Leslee Lazar

Leslee Lazar
Associate Teaching Professor, Cognitive and Brain Sciences
- BSc: Loyola College, Chennai, India, 1998
- MSc: University of Madras, India, 2000
- PhD: National Brain Research Centre, India, 2013
Email: leslee.lazar -AT- iitgn.ac.in
Website : https://labs.iitgn.ac.in/taper
Office:
5/315 A
VOIP:
2717
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Selected Publications
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Kottu, S. R., and Lazar, L. Lack of Visual Experience Leads to Severe Distortions in the Hand Representation of the Body Model. (2024). Cortex . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2024.09.015
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Bulusu, V., & Lazar, L. (2024). Crossmodal associations between naturally occurring tactile and sound textures. Perception, 53(4), 219-239. https://doi.org/10.1177/03010066231224557
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Lazar L, Chand P, Rajan R, Mohammed H, Jain N. Somatosensory cortex of macaque monkeys is designed for opposable thumb. 2022. Cerebral Cortex. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhac061
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Lazar L. The Cognitive Neuroscience of Design Creativity. Journal of Experimental Neuroscience. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1177/1179069518809664 PMID: 30450006; PMCID: PMC6236478.
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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 Sep 23;29(38):12009-19. doi: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2118-09.2009. PMID: 19776287
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Kambi N, Tandon S, Mohammed H, Lazar L, Jain N. Reorganization of the primary motor cortex of adult macaque monkeys after sensory loss resulting from partial spinal cord injuries. J Neurosci. 2011 Mar 9;31(10):3696-707. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5187-10.2011 .PMID: 21389224
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Work Experience
- 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)