Georgina Angelopoulou

Email: georginangel@gmail.comGeorgina Angelopoulou

Education

  • Visiting Research Student at Aphasia Research Laboratory, Boston University (Fulbright
    award in the Doctoral Dissertation Visiting Research Students, 2017-2018).
  • Ph.D. student in Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, National&Kapodistrian
    University of Athens, Greece (Unit of Neuropsychology and Speech Pathology,
    Eginiteion Hospital). Supervisor: professor Constantin Potagas.
  • M.Sc. in Clinical Neuropsychology, Faculty of Medicine, National&Kapodistrian
    University of Athens & Montreal Neurological Institute (2016).
  • B.Sc. in Psychology, School of Philosophy, Department of Psychology,
    National&Kapodistrian University of Athens (2016).
  • MSc in Special and Inclusive Education, University College London – Institute of
    Education (2013).
  • B.A. in Philosophy, Pedagogy, Psychology, School of Philosophy,
    National&Kapodistrian University of Athens (2007).

Licensure

  • Psychologist licensure, Greece.
  • Special Education Teacher licensure, Greece.

Research Interests

My main focus is on language deficits, due to neurological disorders, and their neural correlates.
My doctoral dissertation is focused on a detailed analysis of the characteristics of aphasic speech,
with emphasis on pauses and paraphasic errors, interrelations between them, and their lesional
substrate.

Current Projects

  • Connected speech variables, neuropsychological performance, and lesion correlates in
    aphasia: An integrated approach.
  • Connected speech characteristics in English- and Greek-speaking patients with post-
    stroke aphasia.
  • In search of neuropsychological impairment in Charcot-Marie- Tooth disease.
  • Memory, executive, and language deficits in Multiple Sclerosis.
  • Anatomical correlates of cognitive functions in neurotypical adults.

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Angelopoulou G., Kasselimis D., Makrydakis G., Varkanitsa M., Roussos P., Goutsos
    D., Evdokimidis I., Potagas C. (under review). Silent Pauses in aphasia.
    Kasselimis D., Angelopoulou G., Simos P., Petrides M., Peppas C., Tavernarakis A.,
    Evdokimidis I., Potagas C. (under review). Working memory impairment in aphasia: the
    issue of stimulus modality.
  •  Koutsis, G., Kasselimis, D., Karadima, G., Angelopoulou, G., Breza, M., Tsolakopoulos,
    D., Potagas, C., Panas, M. (under review). Evidence for cognitive deficits in X-linked
    Charcot-Marie- Tooth disease.
  • Angelopoulou, G., Varkanitsa, M., Kasselimis, D., Makrydakis, G., Tsolakopoulos, D.,
    Roussos, P., Goutsos, D., Evdokimidis, I., Potagas, C. (2017). Let silence speak about
    aphasia: possible associations between pause and language related cognitive processes.
    Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. doi:10.3389/conf.fnhum.2017.223.00127
  •  Kasselimis D., Angelopoulou G., Kolovos G., Daskalaki A., Peppas C., Tavernarakis A.,
    Potagas C. (2017). Pure word deafness due to herpes simplex encephalitis. Journal of the
    Neurological Sciences, 372, 11-13.
  •  Koutsis, G., Kasselimis, D., Karadima, G., Angelopoulou, G., Breza, M., Tsolakopoulos,
    D., Potagas, C., Panas, M. (2017). Neuropsychological assessment of patients with X-
    linked Charcot-Marie- Tooth disease. European Journal of Neurology, 24(Suppl. 1), 464.

Conferences & Professional Meetings (selection of)

  • Angelopoulou G., Kasselimis D., Varkanitsa M., Fotiadis P., Themistocleous C.,
    Tsolakopoulos D.,.., Evdokimidis I., Potagas C. Effects of cortical thickness on pause
    duration in neurotypical adults’speech: Evidence for the role of the left middle temporal
    gyrus in lexical retrieval. 9th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of
    Language. Baltimore, USA, November 5-7, 2017.
  •  Angelopoulou G., Kasselimis D., Makrydakis G., Varkanitsa, M., Roussos P., Goutsos
    D., Evdokimidis I., Potagas C. Pauses in Aphasia: A new approach of quantifying impaired speech output. 5th International Congress on Psychiatry and Neuroscience.
    Athens, Greece, October 6-8, 2016.
  • Angelopoulou G., Kasselimis D., Roussos P., Makrydakis G., Goutsos D., Evdokimidis
    I., Potagas C. Distribution of pauses in Greek aphasics [in Greek]. 4th Panhellenic
    Congress of Cognitive Psychology. Athens, Greece, April 14-16, 2016.
  • Angelopoulou G. Neuropsychological assessment in PPA [in Greek]. 4 th Panhellenic
    Congress of Cognitive Psychology. Athens, Greece, April 14-16, 2016.
  •  Paraskevas G., Kaselimis D., Kourtidou P., Angelopoulou G., Constantinides V.,
    Kemanetzoglou E., Potagas C., Evdokimidis I., Kapaki E. Atypical presentation of
    Alzheimer’s disease as primary progressive aphasia, a subtype analysis. 14th
    International Athens/Springfield Symposium on Advances in Alzheimer Therapy.
    Athens, Greece, March 9-12, 2016.