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Spotlight Research: Multiple Demand Study
BU Researchers Study: Functional Reorganization of the Language and Domain-general Multiple Demand Systems in Aphasia Introduction Our recent project on neuroplasticity and neurorecovery of aphasia examines how the brain adapts to recover language abilities in individuals with aphasia. It observes English speakers, whether they have a history of stroke or not, by... More
Spotlight: BU ICCR Program Creates Pathway For Students to Return to College After Brain Injuries
BU ICCR Program Creates Pathway For Students to Return to College After Brain Injuries Boston University's Intensive Cognitive Communication Rehabilitation (ICCR) program is helping young adults with acquired brain injury (ABI) return to college or higher education by improving their communication skills in academic environments. Due to the nature of ABI... More
Spotlight Research: Neuroimaging in the Everyday World
BU Researchers Blend Disciplines to Create Technology for Neuroimaging in the Everyday World. The human brain is a complex system that is incredibly important to study in order to further our understanding of neurological functions, behaviors, and disorders. However, current technology limits our ability to capture... More
Featured Article: CSD Program Makes College Possible After Brain Injury
The Aphasia Research Laboratory’s very own Intensive Cognitive and Communication Rehabilitation (ICCR) program was featured in the June 2019 edition of the ASHA Leader, the monthly newsmagazine for audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists. To Read the ASHA Leader's ICCR article, click here.
Featured Article: A New Semester
To read the Inside Sargent ICCR article, click here.
Read our recent paper, “Benchmarks of significant change after aphasia rehabilitation”
This study established benchmarks of significant change on three standardized outcome measures (i.e., WAB, CETI, BNT) used in aphasia rehabilitation. Click here for a link to the Accepted manuscript forthcoming in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Read our recent paper: Typicality-based semantic treatment for anomia results in multiple levels of generalisation
Click here for a free copy of our latest paper published in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation showing that participants with chronic aphasia improve significantly on trained and untrained items and demonstrate transfer to semantic/phonological processing and global language skills after typicality-based semantic feature analysis treatment.
Erin Meier receives F31 NIH fellowship grant
Doctoral Student Erin Meier just received in NIH sponsored F31 grant to work on connectivity mechanisms to explain language recovery in patients with aphasia. Check out her profile here: https://www-staging.bu.edu/aphasiaresearch/people/erin-meier/
Our latest paper on treatment and generalization of sentence comprehension is now out #AJSLP #ASHAJOURNALS
@AphasiaLab members win prestigious ASHA foundation awards
PhD Student Erin Meier, Graduate Student Rachel Campbell and Lab Alum Teresa Gray win prestigious awards at the Annual ASHA Foundation awards. #ASHA16 #slpeeps http://www.bu.edu/sargent/2016/11/30/slhs-students-alums-receive-asha-foundation-awards/
Our recent paper on #semantic #verbalfluency #aphasia published in International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders
Read our latest work on #semantic #verbalfluency #aphasia #switching. Bose, A., Wood, R. & Kiran, S. (2016). Semantic fluency in aphasia. Clustering and switching in the course of one minute. International Journal of Communication Disorders.
A fantastic #AOA2016 meeting in beautiful llandudno, Wales! Excellent #science #aphasia Keynote on #DTI, talks, #ceilidhdancing and excursions to #conwy
Sarah Villard published her recent review paper on whether #attention deficits underlie #aphasia
Sarah Villard published her recent review paper on whether #attention deficits underlie #aphasia http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/yJUFSDizrqiYpzE8Mp6M/full
BU Sargent College Symposium on Aphasia
Attend the Fall 2016 Mini-Symposium on Aphasia on Thursday, September 15th, 2016 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, which is hosted by the Aphasia Research Laboratory! APHASIA RESEARCH LABORATORY FALL APHASIA MINI SYMPOSIA_AGENDA Photo Credits- Kelvin Jones
Our paper on #language #recovery in the #lefthemisphere in @Neuropsychologia
our latest paper #recovery #brain #neuroscience showing the importance of the #lefthemisphere on #language recovery http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1SZW46TBFWnbM