Jessica F. Cantlon

Jessica Cantlon ita ce Ronald J. da Mary Ann Zdrojkowski Farfesa na Ci gaban Neuroscience a Jami'ar Carnegie Mellon . A shekara ta 2017 an zaɓe ta a matsayin wacce taci Lokaci na Shekara a matsayin daya daga cikin Silence Breakers .

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
Cantlon ta yi karatun ilimin ɗan adam a Jami'ar Indiana Bloomington . Ta koma Jami'ar Duke don karatun digiri, inda ta yi aiki tare da Elizabeth Brannon a kan tushen ilimin lissafi. Da farko a cikin karatun digiri, Cantlon ta horar da kanta a cikin MRI mai aiki, ta fahimci cewa ana iya amfani da neuroimaging don ci gaba da fahimtarmu game da ilmantarwa. name=":0"> Binciken ta ya haɗa da bincike game da asalin ikon ɗan adam da na farko don lissafi. Cantlon ya nuna cewa birai na iya yin lissafin tunani. name=":1"> Yin aiki tare da Brannon, Cantlon ya gina aikin lissafi wanda ya tambayi birai su cire ko jerin lambobi sun fi girma ko karami fiye da waɗanda suka ci gaba da su. name=":2"> Wannan binciken ya nuna cewa tsarin da birai ke amfani da shi don yin kwatanci iri ɗaya ne da waɗanda mutane ke amfani da su. Don tabbatar da ƙwarewar lambobi na birai, Cantlon ya gina gwaji inda macaques suka yi hulɗa tare da kwamfutar touchscreen wanda ke nuna ƙalubalen lissafi na asali. Cantlon ya gabatar da irin wannan ƙalubalen ga ɗaliban koleji, waɗanda suka sami amsoshi masu kyau 94%, yayin da birai suka ci nasara 76% na lokacin. Dabbobin da daliban koleji suna da lokaci iri ɗaya. Ta kammala digirin digirin ta a shekara ta 2007.

 Bincike da aiki 
Cantlon ya shiga Jami'ar Rochester a matsayin mataimakin farfesa a shekarar 2009. A nan ta yi nazarin ikon da mutane ke da shi don ganewa da fahimtar lambobi. Duk da yake ikon rikitarwa na lissafi na alama ya zama na musamman ga mutane, ba a bayyana inda wannan ƙwarewar lambobi ta fito ba. Ta haɗu da binciken ilimin halayyar mutum tare da Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) da Positron Emission Tomography (PET) don fahimtar ilimin lissafi. Ta ci gaba da nazarin ƙwarewar lissafi na birai, tana nuna cewa har ma da ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta na iya rarrabe tsakanin manyan da ƙananan lambobi.

A cikin 2018 an sanya Cantlon a matsayin Shugaban Zdrojkowski a Ci gaban Neuroscience a Jami'ar Carnegie Mellon . Yin amfani da MRI, Cantlon ya yi nazarin aiki a cikin sulcus na matasa yayin ayyukan lambobi. Ta nuna cewa yara maza da mata suna da iyawa iri ɗaya.

 Ayyukan ilimi 
Yayinda yake aiki a Jami'ar Rochester, Cantlon na ɗaya daga cikin masu tuhuma, tare da Richard Aslin da Celeste Kidd, waɗanda suka yi zargin cewa abokin aiki, Florian Jaeger, ya tsananta wa ɗalibai. Cantlon ya ki amincewa da hanyoyin cin zarafin jima'i na jami'ar lokacin da masu gudanarwa suka rufe binciken farfesa ba tare da yin hira da yawancin ɗaliban da ake zargin cin zarafin su ba,   sannan suka yi zargin cewa masu gudanarwa sun rama wa Cantlon da Aslin.  A cikin 2017, Cantlon, Kidd da wasu malamai bakwai da dalibai sun kai karar Jami'ar Rochester, suna mai da'awar cewa jami'ar ta karya dokokin cin zarafin jima'i kuma ta rufe shi. 

Duk da bincike daban-daban guda huɗu da suka nuna cewa zarge-zargen ba su da tushe,  wani alƙali na tarayya ya yanke hukunci a madadin Cantlon da abokan shigar da kara, yana mai cewa akwai isasshen shaida don ci gaba da shari'ar a kotu.  Kotun ta tabbatar da ingancin doka na 16 daga cikin ikirarin masu shigar da kara 17, wanda aka yi kuskuren nunawa kamar yadda yake tabbatar da daidaito na waɗannan ikirarin. Bayan wannan hukuncin kotun tarayya, jami'ar ta fara sulhu tare da Cantlon, Kidd, da sauran masu shigar da kara, ba tare da zuwa shari'a ba bisa gaskiyar zarge-zargen. An cimma matsaya ta dala miliyan 9.4, kuma Jami'ar ta amince da bayar da wata sanarwa tana godiya ga masu shigar da kara don kawo damuwarsu gaba.   

Cantlon ta bar matsayinta a Jami'ar Rochester a 2018 kuma ta dauki matsayi a Carnegie Mellon . 

An amince da Cantlon a fili saboda gudummawar da ta bayar wajen yaki da cin zarafin jima'i a kimiyya   kuma ta ci gaba da magana game da tasirin cin zarafin mata a kan ayyukan mata, da kuma ramuwar gayya da ta samu a matsayin mai ba da labari.

 Kyaututtuka da girmamawa 

 2016 Labaran Kimiyya 10 Masana kimiyya da za a kalli "Jessica Cantlon seeks the origins of numerical thinking". Science News. 2016-09-21. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
 Mutumin Lokaci na Shekara na 2017  

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 Rayuwa ta mutum 
Cantlon ta auri Brad Mahon, masanin kimiyyar kwakwalwa a Jami'ar Carnegie Mellon . 

Kakar Cantlon ta 9 ita ce Rebecca Nurse .

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