Matthew Lehet

Assistant Professor of Psychology
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Hometown: Hanover, NH
Joined Chatham: 2024

ACADEMIC AREAS OF INTEREST

The relationship between language and thought; mental health and inner speech; corollary discharge and prediction in perception; human neuroscience.

PERSONAL AREAS OF INTEREST

Gardening, kayaking, hiking, having too many projects, spending time with my family.

EDUCATION
  • Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 2017
  • BA, Reed College, 2008
AWARDS
  • Acoustical Society of America Stetson Fellowship
  • Multimodal Neuroimaging Training Program
  • Behavioral Brain Research Training Program
  • Presidential Fellowship at Carnegie Mellon University
  • University of Pennsylvania Institute for Research in Cognitive Neuroscience Summer Program
  • Veteran’s Administration Summer Fellowship Award
  • Reed College Miller Grant
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
  • Lehet, M., Yao, B., Tso, I. F., Diwadkar, V. A., Fattal, J., Bao, J., & Thakkar, K. N. (2025). Altered Effective Connectivity Within a Thalamocortical Corollary Discharge Network in Individuals With Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, sbae232.
  • Lehet, M., Rolfs, M., Bao, J., Fattal, J., & Thakkar, K. N. (2024). Pre‐saccadic shifts of attention in individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia. Brain and Behavior, 14(3), e3466.
  • Lehet, M., Tso, I. F., Neggers, S. F., Thompson, I. A., Yao, B., Kahn, R. S., & Thakkar, K. N. (2021). Altered effective connectivity within an oculomotor control network in individuals with schizophrenia. NeuroImage: Clinical, 31, 102764.
  • Lehet, M. I., Fenn, K. M., & Nusbaum, H. C. (2020). Shaping perceptual learning of synthetic speech through feedback. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 27, 1043-1051.
  • Lehet, M., & Holt, L. L. (2020). Nevertheless, it persists: Dimension-based statistical learning and normalization of speech impact different levels of perceptual processing. Cognition, 202, 104328.
  • Lehet, M., & Holt, L. L. (2017). Dimension‐based statistical learning affects both speech perception and production. Cognitive science, 41, 885-912.