Speech Perception
Developmental Language Disorders
Neurobiology Of Language
Bilingualism, Second Language Learning
EEG and ERP Studies
Speech Perception
Developmental Language Disorders
Neurobiology Of Language
Bilingualism, Second Language Learning
EEG and ERP Studies
The Developmental Neurophysiology Laboratory (Professor Shafer) is fully equipped with state of the art equipment and software for stimulus creation, delivery, experimental control, and electrophysiological data acquisition and processing. This includes a 128-channel amplifier (Geodesic, Inc.), Geodesic experimental control software and Eprime for stimulus delivery and electrophysiolgical data acquisition installed on two computers. The system is particularly well-suited for investigations of infant and child populations because the Geodesic electrode nets do not require abrasion of the skin. Two IAC 9’ by 9’ sound-shielded booths are in the lab area, one for electrophysiological testing. The laboratory has 10 desktop computers, hooked up to the university network, for student use. The five-room suite (1,400 square feet) includes space for the ten students, visiting postdoctoral trainees, and collaborating faculty. One room of the suite is used for behavioral testing and observation of infants and children and is supplied with a variety of toys and activities. The laboratory has weekly meetings, which are attended by approximately ten to 15 doctoral students and post-doctoral collaborators.
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Mission Statement:
The goal of the Developmental Neurolinguistic Lab is to understand the relationship between language and brain development, and later brain organization.
Research projects that are currently in progress use electrophysiological methods to examine brain processes. An understanding of the relationship between language and brain development and later brain organization will help explain the nature of developmental language disorders.
Within this site, you can find descriptions of the electrophysiological techniques that we use in ongoing studies. We are currently examining the neurophysiology of language learning in monolingual and bilingual children with typical and atypical language development, particularly children with specific language impairment (SLI) and children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). We are also studying the language development of infants, specifically their abilities to discriminate and learn speech sounds (for example, ‘ba’ and ‘pa’), and word patterns. We use a method with the EEG (brainwaves) to see what is happening in a baby’s or child’s brain while he/she listens to sounds. We use a special net of electrodes to pick up brainwave activity from a baby’s or child’s brain. The net takes about 5 minutes to put on and does not hurt.
The participants in these studies include infants and children with typical language development, children with SLI, and children with ASD. We recruit both monolingual and bilingual populations in many of our studies.
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Valerie Shafer, Ph.D.
Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences,
Graduate School and University Center,
City University of New York,
365 Fifth Ave
New York, New York 10016-4309
Phone: 212-817-8805
Fax: 212-817-1537
E-Mail: vshafer@gc.cuny.edu
Ecem F. Kopuz, Ph.D, Student in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences Lab Manager,
Developmental Neurolinguistics Lab
MA, Computational Linguistics
Ph.D, Student in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016
E-Mail: ekopuz@gradcenter.cuny.edu