Cognition, Brain and Language Team

10/22/2025

One of the students in my lab is working on a project with individuals with Parkinson's disease. Our preference is to complete the sessions in person, but there is the possibility of remote testing. Please let me know if you or someone you know may be interested!!

10/04/2025

We're recruiting for our study on learning. Give us a shout if you're interested in participating!

06/28/2025

Excited to share our newest publication! A tutorial on use of discourse measures with clinical case examples.

Purpose: Spoken discourse is integral to everyday communication; improving discourse outcomes is a primary goal for individuals with aphasia and ...

04/28/2025

Our research lab had TWO fabulous master's thesis projects culminate in outstanding presentations this month! Kudos to Abigail Rowe and Alyssa Walker!!

12/07/2024

We celebrated all the work completed this semester at the Thirsty Moose! This semester the CoBALT lab has run over 50 participants, published several articles, caught up on data entry, processed some brain images, trained ~10 new lab members and SO MUCH more. All of this could not have been possible without this awesome team. Way to go CoBALT!!

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11/15/2024

Our long-time coming and finally out coordinate-based meta-analysis on artificial grammar learning! https://direct.mit.edu/imag/article/doi/10.1162/imag_a_00355/124919/Elucidating-a-statistical-learning-brain-network

10/09/2024

A new publication out in honor of my mentor Audrey Holland - in collaboration with MS student Abigail Rowe and colleague Kathryn Greenslade

Thieme E-Books & E-Journals

06/04/2024

Excellent questions and discussion during our presentation at ! Looking forward to continuing this work toward optimizing treatments for people with .

05/22/2024

Our latest collaborative publication LSVT Global on narrative analysis in individuals with Parkinson's disease.

Communication is often impaired in individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD), typically secondary to sensorimotor deficits impacting voice and speech. Language may also be diminished in PD, particularly for production and comprehension of verbs. Evidence exists that verb processing is influenced b...

05/15/2024

Check out our latest publication with the UNH researcher Kathryn Greenslade and colleagues on mental state terms in recovery for individuals with .

IntroductionTraumatic brain injury (TBI) negatively impacts social communication in part due to social cognitive difficulties, which may include reduced mental state term (MST) use in some discourse genres. As social cognitive difficulties can negatively impact relationships, employment, and meaning...

04/13/2024

We've got two new Master's in the research lab! Kaitlyn O'Connor and Katelyn Lerner successfully defended their theses - and did it fabulously!

04/09/2024

One hour after the first, CoBALT has another master's students defending her thesis!! It's Katelyn Lerner!!