Mark S. Seidenberg is a professor ''emeritus'' of

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at the

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. Previously he was Vilas Research Professor and Donald O. Hebb

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of Psychology there and a Senior Scientist at Haskins Laboratories. He is a specialist in

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, focusing on the cognitive and neurological bases of

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and reading. Seidenberg received his Ph.D. from

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under the mentorship of Thomas Bever and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for the Study of Reading at the

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. He has held academic positions at

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, the

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, and after 2001 at the

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. Seidenberg has published over a hundred scientific articles and is the author of ''Language at the Speed of Sight'' (2017). Seidenberg is married to fellow psychologist Maryellen MacDonald and has two children.

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MacDonald-Seidenberg Language and Cognitive Neuroscience LabReading Matters: Connecting Science and Education
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