Language and Cognitive Processing Brain Imaging Lab
About the Lab
Research in the Language and Cognitive Processing Brain Imaging Lab applies the principles of behavioral and cognitive neuroscience to solving core problems in psycholinguistics. Our goal is to advance our knowledge of neural processing and neuroplasticity in adults and children with communication disorders. We hope our research will lead to greater understanding of the best ways to promote brain changes through language, literacy, and STEM education. Research on educational neuroscience should lead to innovative perspectives on the integration of basic research and educational practices and to the development of sound education policies.
Current research projects combine behavioral experimentation methods with neuroimaging methods (Near Infrared Spectroscopy, EEG, eye-tracking, and pupilometry) to examine neural and cognitive processes involved in accessing, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying information. We also are examining changes in activation patterns across micro- and macro-brain structures during information processing tasks.
Lab Director
Ronald B Gillam
Professor, Raymond & Eloise Lillywhite Endowed Chair
The Language and Cognitive Processing Brain Imaging lab is strongly interdisciplinary, involving faculty in Psychology; Biology; Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education; Pathokinesiology; Mathematics and Statistics; and Electrical and Computer Engineering.
