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Alicia Briganti joined the Infant Cognition Lab in August of 2004. She received her B.S. in Psychology with a minor in Sociology from Louisiana State University in December of 2003. After graduating from LSU, she continued her job with the 19th Judicial District Court in Baton Rouge, LA. As an undergraduate, Alicia participated in research examining short-term and working memory in adults, the interaction of attention with memory performance and source memory. Excited to be a part of the Infant Cognition Lab, Alicia is currently involved in a study examining how infants learn labels for objects using signs, rather than words, and whether social cues (such as pointing) play a role in how infants learn these associations. Her interests in the area of developmental psychology include social referencing, word learning, and language development, including sign language and auditory and speech perception. When not involved in research, Alicia enjoys keeping up with LSU sports, reading, watching movies, playing racquetball and tennis (though she is just learning) and being outdoors. She recently joined the UT Sailing Club, so she is also looking forward to learning how to sail!
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