Research in Neurolinguistic- Neurocognitive Clinical Science:
Distraction Effects on Cognitive and Linguistic Processing
Crashes, Falls, and Birds

This presentation will focus on recent research from the Neurolinguistic-Neurocognitive Research Laboratory at FSU. The overarching theme of our laboratory is the effect of interference, competition, and distraction on cognitive and linguistic processing, especially in persons with brain damage. The practical and clinical implications of this research will be illustrated by examining effects of dual task and dis- traction tasks on public health issues related to distracted driving, injurious falls in the elderly, and cognitive load gait and ambulation relationships to injurious falls in brain-based movement disorders such as Parkinson disease. Additionally, our collaborative research on how destabilized birdsong can inform us about language recovery in aphasia will be explored.

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