Welcome to the NeuroCognition of Language Lab

Principal Investigator: Gina Kuperberg, MD PhD

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Who are we? 

We are an interdisciplinary lab based at Tufts University and the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital. Our research integrates the fields of Cognitive Neuroscience, Psycholinguistics, and Cognitive science.

 

What do we study? 

We are investigating the neural mechanisms mediating language comprehension and production in healthy adults. We are also interested in how these mechanisms break down in individuals with neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia. We use multimodal neuroimaging techniques – fMRI, MEG/EEG, and ERPs – to better understand the spatiotemporal dynamics of these processes in the brain. To learn more about our research questions and specific projects, visit our Research page.

Latest News


  • Gina presents at CogSci 2024 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands

    Gina Kuperberg gave a symposium talk at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The title of Gina’s talk was, “'Black-box tools' and 'Brain-inspired modeling' provide complementary insights into the representations and neural dynamics underlying typical and atypical language processes," see abstract.

  • Gina presents at ACNP 2024 in Tampa, FL

    Gina Kuperberg, Victoria Sharpe, Sabrina Ford, Samer Nour Eddine, Lin Wang, and Lena Palaniyappan presented a poster, “GPT Reveals Selective Impairments in Global vs. Local Context Use in Speech among Treatment-Naïve Patients with Positive Thought Disorder”, at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, held in Tampa, FL. LINKS: Abstract / Poster

  • Congratulations to Dr. Ted Alexander for defending his PhD Thesis!

    Congratulations to Ted Alexander who defended his PhD thesis, "Context is Key: The Importance of Deep Reading Comprehension". Ted's committee members were: Gina Kuperberg (advisor), Trevor Brothers, and Aniruddh Patel. Ted is a Data Scientist at Onboard (a member of Greentown Labs).