Personal profile
Research interests
- Functional neural organisation of language processing, including phonology, syntax & semantics
- Audio-visual speech processing
- Sign language processing
- Speechreading (i.e., lipreading)
- Reading
- D/deafness
- Language experience
- Cortical plasticity
Methodological knowledge
Behavioural studies
Event-related brain potentials (ERPs)
Structural & functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI/fMRI)
Functional brain connectivity (Dynamic Causal Modeling (DCM), Psycho-physiological interaction (PPI))
Teaching
MSc Neuroimaging for Clinical & Cognitive Neuroscience (NCCN; Course Director)
- Cognitive Psychology for Clinical Neuroscience (PSYC60121)
- Image Analysis (PSYC60131)
- Advanced Image Analysis (PSYC60122)
- Cognitive & Social Neuroscience (PSYC60132)
- Clinical & Behavioural Neuroscience (PSYC60142); module leader
BSc (Hons) Psychology
- Non-verbal Communication (PSYC31181); module leader
- Introduction to the Psychology of Language & Communication (PSYC10411)
My collaborations
Prof Ruth Campbell (ESRC Deafness Cognition & Language (DCAL) Deputy Director (retired), UCL)
Dr Velia Cardin (ESRC Deafness Cognition & Language (DCAL), UCL)
Dr Joseph Devlin (Neurobiology of Language Lab Director, UCL)
Dr Mairead MacSweeney (ESRC Deafness Cognition & Language (DCAL) Co-Director, UCL)
Prof Helen Neville (Brain Development Lab Director, University of Oregon)
Dr Eleni Orfanidou (Psychology, University of Crete)
Prof Jerker Rönnberg (Swedish Institute for Disability Research and Linnaeus Centre HEAD Director, University of Linköping)
Dr Mary Rudner (Swedish Institute for Disability Research (SIDR), University of Linkoping)
Prof Bencie Woll (ESRC Deafness Cognition & Language (DCAL) Director, UCL)
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing
Accepting PhD students
- Accepting PhD students
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Neural networks supporting phoneme monitoring are modulated by phonology but not lexicality or iconicity: Evidence From British and Swedish Sign Language
Rudner, M., Orfanidou, E., Kästner, L., Cardin, V., Woll, B., Capek, C. & Rönnberg, J., 22 Oct 2019, In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 13, 374, 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Preexisting semantic representation improves working memory performance in the visuospatial domain.
Rudner, M., Orfanidou, E., Cardin, V., Capek, C., Woll, B. & Rönnberg, J., 2016, In: Memory and Cognition. 44, 4, p. 608 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Differential activity in Heschl's gyrus between deaf and hearing individuals is due to auditory deprivation rather than language modality
Cardin, V., Smittenaar, R. C., Orfanidou, E., Rönnberg, J., Capek, C. M., Rudner, M. & Woll, B., 5 Sept 2015, In: NeuroImage. 124, Part A, p. 96-106Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Monitoring different phonological parameters of sign language engages the same cortical language network but distinctive perceptual ones
Cardin, V., Orfanidou, E., Kästner, L., Rönnberg, J., Woll, B., Capek, C. M. & Rudner, M., 30 Nov 2015, In: Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 28, 1, p. 20-40 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Studying sign language processing using functional neuroimaging techniques: FMRI, ERP, MEG, and TMS
Capek, C. M., Neville, H. J., Orfanidou, E. (Editor), Woll, B. (Editor) & Morgan, G. (Editor), 2015, Research methods in sign language studies: A practical guide. Oxford, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, p. 321-335Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter