The Aphasia Laboratory is located in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of South Carolina and is directed by Julius Fridriksson, Ph.D. The research foci of the lab include: 1) Understanding the neurophysiology of aphasia recovery in stroke; 2) Understanding speech motor perception in normal and disordered populations (e.g. autism, stroke, etc.); 3) Understanding the neural basis of motor speech processing.  Much of this research relies on technologies such as MRI (including DTI, fMRI, VBM, LSM) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). 
 

Research Funding

Principal investigator, “National Institute of Deafness and other Communication Disorders. Neurological Predictors of Anomia Recovery in Aphasia, (R01 DC008355. Funding period 4/1/2007-3/31/2012. Annual budget: $225,000/year). This project investigates the relationship between cortical integrity and outcome of anomia treatment in patients with aphasia. 

Principal investigator, “National Institute of Deafness and other Communication Disorders.”  Neurological Predictors of Aphasia Recovery (R03 DC005915 funding period: 8/1/03-7/31/07; total funding: $225,000). The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship among cerebral perfusion, lesion size, aphasia, and left hemi-spatial neglect in early stroke. 

Co-investigator, “National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke.” Dissociating Components of the Attentional Network in Neglect (R01 NS054266 funding period: 8/1/2006-7/31/2011: $205,000/year). The purpose of this grant is to investigate brain damage associated with neglect in stroke patients.  PI: Chris Rorden

Research Collaborators

University of South Carolina:  Chris Rorden, Ph.D.; Gordon Baylis, Ph.D.; Amit Almor, Ph.D.

Medical University of South Carolina: Leonardo Bonilha, M.D., Ph.D.; Kate Kniele, Ph.D.

University of Iceland: Sigridur Magnusdottir, Ph.D.; Haukur Hjaltason, M.D.

University of Arizona: Audrey Holland, Ph.D.

University of Nottingham: Paul S. Morgan, Ph.D.