Abhilasha Kumar

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Bowdoin College

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Psychology

Abhilasha Kumar is currently serving as a Psychology Assistant Professor of Psychology at Bowdoin College.

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Abhilasha Kumar

Bowdoin College

Assistant Professor of Psychology

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linguistics cognitive science psycholinguistics behavioral sciences psychology memory natural language processing neurolinguistics applied linguistics language comprehension semantic processing cognitive linguistics language science phonology context (linguistics) clustering machine learning behavioral neuroscience psychological science behavioral research language learning pragmatics semantic evaluation language resources memory studies general linguistics applied cognitive psychology cognitive communication behavior analysis action planning language network social games game semantics lexical resource lexical semantics lexicon categorial grammar computational lexicology retrieval technique analytic flexibility multidimensional signals human-speech analyses inconspicuous benefit semantic memory cooperative language game verbal fluency idiosyncratic search behavior mental search web interface python package goal inference cued lexical retrieval lexical search associative reference games lexical search dynamics

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Signatures of Adaptive Memory Search: How Early Linguistic Input Shapes Strategic Use of Lexical Information. (2026)

cognitive sciencememorylinguisticslanguage comprehensionsemantic processingmemory studieslanguage processing in the brainlexical informationretrieval techniquegeneral linguisticscognitive linguisticsapplied cognitive psychologylanguage sciencelanguagepsycholinguisticsadaptive memory searchcognition

Are Object State Changes Represented During Language Comprehension? a Non-Replication and Extension. Underline Science Inc. (2025)

cognitive sciencelinguisticsneurolinguisticslanguage comprehensionsemantic processinglanguage processing in the brainlanguage networksemanticscognitive linguisticslanguage sciencelanguagepsycholinguisticslanguage learning

Lexical Search and Social Reasoning Jointly Explain Communication in Associative Reference Games.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General (2025)

linguisticssocial gamesapplied linguisticslexical searchgame theoryassociative reference gamessemanticslanguagegame semanticspragmatics

Lexical Search Dynamics in Taxonomic, Thematic, and Ad Hoc Categories. Underline Science Inc. (2025)

lexical resourcelinguisticsapplied linguisticslexical semanticslexiconsemantic evaluationcorpus linguisticssemanticslanguage resourcescategorial grammarlanguagelexical search dynamicsinformation retrievalcomputational lexicology

What’s in My Cluster? Evaluating Automated Clustering Methods to Understand Idiosyncratic Search Behavior in Verbal Fluency. Journal of Memory and Language (2025)

Abhilasha A. KumarNancy B. LundinMichael N. Jones

verbal fluencylinguisticsclusteringidiosyncratic search behaviornatural language processingmachine learning

FORAGER: A Python Package and Web Interface for Modeling Mental Search. Behavior Research Methods (2023)

Abhilasha A. KumarMolly ApselLarry ZhangNancy XingMichael N. Jones

behavior analysisbehavioral sciencesmental searchbehavioral neuroscienceweb interfacebehavioral researchcognitive sciencepython packagepsychology

Help Me Help You: A Computational Model for Goal Inference and Action Planning. (2023)

Abhilasha Ashok KumarMark Steyvers

action planningdecision theorygoal inferencecognitive science

Multidimensional Signals and Analytic Flexibility: Estimating Degrees of Freedom in Human-Speech Analyses. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science (2023)

Stefano CorettaJoseph V. CasillasSimon RoessigMichael FrankeByron AhnAli H. Al-HoorieJalal Al-TamimiNajd E. AlotaibiMohammed K. AlShakhoriRuth M. AltmillerPablo ArantesAngeliki AthanasopoulouMelissa M. Baese-BerkGeorge BaileyCheman Baira A SangmaEleonora J. BeierGabriela M. BenavidesNicole BenkerEmelia P. BensonMeyerNina R. BenwayGrant M. BerryLiwen BingChristina BjorndahlMariška BolyanatzAaron BraverViolet A. BrownAlicia M. BrownAlejna BrugosErin M. BuchananTanna ButlinAndrés Buxó-LugoColine CaillolFrancesco CangemiChristopher CarignanSita CarraturoTiphaine CaudrelierEleanor ChodroffMichelle CohnJohanna CronenbergOlivier CrouzetErica L. DagarCharlotte DawsonCarissa A. DiantoroMarie DokovovaShiloh DrakeFengting DuMargaux DubuisFlorent DuêmeMatthew DurwardAnder EgurtzegiMahmoud M. ElsherifJanina EsserEmmanuel FerragneFernanda FerreiraLauren K. FinkSara FinleyKurtis FosterPaul FoulkesRosa FranzkeGabriel Frazer-McKeeRobert FromontChristina GarcíaJason GellerCamille L. GrassoPia GrecaMartine GriceMagdalena S. Grose-HodgeAmelia J. GullyCaitlin HalfacreIvy HauserJen HayRobert HaywoodSam HellmuthAllison I. HilgerNicole HollidayDamar HooglandYaqian HuangVincent HughesAne Icardo IsasaZlatomira G. IlchovskaHae-Sung JeonJacq JonesMágat N. JungesStephanie KaeferConstantijn KalandMatthew C. KelleyNiamh E. KellyThomas KettigGhada KhattabRuud KoolenEmiel KrahmerDorota KrajewskaAndreas KrugAbhilasha A. KumarAnna LanderTomas O. LentzWanyin LiYanyu LiMaria LialiouRonaldo M. Lima