Research Themes
Language Acquisition
Language acquisition is a unique human capability, one that is realized under radically different circumstances--by pre-school children acquiring a single language or several languages simultaneously; by school-age children or adults learning a second language through instruction; and by individuals learning signed languages...More
Neural Bases of Language
Understanding the neural bases of language is one of the greatest challenges facing neuroscience due to the complexity of the language processing system. In the long term, a clear model of the neural substrates for language processing will enable us to design appropriate remediation strategies for neurologically-impaired individuals, including the growing number of elderly individuals suffering from neurodegenerative diseases...More
Speech Science Modeling
Understanding the sensorimotor, neuromuscular, kinematic, and biomechanical bases of speech production is one broad aim of this axis in order to greatly enhance our ability to interpret many aspects of normal and disordered language production...More
