You can meet the winners of this years student travel prize by visiting this link (http://explore.tandfonline.com/lmt/taylor-francis-author-services-author-prizes/cognitive-neuropsychology-student-travel-prize/). It is a great way to get more involved in your research and an excellent opportunity!
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Here is a link to the abstract for my poster, presented at the 2014 meeting of the Academy of Aphasia, in Miami, FL. The abstract was titled: Shared perceptual processes in phoneme and word perception: Evidence from aphasia
The 51st Annual Academy of Aphasia Meeting abstracts are now accessible through Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences in volume 94. Here is a link for direct access to my abstract entitled, Evaluating Semantic STM Deficits in Aphasia: Overly Rapid Decay vs. Inhibition Deficitis (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042813031534)
An interesting new study asserts that aphasic patients can improve language functions after stroke, even if they are older and are many years post-stroke. fMRI data suggests that this is due to the recruitment of alternate neural circuits. The Brain and Language Lab at Rice University, headed by Dr. Randi Martin, plans to begin working with acute stroke patients within 72 hours of stroke, at 6 months post-stroke and at 1 year post-stroke. Looking forward to seeing where this goes!
To read a summary of the article, click the following link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130108162141.htm
An interesting new study was summarized in Scientific American that examined the role of glial cells in seizure disorders. In a study using drosophila, seizures ensued when glial cells were unable to control their calcium levels. The importance of glial cells seems to me to have been historically understated, but more and more studies are showing their importance. Please click the link below to read the article published in Scientific American.
Brain’s Glial Cells Linked to Seizures
Please check out this great talk given by Dr. Mikki Hebl of Rice University.
Of particular interest is the research suggesting subtle gender discrimination. I am currently working on follow up research with Dr.’s Mikki Hebl, Randi Martin, Virginia Valian and Liz Travis. The current research is investigating gender discrimination in letters of recommendation and hiring decisions in medicine and STEM fields at Rice University and MD Anderson.
Thanks for stopping by and welcome to my website! You can learn a little bit about me, view my CV, see my teaching philosophy and research statement and view articles that I enjoy. If you have any questions, you can contact me at hrd1@rice.edu.
