By Grant Walker A college introductory calculus professor once revealed to our class that, despite the public perception, mathematicians are often the laziest people around. The reason that mathematics attracts lazy people, he explained, is because it can provide...
If you read my previous posts on the ChitChat blog, you’ll have noticed that I am a big advocate of aphasia therapy. Being an advocate of aphasia therapy may seem like an odd thing in this day and age when evidence in favor of aphasia therapy seems considerable,...
By Audrey Holland I am a foreign correspondent, writing to my home country from a country I have never visited be-fore. I am visiting the land of COVID-19 Aphasia. The field that I report on is aphasia, particularly what is happening in the world of managing aphasia’s...
I rarely watch anything on TV anymore that truly moves me. This week was an exception: The video of Gabby Giffords during the Democratic National Convention was such an inspiring and uplifting moment. I suspect almost all who read this will know Gabby’s story, a U.S....
By: Peter Hagoort, William Matchin, Greg Hickok, Natalia Levshina, & Dirk den Ouden Introduction On March 25 of this year (2020) I presented my on-line lecture “Beyond the language given: Language processing from an embrained perspective” in the wonderful C-STAR...
My passion for understanding the mechanisms of how things work and why they break down started from the early childhood years. My generation grew up with the advent of electronic technologies, from remote controller cars to video tape players and Walkman! I remember I...
“Driving into work this morning I set a new personal record: I was able to name 324 items that I saw on my way…” said no one, ever. Naming things out loud seems like a bizarre activity and not something we engage in on regular basis. Yet, almost all comprehensive...
I was very fortunate to be the last student to start PhD study with Audrey Holland (University of Arizona). One of the many benefits of studying under Audrey’s tutelage is that she was very “hands off” and encouraged her students to explore new things and to question...
One would hope that anyone who has been involved with aphasia treatment studies has at some point struggled with the question of what primary outcome measure to use. If they have not, I would argue that they have not been paying attention. It is no surprise,...