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Developmental Neurolinguistics Lab
(Room 7392)
Director: Dr .Valerie Shafer
Lab Meetings:
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 are in progress that 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 children
with typical and atypical language development, particularly
children with specific language impairment
(SLI). 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 your baby or child’s brain while he/she listens to
the sounds. We use a special net of electrodes to pick up brainwave
activity from your baby/child’s brain. The net takes about 5
minutes to put on and does not hurt.
The participants in these studies include infants, children with
typical language development, and children with SLI.
How to Participate
For information about what it’s like to be in study, please
click
here.
If you and your child would like to participate in one of our
studies or would like to contact us for more information you can
e-mail us at
devneurolab@gc.cuny.edu or telephone us at 212-817-8833.
All information on this page is kept strictly confidential.
Please provide the following information when contacting us:
Child Name
Date of Birth
Gender
Length of Pregnancy
Parent Name
Address (street, state, zip)
Telephone number (daytime)
Languages spoken at home
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