Sarah Brown-schmidt
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Vanderbilt Peabody faculty receive NSF grant to study how conversation shapes memory, with applications for AI and education
By Jenna Somers In daily conversations, most people are not aware of the complex brain processes taking place that make their conversations possible. However, understanding these processes could improve how AI communicates with people and how students learn at school. A new study aims to shed light on these processes,… Read MoreNov 7, 2025
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Peabody Faculty Council 2024-25 honorees
Sarah Brown-Schmidt Sean Corcorcan Brian Heuser Amy Palmeri Kelly Slay (Vanderbilt University) Anita Wager Sarah Brown-Schmidt received the Peabody… Read MoreMay 13, 2025
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Vanderbilt research discovers new brain injury impairments to everyday communication skills
In two recent studies funded by the National Institutes of Health, moderate-severe TBI was associated with difficulties in communication, namely remembering spoken language and integrating information in gesture with speech. Both impairments can inhibit a person’s ability to understand and effectively communicate with others, but the research teams hope the studies’ findings could pave the way for improved therapies and assessments to help people with TBI communicate more easily in their daily lives. Read MoreMar 24, 2025
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Brown-Schmidt’s study shows benefits, limits of contemporaneous notetaking on memory for conversation
By Jenna Somers Sarah Brown-Schmidt, professor of psychology and human development In the first four months of Donald Trump’s presidency, leading up to Trump firing FBI director James Comey on May 9, 2017, they met privately nine times. Alarmed by how these meetings broke with traditional boundaries between… Read MoreApr 28, 2023