Ladan Shams

{{short description|American psychologist}}

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| education = University of Southern California (MS, PhD), California State University, Northridge (BS){{cite journal |last1=Shams |first1=Ladan |last2=von der Malsburg |first2=Christoph |title=Are object shape primitives learnable? |journal=Neurocomputing |date=1 June 1999 |volume=26-27 |pages=855–863 |doi=10.1016/S0925-2312(98)00130-1 |language=en |issn=0925-2312}}

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| thesis_title = Development of Visual Shape Primitives

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| thesis_year =1999

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| doctoral_advisor = Christoph von der Malsburg

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| discipline = psychology

| sub_discipline = cognitive psychology

| workplaces = UCLA

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| main_interests = multisensory perception, cognitive neuroscience

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Ladan Shams is an American psychologist and professor of psychology, BioEngineering, and Neuroscience at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is known for her works on multisensory perception and cognitive neuroscience. She is an associate editor of the journals Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, Multisensory Research, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, and Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.{{cite web |title=Member Spotlight: UCLA's Multisensory Processing Lab |url=https://www.biocom.org/lifelines/member-spotlight-uclas-multisensory-processing-lab-2/ |website=Biocom California}}{{cite web |title=Ladan Shams, Ph.D. |url=https://shamslab.psych.ucla.edu/shams/ |website=Multisensory Processing Lab}}{{cite web |title=Is Seeing Believing? People Are Not Good at Identifying Where Sights, Sounds Originate |url=https://www.newswise.com/articles/is-seeing-believing-people-are-not-good-at-identifying-where-sights-sounds-originate |website=www.newswise.com |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Can Sounds Alter What We See? |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/illusions-delusions-and-reality/202212/can-sounds-alter-what-we-see |work=Psychology Today}}{{cite journal |title=Getting involved in UCLA's wide range of research opportunities |journal=Daily Bruin |url=https://dailybruin.com/2023/06/11/getting-involved-in-uclas-wide-range-of-research-opportunities}}{{cite news |title=Put your glasses on to hear better, says a new study |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/science/put-your-glasses-on-to-hear-better-says-a-new-study/177174/ |work=Financialexpress |date=11 December 2015 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=That's so 80s: Why NFL receivers have ditched tradition for 'swaggy' jersey numbers |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28224466/behind-wide-receivers-numbers-shift-why-nfl-best-donning-nos-10-19 |work=ESPN |date=5 December 2019 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Did you hear it? Our vision and hearing is not very reliable |url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/health/health-news/did-you-hear-it-our-vision-and-hearing-is-not-very-reliable_1833265.html |work=Zee News |date=11 December 2015 |language=en}}