About NNRC

The Neurolinguistic-Neurocognitive Research Center (NNRC) is a collaborative group of researchers and students at Florida State University and the Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare system who seek to understand and explore relationships between the brain and human communication and cognition. We are particularly interested in exploring cognitive-linguistic interactions (i.e., how attention, memory, and information processing support and interact with language and human communication). We study the cognitive neuroscience of communication in aging and especially in those impairments and disabilities that occur after brain damage. We investigate the behavior and recovery of persons who endure and struggle with the effects of stroke, Parkinson disease, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, traumatic brain injury, and the various causes of dementia. Our specific aims are:

To understand and explain brain disorders that cause communication and cognitive problems
To condut clinical research on questions related to brain, language, and cognition
To explore how cognitive and communication factors impact other perceptual and motor systems
To translate scientific advances in our research into innovative medical, behavioral, and pharmacologic treatments to improve life quality.
To provide opportunities for medical students and students in communication disorders and related professions to obtain research encouragement and experience
To develop and foster international links with similar programs in brain, cognition, and communication disorders

History

This research center was developed and founded by Leonard L. LaPointe, PhD and Charles G. Maitland, MD as a result of an endowment from the Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Foundation and a grant from Dr. Louis and Betty Bender. The Center is a collaboration between Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare and Florida State University’s College of Medicine and the Department of Communication Disorders in the FSU College of Communication.




	People -Faculty -Graduate Students -Collaborators Research Projects -Attention, memory, cognition, and speech-language loss -Types of attention and memory disorders -Noise, competition, interference and multi-tasking -Brain mapping and computational models -Stroke, traumatic brain injury, and progressive diisorders -Driving risk assessment -Gait, balance, and risk for falls -Effects of language and cognitive load on walking -Gestures, movement and word retrieval -Development of computerized assessments -Physiological correlates of attention and memory load -Innovative interventions and treatment Publications -Faculty Vita -CICISD Aritcle -JAD Article -JNO Article -Copenhagen 07 Presentation -Day With the Brains Presntation -Effects of Auditory Distraction -Communication and Cognitive Effects Of Brain Disease and Injury -Reaction time Effect Presentation -Effects of Interference, Competition, and Distraction Participate in Research News Photos -Travel Picture Gallery			About NNRC The Neurolinguistic-Neurocognitive Research Center (NNRC) is a collaborative group of researchers and students at Florida State University and the Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare system who seek to understand and explore relationships between the brain and human communication and cognition. We are particularly interested in exploring cognitive-linguistic interactions (i.e., how attention, memory, and information processing support and interact with language and human communication). We study the cognitive neuroscience of communication in aging and especially in those impairments and disabilities that occur after brain damage. We investigate the behavior and recovery of persons who endure and struggle with the effects of stroke, Parkinson disease, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, traumatic brain injury, and the various causes of dementia. Our specific aims are: To understand and explain brain disorders that cause communication and cognitive problems To condut clinical research on questions related to brain, language, and cognition To explore how cognitive and communication factors impact other perceptual and motor systems To translate scientific advances in our research into innovative medical, behavioral, and pharmacologic treatments to improve life quality. To provide opportunities for medical students and students in communication disorders and related professions to obtain research encouragement and experience To develop and foster international links with similar programs in brain, cognition, and communication disorders History This research center was developed and founded by Leonard L. LaPointe, PhD and Charles G. Maitland, MD as a result of an endowment from the Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Foundation and a grant from Dr. Louis and Betty Bender. The Center is a collaboration between Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare and Florida State University’s College of Medicine and the Department of Communication Disorders in the FSU College of Communication.