Language Function and Dysfunction
Research in our group focuses on language function in healthy and neurological populations, such as stroke, brain tumour, epilepsy, and degenerative disorders (e.g., dementia, Parkinson’s). Our group is active at the Donders Centre for Cognition and Donders Centre for Medical Neuroscience and Department of Medical Psychology of Radboudumc.
We use a range of behavioural and neuroimaging methods and pay special attention to the intersection of language and other functions, such as executive control and (semantic) memory.
Our approach is bi-directional. On the one hand, we use models from cognitive neuroscience to better understand language function in neurological populations. One of the main goals of this approach is to develop novel diagnostic tools and methods to improve language capacity in patients. On the other hand, we use observations of the breakdown of language and/or communicative abilities following brain insult to obtain unique insights informative for cognitive (neuro)science models.
Ongoing projects:
- Language function in stroke and small vessel disease
- Neuroplasticity after left-hemisphere stroke through right-hemisphere recruitment
- Cognitive function in relation to speech problems in head and neck cancer prior to treatment
Contact | |
Name: | Vitória Piai |
Telephone: | 024-3615497 |
Email: | vitoria.piai@donders.ru.nl |
Visiting address: | Donders Centre for Cognition Thomas van Aquinostraat 4 6525 GD Nijmegen The Netherlands |
Postal address: | Donders Centre for Cognition P.O. Box 9104 6500 HE Nijmegen The Netherlands |
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Language and Communication
Research Group
Language Function and Dysfunction
Principal Investigator
Vitória Piai
Group members
Postdoc
Britta Westner
PhDs
Yang Cao
Irina Chupina
João Ferreira
Arushi Garg
Adrian Jodzio
Christina Papoutsi
Natascha Roos
Rosemarije Weterings
Imke Wets