Author: Emily Myers
Construction Update: We have a window
Turns out it is very noisy to cut through 18″ concrete–but it will be worth it to have a few windows in our MRI suite! Visitors to the lab–the hall may not look like it leads to an active lab, but it actually does–we’re still open!
We are open during construction
Construction of the new MRI center is in full-swing. Today we saw for the first time the results of all of the banging and drilling we’ve been hearing through the walls. This is the view from immediately outside our lab door–the area behind Jen and I will house a series of behavioral testing labs, a mock scanner, an ERP setup, and a waiting room. Around the corner will be the scanner itself.
Participants and visitors–never fear–the hallway looks a mess, but we are still open for business during the construction!
Review on Sleep and Phonetic Learning
Sayako and Emily have published a review of the role of sleep in phonetic learning–something we’re very interested in these days.!
Review on non-native speech learning out in Frontiers
I’ve been working on a review of the neurobiology of non-native speech sound learning–specifically discussing the possibility that category-level information transfers from frontal to temporal structures over the course of sound learning. It’s available (for free) today from Frontiers in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience.
New paper on the neural bases of perceptual learning for speech
Laura Mesite (former RA) and I are proud to see in print our work on the neural systems underlying perceptual learning for speech!
New paper on phonemic restoration in dyslexia from Stephanie Del Tufo
Stephanie Del Tufo’s work on phonemic restoration in dyslexia is now available online. Congrats to Stephanie!
Del Tufo, S. N., & Myers, E. B. (2014). Phonemic restoration in developmental dyslexia. Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience, 8, 134.
Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Mozeiko!
Jen Mozeiko successfully defended her dissertation, titled “Neurobehavioral response to increased treatment dosage in chronic aphasia.” Jen is co-advised by Emily Myers and Carl Coelho, and she will be staying on as an Assistant Professor of Research in the Speech Language and Hearing Sciences department at UConn. Congrats, Jen!
New neighbor coming soon: UConn’s fMRI!
We’ve known about this for a while, but the official news is out–plans are underway to install an MRI facility in our building. Entrance to the facility will be immediately next door to our lab, and will host behavioral and EEG testing spaces, child and adult-friendly spaces, a mock scanner, as well as the magnet itself. We are bracing ourselves for a year of working around construction noise–but it will be well worth it!
Congrats to Sayako Earle
Our own Sayako Earle received a New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship from the ASHFoundation. Congrats to Sayako!