Jessica Kastenbaum

Education

MS in Speech-Language Pathology, Boston University (expected 2015)
BA in Psychology, Vassar College (2013)

Research Interests

Bilingualism
Aphasia rehabilitation
Neurological basis of aphasia rehabilitation and language

Current Projects

The Influence of Language Combination and Proficiency on Bilingual Lexical Access: This study examines the nature of bilingual lexical access via category fluency across five language combinations (Hindi-English, Kannada-English, Mandarin-English, Spanish-English, and Turkish-English). Participants completed a category fluency task in each of their languages in three main categories (animals, clothing, food), each with two subcategories, as well as a questionnaire assessing their proficiency in each of their languages. The goal of this study is to provide insight into the effects of particular languages on bilingual lexical access as well as the role of proficiency and degree of bilingualism on access.

Publications