From Cognition and Brain Plasticity Unit, Brain Plasticity
will present the talk titled
Computational modeling of lexical access deficits and treatment outcomes in bilingual aphasia
Abstract
Bilingual speakers with aphasia may present varying degrees of lexical access impairment and recovery across their two languages. Because both languages may benefit from treatment, identifying the language that should be targeted in rehabilitation is a current challenge for bilingual research and clinical practice. Computational models that accurately simulate impairment and treatment-induced recovery in bilingual aphasia may help predict individual response to therapy provided in one versus the other language. In this talk, I will present preliminary evidence from three computational modeling experiments including the simulation of lexical access in healthy bilinguals, naming deficits and treatment outcomes in bilinguals with aphasia. I will further discuss how these simulations can be used in the future to predict individual rehabilitation outcomes and to determine the language that when targeted in treatment may lead to maximum treatment gains across languages.
Location: Online (Teams). The link will be published the same day of the seminar