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Spencer Kelly

Hurley Family Chair Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Neuroscience; Director Linguistics Program

Colgate University

Affiliations

Center for Language and Brain

Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Neuroscience Department

Psychological and Brain Sciences Department

Spencer Kelly is currently serving as a Center For Language And Brain Hurley Family Chair Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Neuroscience; Director Linguistics Program at Colgate University.

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Spencer Kelly

Colgate University

Hurley Family Chair Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Neuroscience; Director Linguistics Program

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cognitive science language speech communication speech perception psycholinguistics language processing in the brain gesture processing linguistics speech production neurolinguistics speech processing language learning language acquisition cognitive neuroscience second language acquisition nonverbal communication neuroscience phonetics applied cognitive psychology speech acoustics language comprehension speech recognition phonology sign language speech science embodied cognition perceptual user interfaces verbal interactions multimodal pragmatic second language research language science applied linguistics child language human-computer interaction gesture recognition speech motor control cognitive linguistics iconic gestures auditory learning hand gestures affective neuroscience human communication paralinguistics foreign language acquisition gesture-speech integration developmental psychology developmental science spoken language technology learning disabilities behavioral research spoken language processing emotional responses movement analysis language network cognitive psychology foreign language learning cognitive electrophysiology brain stimulation prosody (linguistics) human interaction social categorization oral communication body image emotion regulation same coin gesture comprehension bimodal speech neural correlates stroop-like task automatic processing second-language speech sounds intentional stance social eye gaze phonetic demands disrupt word learning right mtg

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

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Iconicity in L2 Learning. Oxford University Press eBooks (2026)

cognitionsecond language learningsecondlanguage acquisitionsecond language researchforeign language acquisitionl2 learninglanguage learninglanguage acquisitionpsycholinguisticslearning theorylanguage sciencecognitive sciencelanguagesecond language acquisition

Phonetic and Affective Roles of Co-Speech Gesture in L2 Pronunciation. Journal of Second Language Pronunciation (2026)

speech communicationphonologylinguisticslanguage acquisitionspeech sciencepsycholinguisticsspeech acousticsl2 pronunciationphoneticsspeech productionspeech processinglanguagesecond language acquisition

The Neural Time Course of Self-Oriented Pointing and Labeling in Visual Processing. Brain and Language (2026)

visual processingvisual scienceapplied cognitive psychologyneural recodingvisual perceptionneuroscienceearly visionspatial cognitioncomputational neuroscienceneural time coursecognitive sciencecognitive neuroscienceself-oriented pointing

How Self-Directed Pointing and Labeling Shape Perceptual and Conceptual Processing: An Erp Study. SSRN Electronic Journal (2025)

cognitionvisual systemembodied cognitionerp studyvisual sciencepsychological scienceapplied cognitive psychologyvisual perceptionpsychophysicsperception systemspatial cognitionconceptual processingcognitive sciencelanguagecognitive neuroscienceperceptual user interfacesself-directed pointing

Gesture. MIT Press eBooks (2024)

Multimodal Training on L2 Japanese Pitch Accent: Learning Outcomes, Neural Correlates and Subjective Assessments. Language and Cognition (2024)

speech motor controlphonologylanguage learninglinguisticslanguage acquisitionspeech sciencespeech acousticsmultimodal traininglearning outcomesphoneticsspeech productionspeech perceptionsubjective assessmentscognitive sciencespeech processinglanguagesecond language acquisition

Exploring the Emotional Functions of Co‐Speech Hand Gesture in Language and Communication. Topics in Cognitive Science (2023)

Spencer D. KellyQuang‐Anh Ngo Tran

speech communicationemotional functionsco-speech hand gesturecommunicationcognitive scienceverbal interactionslanguageemotionssign language

Construing Events First-Hand: Gesture Viewpoints Interact With Speech to Shape the Attribution and Memory of Agency. Memory & Cognition (2021)

cognitionspeech communicationembodied cognitionhuman behaviorapplied cognitive psychologypragmaticsevents first-handconversation analysisgesture processingpsycholinguisticsnonverbal communicationcognitive sciencelanguagegesture viewpoints

Emblem Gestures Improve Perception and Evaluation of Non-Native Speech. Frontiers in Psychology (2020)

speech communicationlinguisticspsycholinguisticsspeech acousticsnon-native speechapplied linguisticsspeech perceptionspeech processingspeech recognitionlanguagesign language

Emotion Matters. Gesture (2020)

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Spencer Kelly

Hurley Family Chair Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Neuroscience; Director Linguistics Program

Colgate University

Affiliations

Center for Language and Brain

Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Neuroscience Department

Psychological and Brain Sciences Department

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Spencer Kelly

Colgate University

Hurley Family Chair Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Neuroscience; Director Linguistics Program

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Iconicity in L2 Learning. Oxford University Press eBooks (2026)

Phonetic and Affective Roles of Co-Speech Gesture in L2 Pronunciation. Journal of Second Language Pronunciation (2026)

The Neural Time Course of Self-Oriented Pointing and Labeling in Visual Processing. Brain and Language (2026)

How Self-Directed Pointing and Labeling Shape Perceptual and Conceptual Processing: An Erp Study. SSRN Electronic Journal (2025)

Gesture. MIT Press eBooks (2024)

Multimodal Training on L2 Japanese Pitch Accent: Learning Outcomes, Neural Correlates and Subjective Assessments. Language and Cognition (2024)

Exploring the Emotional Functions of Co‐Speech Hand Gesture in Language and Communication. Topics in Cognitive Science (2023)

Spencer D. KellyQuang‐Anh Ngo Tran

speech communicationemotional functionsco-speech hand gesturecommunicationcognitive scienceverbal interactionslanguageemotionssign language

Construing Events First-Hand: Gesture Viewpoints Interact With Speech to Shape the Attribution and Memory of Agency. Memory & Cognition (2021)

Emblem Gestures Improve Perception and Evaluation of Non-Native Speech. Frontiers in Psychology (2020)

speech communicationlinguisticspsycholinguisticsspeech acousticsnon-native speechapplied linguisticsspeech perceptionspeech processingspeech recognitionlanguagesign language

Emotion Matters. Gesture (2020)

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