How to revise: As an editor and author I have seen many revised papers return to journals. Given effort, most go well (ie step toward acceptance). Some go pear-shaped. I’ve slowly improved and have an approach known by my group as the ‘Breakspear method”. Here is its essence

Congratulations to Nina Dronkers Recipient of the #SNL2023 Distinguished Career Award 🎉 bit.ly/SNL2023DCA

Trying to think of a quote tweet that will accurately capture my love, admiration, and gratitude for Anna Kasdan…simply can’t! The world of science is now better with Dr. Kasdan in it! HUGE congrats to this sparkling gem of a human

Congratulations to Anna Kasdan on her awesome dissertation! It was an honor to be your co-mentor, Anna.

This is hilarious and disturbing...

Thanks ASHA Journals for awarding Anna Kasdan, Katherine Bryan, Stephen Wilson, Michael de Riesthal, (X-less) Dominique Herrington, and myself a 2022 ASHA Editor's Award--stay tuned for more accessible research from this academic team!

Do persons with aphasia use the multiple demand network during language processing? Rigorous work of Pieter De Clercq, using an individualized localization approach (fMRI), shows little overlap between the language and multiple demand network in aphasia. See our preprint👇

Out now! Using direct cortical stimulation in 49 patients we show distinct regions of ventral temporal cortex that selectively knock out the ability to read or name. Word-selective VWFA can causally and reliably be isolated from other visual language functions.

Here is an outstanding opportunity to complete a funded PhD project with Dr Kirstine Shrubsole at Aphasia at UQ, developing a toolkit to help close evidence-practice gaps. Join the wonderful aphasia community in sunny Queensland! study.uq.edu.au/study-options/…

My dissertation work with Stephen Wilson -- in which we show the importance of lesion *location* in predicting recovery from aphasia after stroke -- is finally out! Please check out the paper (plus its aphasia-friendly version!) at the link below: academic.oup.com/braincomms/art…

Why small mindedness is having big consequences Brain I live under its shadow. I suspect most of you do too. It is the great mountain of small things. The higher it gets, the bigger the shadow it casts: a malignant darkness that pervades our lives. academic.oup.com/brain/article/…

Modality-Specificity of the Neural Correlates of Linguistic and Non-Linguistic Demand | doi.org/10.1162/nol_a_… | by Mackenzie Philips, Sarah Schneck, Deborah Levy & Stephen Wilson

Levy et al. use #machinelearning to predict language across the first year of recovery from aphasia post-#stroke, explaining nearly 2/3 of the variance in outcomes. Deborah Levy Sarah Schneck Marianne Casilio Stephen Wilson Anna Kasdan shorturl.at/aBK27

A review in Nature, by Candice Odgers, asserts that I have mistaken correlation for causation and that “there is no evidence that using these platforms is rewiring children’s brains or driving an epidemic of mental illness.” Both of these assertions are untrue.

I'm thrilled to share Episode 29 of the Language Neuroscience Podcast: a great conversation with Dorothy Bishop Dorothy Bishop about developmental language disorders, meta-science, and more! langneurosci.org/podcast/ep29

Brisbane from the ferry (Friday night date night)... Hope I can share it with lots of work friends later this year! SNL Annual Meeting John Nigroᵍᵐ

My wonderful colleague!

Check out our big review of #transcriptionless methods for analyzing #discourse in #aphasia! FOQUSAphasia onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

For those that are curious - two big announcements regarding SNL Annual Meeting 2024 in Brisbane: Keynote Lectures and Symposia are now posted Abstract submission deadline extended to June 10