CogNeuro Research Lab
Investigator: Brenda Rapp
Krieger Hall 131
Research in the CogNeuro lab is primarily concerned with understanding the cognitive and neural bases of the representations and processes involved in the production and comprehension of written and spoken words. To obtain a deeper understanding of these topics we apply multiple experimental methods: Cognitive Neuropsychology, Psycholinguistics, Cognitive Neuroscience (fMRI), and Computational Modeling. We carry out these studies with individuals who have suffered neurological injury, with neurologically intact adults and with individuals with developmental differences.
Research Topics:
Written language
- The internal structure and content of orthographic representations: What do we know when we know the spellings of words?
- Using neural data (multi-voxel fMRI approaches) to investigate issues of orthographic representation
- Understanding the functional architecture of reading and spelling: The long term and working memory components of reading and spelling, their neural instantiation and their relationships to other language and cognitive systems
- Orthographic learning: Investigating the neural substrates involved in the learning of word spellings
- Identifying the neural substrates that support recovery of written language functions in individuals with acquired dysgraphia.
- Applying principles of learning theory to maximize the benefits of rehabilitation in acquired dysgraphia.
Spoken language
- Identifying the neural substrates of lexical and grammatical processes involved in spoken language perception
- The contribution of the two hemispheres to spoken language perception and comprehension
- Levels of processing in spoken word production: contributions of the lexicon and the grammar
Representation and plasticity in the somatosensory system
- The reorganization of somatosensory perceptions subsequent to neural injury or abnormal development
- Somatosensory frames of reference
- Cross-modal attention: integration and competition across sensory modalities
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