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Applied Linguistics and Health Sciences Lab
Fields: Bilingual autobiographical memory; cognitive anthropology and cognitive aging; language and medicine
Faculty: Robert Schrauf
The Applied Linguistics and Health Sciences Lab conducts both experimental and qualitative/ethnographic research on the following topics: (a) experimental: bilingual autobiographical memory and emotion, retrieval mechanisms in bilingual autobiographical memory, (b) qualitative/ethnographic: cognitive anthropology and aging, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Alzheimer's disease, health literacy, medical interpreting in clinical contexts, cultural contexts of cognitive aging.
Brain, Language, and Literacy Laboratory
Fields: First Language Acquisition, Second Language Acquisition, Atypical Populations
Faculty: Maya Misra
Graduate students: Roxana Botezatu, Erica Meeks, Rachel Slavinski, Joanna Hokenson, Liz Willis
The Brain, Language, and Literacy Laboratory uses converging behavioral and neuroscience methods to study the processes underlying the development of speech and reading. This laboratory houses a 64-channel EEG/ERP system as well as facilities for cognitive behavioral testing and administration of standardized tests. Research in the laboratory focuses on neurocognitive correlates of language processing, emphasizing component skills in reading, automaticity of orthographic and phonological processing, subtypes of developmental dyslexia, and language selection mechanisms used by bilingual speakers.
Child Language Development Laboratory
Fields: First Language Acquisition, Atypical Populations
Faculty: Carol Miller
Graduate Students: Gerard (Trace) Poll
Research in the Child Language Development Laboratory focuses on how language development, and particularly atypical language development, interacts with other cognitive systems. Our studies span many domains and levels of analysis, from auditory perceptual processing to social-cognitive skills. The laboratory is equipped to collect, edit, and analyze high-quality analog and digital audio and video recordings. We have a number of instruments for assessment of language and cognition, and hardware and software for conducting computer-based experiments.
Language and Cognitive Development Laboratory
Fields: Atypical Populations
Faculty: Elina Mainela-Arnold
Research Associates: Adelina Hristova
Graduate Student: Ji Sook Park
The Language and Cognitive Development Laboratory studies cognitive underpinnings of language development and its disorders. It is currently being designed to contain state of the art digital audio and video equipment as well as hardware and software for running computerized experiments. Computer work stations will be equipped for analyzing and editing audio and video recordings, and performing a variety of statistical analysis. A complete selection of testing instruments for assessment of language and cognition will be available.