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Attend @AphasiaLab talks at #ISHA2016 @ISHAIllinois #slpeeps
Attend @AphasiaLab talks at #ISHA2016 @ISHAIllinois #slpeeps. Here is the link to the convention. http://www.ishail.org/annual-convention
Our latest paper in Aphasiology: Noisy channel hypothesis in sentence comprehension
Our latest paper in Aphasiology examines a rational inference approach to comprehending sentences in aphasia. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02687038.2015.1111994
Call for papers: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
CALL FOR PAPERS: FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH TOPIC: Technology & communication deficits: latest advancements in diagnosis and rehabilitation Technological innovations have changed the fabric of our daily lives today; it is increasingly clear that technology can also help clinicians better diagnose and rehabilitate individuals with communication deficits. This technology has included... More
Our latest paper on Bilingual Aphasia Rehabilitation is now online
Our latest paper on #trilingual #aphasia #interference #rehabilitation. Click here for a free copy. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02643294.2015.1061982 …
Our latest article on #connectivity #rehabilitation #aphasia is on Brain and Language
Check out our latest paper #connectivity #rehabilitation #aphasia #graph theory in Brain and Language http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0093934X1500187X
Our latest paper on #semantics # phonology in Aphasiology
Our latest paper on #semantic and #phonological impairment in #aphasia is out in Aphasiology. Click here to get a copy of the article. http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/6gVwCJ8NUDgjWu4e6YDC/full
Our new paper on #connectivity changes in language networks in aphasia
Our latest paper on changes in connectivity within language networks in patients with aphasia who receive language rehabilitation. http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00316/full
Article on sentence comprehension therapy and generalization to discourse in Aphasiology
Our latest article on sentence comprehension therapy and its generalization to discourse is now available in Aphasiology. It is part of a special issue on generalization in aphasia rehabilitation. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02687038.2014.997182#.Veg3EflViko
Teens teaching technology program at BU_BU Today close up
For eight weeks this summer, high school students taught stroke survivors how to use various forms of technology, smart phones, tablets, computers and various types of software. This program allowed high school students to understand more about aphasia and allowed stroke survivors to learn and troubleshoot their technology problems. Here is... More
Our new paper in Bilingualism Language and Cognition- Language and Cognitive Control in Bilingual Aphasia
Our latest paper is out on language control and cognitive control in bilingual aphasia. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=1&fid=9704440&jid=BIL&volumeId=-1&issueId=-1&aid=9704435&bodyId=&membershipNumber=&societyETOCSession=
Our Lab has four presentations at the upcoming Clinical Aphasiology Conference
Relationship between levels of assistance and changes in treatment performance in individuals with aphasia-‐Understanding individual responsiveness to rehabilitation: Des Roches, Mitko & Kiran Evaluating treatment and generalization patterns of two theoretically motivated sentence comprehension therapies; Vallila-‐Rohter, Des Roches, Tripodis, Caplan, & Kiran Understanding semantic and phonological processing deficits in adults with aphasia: Effects of category and typicality. Erin Meier, Melody Lo and Swathi Kiran Domain... More
Sofia Vallila-Rohter’s new paper accepted in JSLHR
Congratulations to Sofia Vallila-Rohter for her paper "An examination of strategy implementation during abstract nonlinguistic category learning in aphasia" accepted to JSLHR!
Aphasia Lab presents three posters at #OHBM
Aphasia Lab will present three posters on brain mapping and connectivity at the annual human brain mapping #OHBM in Hawaii in June. Vallila-Rohter, S., & Kiran, S. (2015, June). Neural activations during feedback-based and paired associate category learning in aphasia. Poster to be presented at the annual Organization for Human Brain... More
Lab Member Anna Kasdan gives TEDxBU talk
Anna Kasdan an undergraduate student in neuroscience and an Aphasia Lab for the last three years gave a talk at TedxBU. Check out her talk here!! http://livestream.com/tedx/TEDxBU/videos/82788728
BU Today featured an article on one of our studies
Check it out at the link below: http://www.bu.edu/today/2015/the-upside-of-screen-time/