Prof. Toben H. Mintz, Ph.D.

 

Toby Mintz
Associate Professor of Psychology and Linguistics 
Director, Cognitive Science Program

Contact Information 
E-mail: tmintz@usc.edu 
Phone: (213) 740-2253 
Office: SGM 613
  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5437-7482

 

My general research interests are in the cognitive mechanisms that underlie language acquisition. Ongoing and completed projects investigate the mechanisms by which infants detect words in fluent speech, how infants and very young children acquire fundamental syntactic knowledge about the language they are learning, and how toddlers learn the meanings of novel words. These research programs are connected by a common question about the nature of the mechanisms that give rise to linguistic abilities, and the effects of environmental input on these mechanisms.

If you are interested in pursuing a graduate degree in my lab, you can apply to the Brain and Cognitive Sciences area or the Developmental area of the Psychology Department. I also accept graduate students through the Linguistics Department and the Neuroscience Graduate Program, as I have affiliations with both programs.

Lab website: dornsife.usc.edu/labs/langdevlab

  • Toben H. Mintz
  • 3620 McClintock Ave.
  • Dept. of Psychology, SGM 501
  • University of Southern California
  • Los Angeles, CA 90089-1061