Steven Small studied mathematics at Dartmouth College, and then studied cognitive science at the University of Maryland, receiving his Ph.D. in computer science in 1980. After a year as a Fulbright Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Paris, France, he taught computer science and psychology at the University of Rochester, and then attended medical school there, receiving the M.D. degree in 1987. His neurology residency was completed at the University of Pittsburgh, where he then served as Assistant Professor of Neurology, Intelligent Systems, Psychology, and Communication Sciences and Disorders. While continuing his work in computer models of human cognitive function, and extending it to the study of dysfunction, particularly stroke, Dr. Small also began the empirical study of language and motor function in the brain using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). He is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology and a Member of the Committee on Neurobiology at The University of Chicago. He co-directs the University's Brain Research Imaging Center, focusing on neuroscience and experimental psychology. His own research investigates the basic neurobiology and rehabilitation of language disorders and hand motor function.

Selected Publications

Small, S. L., Hart, J., Jr., Nguyen, T., & Gordon, B. (1995). Distributed Representations of Semantic Knowledge in the Brain. Brain, 118, 441-453.

Small, S. L., Noll, D. C., Perfetti, C. A., Hlustik, P., Wellington, R., & Schneider, W. (1996). Localizing the Lexicon for Reading Aloud: Replication of a PET Study using fMRI. NeuroReport, 7(4), 961-965.

Witt, T. C., Konziolka, D., Baumann, S., Noll, D. C., Small, S. L., & Lunsford, L. D. (1996). Pre-Operative Cortical Localization with Functional MRI for Use in Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 66, 24-29.

Harris, A. E., Ermentrout, G. B., & Small, S. L. (1997). A Model of Ocular Dominance Column Development by Competition for Trophic Factor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 94(18), 9944-9.

Hlustik, P., Noll, D. C., & Small, S. L. (1998). Suppression of Vascular Artifacts in Functional Magnetic Resonance Images Using MR Angiograms. NeuroImage, 7, 224-231.

Ragnarsson, K. T., Moses, L. G., Clarke, W. R., Daling, J. R., Garber, S. L., Gustafson, C. F., Holland, A. L., Jordan, B. D., Parker, J. C., Riddle, M. A., Roth, E. J., Seltzer, M. M., Small, S. L., Therrien, B., Wexler, B. E., & Yawn, B. P. (1999). Rehabilitation of persons with traumatic brain injury. JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association, 282(10), 974-983.

Small, S. L., Flores, D., & Noll, D. C. (1998). Different Neural Circuits Subserve Reading before and after Therapy for Acquired Dyslexia. Brain and Language, 62, 298-308.

Small, S. L., & Solodkin, A. (1998). Neurobiology of Stroke Rehabilitation. Neuroscientist, 4(6), 428-434.

Burton, M. W., & Small, S. L. (1999). An Introduction to functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The Neurologist, 5(3), 145-158.

Small, S. L. (2000). The Future of Aphasia Treatment. Brain and Language, 71(1), 227-232.

Burton, M. W., Small, S. L., & Blumstein, S. E. (2000). The Role of Segmentation in Phonological Processing: An fMRI Investigation. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 12(4), 679-690.

Hlustik, P., Solodkin, A., Gullapalli, R. P., Noll, D. C., & Small, S. L. (2001). Somatotopy in human primary motor and somatosensory hand areas revisited. Cerebral Cortex, 11(4), 312-321.