Xerrada del Màster en Lingüística Teòrica i Aplicada

Títol: Language Development in Children with Early Brain Injury: The Role of Biological and Environmental Factors a càrrec de Ozlem Ece Demir-Lira (University of Chicago)

Data: dilluns 20 de novembre del 2017

Hora: 12.00 h

Lloc: Aula 52.119 - 1a planta edifici 52. Roc Boronat - Campus del Poblenou

Abstract

The study of children with early unilateral brain injury (BI) provides a unique window into the plasticity of language development. Different than adults with similar lesions, these children, as a group, tend to perform within the low-normal to normal range even when lesions encompass classic language networks. However, language trajectories of children with early BI greatly vary from each other. Prior work focused on the role of biological factors in explaining this variability. This talk will highlight the adaptive view of brain development. We will discuss brain plasticity in the context of both biological and environmental factors that affect brain and behaviour over the course of development. Theoretical as well as clinical implications of this view will be considered.