Welcome to the Brain and Language Lab

Welcome to the Brain and Language Lab at Georgetown University. We are interested in understanding the biological and computational bases of language, and the relations between language and other cognitive domains, including memory, music and motor functions. Our research focuses on both native and later-learned language. We are particularly interested in within and between subject differences in the biocognition of language, based on factors such as genetic variation, endocrine fluctuations, and sex and handedness differences. We test our hypotheses using a set of complementary behavioral, neurological, neuroimaging (ERPs, fMRI), and other biological (genetic, endocrine, pharmacological) approaches. We are interested in the normal acquisition and processing of language and non-language functions, as well as the breakdown, recovery and rehabilitation of these functions in a variety of disorders, including Specific Language Impairment, ADHD, dyslexia, autism, Williams syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, and aphasia.

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