Dr. Sarah London

Biography

Sarah London is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Psychology from Middlebury College and her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from UCLA. Following her doctoral studies, she completed postdoctoral research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Professor London’s research primarily focuses on brain development, particularly the influence of early experience on neural function and behavior. She utilizes the zebra finch as a model system to explore how males learn songs during a critical period of development, a behavior that females do not exhibit. Her work employs molecular genomic tools in conjunction with behavioral manipulations to uncover the neural processes that promote or limit the ability of young zebra finches to acquire songs. This strategic approach aims to reveal the mechanisms involved in human speech acquisition and developmentally learned behaviors, contributing to the understanding of language learning in humans.

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