33.476, FYI: Online lecture 02/10, Sofia Vallila Rohter: Learning in Rehabilitation and Communication

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Subject: 33.476, FYI: Online lecture 02/10, Sofia Vallila Rohter: Learning in Rehabilitation and Communication

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Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 03:18:33
From: Dirk Den Ouden [denouden at sc.edu]
Subject: Online lecture 02/10, Sofia Vallila Rohter: Learning in Rehabilitation and Communication

 
Thursday February 10th, 12pm (noon) ET
Presentation in Zoom, accessible via the C-STAR website:
http://cstar.sc.edu/lecture-series/

Exploring the role of learning in rehabilitation and communication

Sofia Vallila Rohter, PhD, CCC-SLP
MGH Institute of Health Professions

In this talk, I will discuss recent research that examines factors related to
learning and personality that might contribute to rehabilitation outcomes.
Deficits in language comprehension and expression define aphasia and are the
focus of intervention. However, many additional variables likely contribute to
learning success during rehabilitation and to the behaviors and strategies
utilized by individuals with aphasia in real-world communicative contexts.

The process of aphasia rehabilitation engages many mechanisms of learning as
patients are guided to relearn, reaccess or regain functional use of language
via therapies that involve stimuli, tasks, cues, and feedback. Currently,
language deficits and functional goals largely determine the targets and
approaches to language interventions. Limited tools are available to support a
consideration of strengths and weakness of learning systems. To this end, I
will discuss research that characterizes learning in individuals with aphasia
and explores how learning might be supported during intervention.

In addition to individual differences in learning our lab has been exploring
personality characteristics, namely risk taking, and how risk aversion might
contribute to language use in real-world communicative contexts. I will
discuss emerging research to suggest a relationship between risk profile and
language use.
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The online lecture can be followed online from your computer, tablet or
smartphone, in Zoom. The zoom link is accessible via the C-STAR website:
http://cstar.sc.edu/lecture-series/

For more information, or to be added to the C-STAR mailing list, contact Dirk
den Ouden: denouden at sc.edu
 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Clinical Linguistics
                     Cognitive Science
                     Neurolinguistics
                     Psycholinguistics





 



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