Leslee Lazar
Department : Humanities and Social Sciences (Affiliated to Cognitive and Brain Sciences)
Research Interests
● Neuroscience of Touch Perception
● Multi-modal Somatosensory Processing
● Neural Plasticity in the Blind
● Tactile Hallucinations
● Embodied Cognition
● Design Pedagogy & Behavioural Change
Professional Summary
Associate Teaching Professor – Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar (2023 t0 Present)
Assistant Teaching Professor – Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar (Dec 2019 to 2023)
Visiting Faculty – Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar (Dec 2016 – Dec 2019)
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow – Harvard Medical School (BIDMC) (Jan 2014 – July 2015)
Research Associate – National Brain Research Centre, India (Aug 2013 – Jan 2014)
Publications
1. Lazar L* The Cognitive Neuroscience of Design Creativity. Journal of Experimental Neuroscience, Volume: 12 October 31, 2018.
2. Lazar L, Chand P, Rajan R, Mohammed H, Jain N. Inputs from the Opposable Thumb are Processed in an Independent Module in Somatosensory Cortex of Macaque Monkeys. (under preparation).
3. Tandon S, Kambi N, Lazar L, Mohammed H, Jain N. Large-scale expansion of the face representation in somatosensory areas of the lateral sulcus after spinal cord injuries in monkeys. J Neurosci. 2009; 29:12009-19.
4. Kambi N, Tandon S, Mohammed H, Lazar L, Jain N. Reorganization of the primary motor cortex of the adult macaque monkeys after sensory loss resulting from partial spinal cord injuries. J Neurosci. 2011; 31:3696-3707.