Public Health and Health Professions
Language over the Lifespan (LOL) Lab
Led by Lori Altmann · Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
What we study
The LOL Lab studies how memory relates to language use in young and older adults, with and without language impairment. Current projects look at language in adults with Alzheimer's disease and in adults with dyslexia.
What working here is like
- Clinical
- Human participants
- Projects
- 4
- Papers
- 3
Current projects
Language and memory in dyslexic adults
Studying how dyslexia affects language use and memory in adults.
Typicality effects on Alzheimer's naming
Looking at how typical an object is changes how well people with Alzheimer's can name it.
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Sentence production and comprehension in healthy adults
Testing how healthy young and older adults produce and understand sentences.
Concept combination in dementia
Studying how people with dementia combine concepts in language.
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Recent papers, explained
- Constrained Emotional Sentence Production in Parkinson's Disease
2024 · Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
Explores how emotional content affects the sentences people with Parkinson's disease produce.
- Global Coherence and Cognition in Parkinson's Disease
2022 · Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
Compares how coherent the speech of people with Parkinson's disease is while sitting and while cycling, and how that relates to cognition.
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- Emotional Sentence Processing in Parkinson's Disease
2022 · Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
Investigates how Parkinson's disease affects processing of emotional language.
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