Larry Marks, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology (Environmental Health Sciences)
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Lawrence Marks, PhD, studies how humansensory systems transduce and process patterns of stimulus energy, and how the resulting information is encoded and represented in perception and cognition. Current work focuses largely on developing sensory-cognitive models of multisensory (gustatory and olfactory) perception of flavors and, more generally, on theoretical implications of multisensory processing for perception and cognition. A second topic, of long-standing interest, is synesthesia, the 'transfer' of sensory qualities across modalities, as when synesthetes perceive speech sounds or music to have distinctive and consistent colors – including the roles of language and culture in synesthetic experiences.
Education & Training
- Post-doctoralHarvard University (1966)
- PhDHarvard University (1965)
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Winslow Centennial Honor Roll for Excellence and Service | Association of Yale Alumni in Public Health | 2015 |
Member | Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering | 2014 |
Fellow, Society of Experimental Psychologists | 2004 | |
Philosophiae doctorem honoris causa, Stockholm University, | 1994 | |
President, Division 10: Psychology of the Arts | American Psychological Association | 1988 |
Jacob Javits Award/ Claude Pepper Award, National Institutes of Health | 1987 | |
Hunter College Hall of Fame | 1985 |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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Vantage Group | Board of Directors | 2014 - 2017 |
American Synesthesia Association, American Synesthesia Association, Board of Directors | Board of Directors | 2005 - Present |