CBR Seminar Series: Leonardo Bonilha
CBR Seminar Series: Leonardo Bonilha, May 18, 2026 Title: White Matter, Brain Health and Digital Twin in Aphasia Recovery Abstract: Classical lesion-symptom mapping has provided a solid foundation for understanding the neurobiology of language and aphasia, yet lesion location alone accounts for only a fraction of the variability in aphasia severity and recovery. A more […]
CBR Seminar Series: Kyrana Tsapkini
CBR Seminar Series: Kyrana Tsapkini, April 27, 2026 Title: Electrical stimulation in neurodegenerative disorders: efficacy, mechanisms and new trends Abstract: Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) presents a critical unmet need for scalable, effective interventions targeting progressive language decline. This work advances a novel therapeutic framework combining noninvasive brain stimulation with behavioral language therapy, with a particular […]
CBR Seminar Series: Jessica Richardson
CBR Seminar Series: Jessica Richardson, March 9, 2026 Title: Toward Precision Neurorehabilitation in Primary Progressive Aphasia: Lessons from Review, Modeling, and Remote Intervention Abstract: Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative language disorder for which behavioral speech-language treatment shows promise, yet the evidence base remains limited by heterogeneous designs and insufficient integration of disease progression […]
CBR Seminar Series: Alex Leff
CBR Seminar Series: Alex Leff, February 9, 2026 Title: Practice-induced changes in brain structure: evidence from two app-based trials in people with aphasia Abstract: People with acquired aphasia can improve their language abilities with impairment-based training, but the effects are usually item specific. We developed two apps, one for comprehension (Listen-In) and one for speech […]
CBR Seminar Series: Fatemeh Geranmayeh
CBR Seminar Series: Fatemeh Geranmayeh, December 15, 2025 Title: Online monitoring technology for deep phenotyping of cognitive impairment after stroke Abstract: Stroke remains one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide, affecting over 12 million people annually and leaving many survivors with lasting cognitive and communicative impairments. Accurate, scalable monitoring of post-stroke cognitive […]
CBR Seminar Series: Jet Vonk
CBR Seminar Series: Jet Vonk, November 17, 2025 Title: Quantifying Language in Dementia through Automated Speech Analysis Abstract: Language offers a uniquely sensitive window into brain health, yet traditional approaches to its assessment have been manual, slow, and dependent on specialized expertise. This talk will discuss how automated speech and language analysis can quantify subtle […]
CBR Seminar Series: Rhoda Au
CBR Seminar Series: Rhoda Au, September 29, 2025 Title: Precision Brain Health: Getting from Here to There Abstract: Clinical research in Alzheimer’s disease has been slow to embrace the technological advances that could address many long standing representative gaps. This hesitancy has led to more incremental science. Our precision brain health initiative has been pursuing […]
CBR Seminar Series: Simona Mancini
CBR Seminar Series: Simona Mancini, September 15, 2025 Title: Dynamic interplay between language and domain-general functions Abstract: The relationship between domain-general cognitive processes and language functions has emerged as a critical area of investigation in understanding both typical language processing and recovery from aphasia. Studies on healthy young adults reveal minimal domain-general involvement in language […]
CBR Seminar Series: Jennifer Mack
CBR Seminar Series: Jennifer Mack, July 14, 2025 Title: Improving Communication Partners’ Comprehension of People with Aphasia: A Language Processing-Based Approach Abstract: People with aphasia (PWA) often have difficulty conveying their thoughts to communication partners. One way to address this problem is to improve communication partners’ skills in understanding PWA. In a new line […]
CBR Seminar Series: Stacy Andersen
CBR Seminar Series: Stacy Andersen, June 30, 2025 Title: Characterizing cognitive function and resilience to Alzheimer’s disease using digital technologies Abstract: One obstacle to studying cognitive aging is the inability to identify cognitive impairment and cognitive change with adequately high sensitivity and specificity. Brain changes related to aging or to neurodegenerative diseases are known […]