Dance for Parkinson’s disease
A growing number of studies show significant improvement in motor and cognitive function amongst people with Parkinson’s Disease (PwPD) who partake in dance-based interventions. This study is the first to use neuroimaging to examine the neural effects of a dance intervention in PwPD using a well-powered design with a control group engaged in a different […]
Dr. Adolfo García to join World Economic Forum’s Longevity Economy Working Group
Dr. Adolfo García joined World Economic Forum’s Longevity Economy Working Group to share insights from the digital health space.
Language, an ally for brain health (in Spanish)
Language is fundamental to brain health. With this perspective, a multilingual video campaign raises awareness about the situation. You can read the full article, in Spanish, here. El lenguaje es fundamental para la salud del cerebro. Con esta perspectiva, una campaña de video multilingüe crea conciencia sobre la situación. Puedes leer la nota completa […]
Language, your ally for brain health: Raising awareness through a cross-cultural audiovisual campaign
«Language, your ally for brain health» is a multilingual audiovisual campaign conceived and designed by Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health Adolfo García and Alex Kornhuber, together with Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity Sydelle Willow Smith. Supported by a Connect Grant from the Atlantic Institute, the video seeks to raise awareness about the vital […]
Berenice María Carles
Berenice María Carles holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and has a strong interest in using technology to advance mental health care. She completed her undergraduate thesis titled “La Terapia AVATAR como innovación terapéutica en la esquizofrenia: perspectivas iniciales entre los profesionales de salud mental en Argentina” (English: AVATAR Therapy as a Therapeutic Innovation in […]
Dr. Adolfo García receives the Early Career Award from the Society for the Neurobiology of Language
Dr. García becomes the first Latin American to earn this coveted accolade. For the past 15 years, Dr. Adolfo García has worked tirelessly at the intersection of language science and neuroscience. His dedication has earned him the 2024 Early Career Award from the Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL). SNL is an NIH-funded non-profit […]
TELL meets GENFI
We are happy to announce that TELL has teamed up with GENFI, the largest multicentric network on genetic frontotemporal dementia, to unveil preclinical digital speech markers in asymptomatic carriers across multiple languages. Exciting work with a stellar team! Learn more about GENFI here.
An Argentine app that can detect Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s in minutes is now being used in 16 countries (in Spanish)
Neuroscientist Adolfo García likes to say that the digital tool he developed after many years of researching language disorders associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s arose from dissatisfaction. «After so long referring to our findings as ‘translational science’ [that can be applied in clinical medicine], I realized that this was just a […]
Talk at the 21st Argentine Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Our CSO, Dr. Adolfo García, offered a presentation on the uses of TELL to detect pathological aging, at the 21st Argentine Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Runner-Up Presentation Award at TSD 2025
Our speech-language approach for capturing cognitive decline in Parkinson’s earned a Best Presentation Award at Text, Speech and Dialogue Conference 2025 in Erlangen. Congrats to the whole team!