30.3515, FYI: Online 9/26: Mick McNeil, Cognition and Aphasia

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Subject: 30.3515, FYI: Online 9/26: Mick McNeil, Cognition and Aphasia

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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 00:16:37
From: Dirk Den Ouden [ouden at mailbox.sc.edu]
Subject: Online 9/26: Mick McNeil, Cognition and Aphasia

 
Thursday, September 26th, 2019, 2pm ET
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/667426173
http://cstar.sc.edu/lecture-series/

The task impurity problem in Aphasia testing:
Search for the cognitive deficits subtending language performance in Aphasia
Malcolm R. McNeil, Ph.D. CCC-SLP
University of Pittsburgh, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

While aphasia is defined, criterion selected, assessed and treated as a
language-specific disorder, deficits of nonlinguistic-specific functions are
found in people with aphasia.  It is unclear whether these deficits cause, are
caused by, or simply co-occur with the language deficits.  A fundamental and
pernicious problem in aphasia research, diagnosis and treatment is that no
tests of language performance measure only what they target (the task impurity
problem).  I will discuss task requirements and a battery of tests, currently
in development, that may help fractionate these functions so as to enhance
selection of targets for study and intervention.

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This lecture will be delivered online, but broadcast live to USC:

Room #140, Discovery I, 915 Greene Street, Columbia, SC 29208
Date: Thursday, September 26th 2019, Time: 2pm – 3pm ET
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Linguistic Field(s): Clinical Linguistics
                     Cognitive Science
                     Neurolinguistics
                     Psycholinguistics





 



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