psychological Science, and the American Psychological Association, and I served as President of the International Congress on Infant Studies (2008-2010).

The primary focus of my research is perceptual and cognitive development, with an emphasis on the role of multisensory attention, processing, and integration in the emergence of speech, language, and general communication skills in typically and atypically developing infants and children. A secondary focus of my research is the fundamental role that early experience plays in shaping adaptive multisensory processing skills and, ultimately, in the emergence of multisensory expertise. We rely on both behavioral and neural measures to gain insights into the mechanisms underlying multisensory processing in early life, the contribution that these mechanisms make to the emergence of adaptive cognitive functions, and the ways that they change as a function of early experience.