Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

Dr. Brannon studies the development and evolution of quantitative cognition. She focuses on the behavioral and neural underpinnings of adult human mathematical cognition by examining the precursors of these abilities in human infants in the first year of life and nonhuman primates. Her work encompasses a wide range of methods including behavioral assays, fMRI, ERPs, and single-unit recordings.

Ph.D., Columbia University, Psychology, 2000

M.A., Columbia University, Biological Anthropology, 1994 (Advisor: Dr. Marina Cords)

B.A., University of Pennsylvania, Biological Anthropology, 1992

Brannon, E.M., Libertus, M. Meck, W.H., Woldorff, M. (2008). Electrophysiological Measures of Time Processing in Infants and Adults Brains: Weber’s Law Holds. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 20(2) 192-203.

Cantlon, J.F. & Brannon, E.M. (2007). Basic math in monkeys and college students. PLoS Biology, 5(12)e328.

Roitman, J., Brannon. E.M. & Platt, M.L. (2007). Monotonic Coding of Numerosity in Macaque Lateral Intraparietal Area. PLoS Biol 5(8): e208 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050208.