NOLA Lab PI, Dr. Jennifer Mack, presented a poster, co-authored with students Lauren Hourican and Miriam Muñoz, virtually at the Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL) conference in October. SNL is “an NIH-funded non-profit organization whose overarching goal is to foster progress in understanding the neurobiological basis for language via the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas” (https://www.neurolang.org/about). NOLA’s poster was based on previous lab member Lauren Hourican’s undergraduate honors thesis and was titled, “Tracking the Impact of fMRI Acoustic Noise on Spoken Word Recognition.” It is below for viewing.

Colleen Ward, a NOLA graduate research assistant, lab manager, and first-year master’s student in the SLP program, presented her undergraduate honors thesis with a poster at the virtual Academy of Aphasia (AoA) conference in October. AoA‘s annual meeting aims to allow investigators to share their research in various areas relating to aphasia. NOLA’s poster was titled, “Do Aphasia ID Cards Impact how Neurotypical Adults Listen to Unfamiliar Speakers with Aphasia?” and is below for viewing.