Browsing Graduate Theses and Dissertations - Neuroscience by Creator "Friedman, Rhonda B"

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    • Brain Oscillatory Dynamics of Lexical-Semantic Processing 

      Mellem, Monika Sharma (Georgetown University, 2013)
      Neuropsychological and imaging studies have shown that anterior and posterior brain areas are involved in the retrieval and selection of semantic representations, but it is not known how these areas dynamically interact ...

    • Investigating The Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Error Monitoring in Aphasia 

      McCall, Joshua (Georgetown University, 2022)
      Speech error monitoring (SEM) is critical for effective communication, and is especially important in aphasia, a language impairment commonly caused by stroke. The present dissertation employs three studies to investigate ...

    • It Sounds the Way It's Spelled: Orthography Effect Mechanisms in Persons with Aphasia 

      Posner, Joseph Leigh (Georgetown University, 2022)
      The goal of this dissertation was to find converging evidence from behavioral and neuroimaging analyses of the mechanisms of orthographic integration with general language processes. By examining orthography effects, covert ...

    • OBJECTIVE SUPPORT FOR THE SUBJECTIVE REPORT OF SUCCESSFUL INNER SPEECH IN PEOPLE WITH APHASIA 

      Hayward, William (Georgetown University, 2016)
      Aphasia is an acquired impairment of language typically caused by stroke, and almost always includes anomia, difficulty with naming and word finding. Anecdotally, people with aphasia often report being able to say internally ...

    • Recognition Memory in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment 

      Ullrich, Lauren Elizabeth (Georgetown University, 2014)
      A detailed characterization of the memory impairment in amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) is important both clinically and in the interests of research. The progressive nature of dementia and the fact that neuronal ...

    • The Subjective Experience of Inner Speech in Aphasia 

      Fama, Mackenzie (Georgetown University, 2018)
      All individuals with aphasia experience some level of anomia, or difficulty with naming and word finding, but many report that their internal word knowledge exceeds their spoken output, making comments like, “I know it but ...