Welcome to the LAB Lab!

The Language and Brain Lab Logo. It is a stylized brain that looks like two speech bubbles nested together. The top bubble is dark orange and the bottom bubble is light orange. There is a white speech wave separating the two bubbles.  

 

Research in the Language and Brain Lab (Emily Myers, PI) focuses on a fundamental question in human behavior: how do we perceive the speech signal in order to map it to meaning? Through the use of neuroimaging methods (fMRI, MRI, ERP, TMS) together with standard psycholinguistic measures, we hope to understand both the neural and behavioral mechanisms that underlie this process. We work with unimpaired and language-disordered populations (aphasia, dyslexia) to inform functional models of speech and language processing, and to understand how language processing breaks down.

 

See our Research and Publications page for access to our publications.

 

 

Interested in participating in language research?

The Language and Brain Lab is looking for adults with and without aphasia who may be interested in participating in our research studies. Just fill out a brief survey to be added to our list! Studies pay between $15 and $30 an hour. For more information, call 860-486-0931 or email uconnmyerslab@gmail.com

Lab Features

  • Check out the LAB Lab on LingQuery
    Dr. Emily Myers & Matt Phillips star on LingQuery!  LingQuery is run by UConn students and is a show that asks – and attempts to answer – questions related to the language and communication sciences. LAB Lab PI Dr. Emily Myers dives into the many distinctions of speech perception on Episode 2: Speech Perception. Check […]
    Posted on March 4, 2024
  • Special Issue LAB Lab Digest – Summer 2021
    Our latest LAB Lab Digest is published! This special issue is brought to you by our fabulous high school Scholars sponsored by UConn’s Young Scholars Senior Summit. Alina Vo and Laelim Jung joined us for 3 weeks, in which they learned about what it means to be a speech scientist. The Digest features the interviews […]
    Posted on August 26, 2021
  • IBACS Research Award
    Congrats to lab RA, Xinming Zhou, on getting her undergrad IBACS research award funded! She will be looking at how lifetime experience with accented speech affects people’s ability to perceive accented speech in noise.   For more information regarding the IBACS undergraduate research grant program visit their website here!  
    Posted on May 3, 2021

Contact

Email:

uconnmyerslab@gmail.com

Address:

Phillips Communication Sciences Building, Room 143

University of Connecticut

2 Alethia Drive

Storrs, CT, 06269

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Directions to our lab

HOW TO GET TO CAMPUS FROM:

  • Bradley International Airport: The University of Connecticut campus is located 50 minutes driving time from Bradley International Airport. From the airport, take I-91 south to I- 291 east to I-84 east to exit (68). Off the exit take a right on Rte. 195 south and follow signs to the university. Continue through campus on the same road until you see the sign for Bolton road on your right. Take that right and continue until you see a sign for Alethia drive on your right. Take that right, enter the parking circle to the left, and park in one of the client parking spaces at the top of the circle.
  • Hartford: The University of Connecticut campus is located 45 minutes driving time from Hartford. Take I-84 east to exit (68). Off the exit take a right on Rte. 195 south and follow signs to the university. Continue through campus on the same road until you see the sign for Bolton road on your right. Take that right and continue until you see a sign for Alethia drive on your right. Take that right, enter the parking circle to the left, and park in one of the client parking spaces at the top of the circle.
  • Boston: The University of Connecticut campus is approximately one and half-hours from Boston. From Mass Pike take I-84 west to exit (68). Off the exit take a left on Rte. 195 south and follow signs to the university. Continue through campus on the same road until you see the sign for Bolton road on your right. Take that right and continue until you see a sign for Alethia drive on your right. Take that right, enter the parking circle to the left, and park in one of the client parking spaces at the top of the circle.
  • Providence: The University of Connecticut is approximately one and one quarter hours from Providence. From Rte. 295 take exit (5-6), following signs to Hartford. Take Rte. 6 west to Rte. 101 west to Rte. 44 west. Take a left onto Rte. 195 south. Continue through campus on the same road until you see the sign for Bolton road on your right. Take that right and continue until you see a sign for Alethia drive on your right. Take that right, enter the parking circle to the left, and park in one of the client parking spaces at the top of the circle.
  • New York: The University of Connecticut is approximately one and one-half to two hours from New York. Take I-95 north to I-91 north to I-84 east. From I-84 east take exit (68). Off the exit take a right on Rte. 195 south and follow signs to the university. Continue through campus on the same road until you see the sign for Bolton road on your right. Take that right and continue until you see a sign for Alethia drive on your right. Take that right, enter the parking circle to the left, and park in one of the client parking spaces at the top of the circle.

ONCE YOU HAVE PARKED: Once you enter the David C. Phillips Communication Sciences building through the double glass doors on either side, go past the front desk and down the brick hallway. The front desk is for the speech and hearing clinic and is not affiliated with our research lab, so no need to check in with them. Turn right down the hallway and we are located in Room 143, the last room on the left before you reach the glass door. There are signs with our orange Language and Brain Lab logo pointing out the way and a big sign by our door so you'll know you're in the right place! If you do get lost, please give us a call at (860) 486-0931 and we'll help you find your way.