Include Network: For global equity in language-based brain health research
Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health Adolfo Garcia and Boon Lead Tee; UCSF neurologist Jessica de Leon; and GBHI faculty member Marilu Gorno-Tempini discuss the launch of Include, a new initiative focused on global equity in language-based brain health research. You can read the full article here.
Worldwide TED Talk release
(in Spanish)
Dr. Adolfo García gave a talk on the brain and body weft of language at TEDxRíodelaPlata, in front of 12,000 people. You can watch the full talk, in Spanish, here. El Dr. Adolfo García brindó una charla sobre la trama cerebral y corporal del lenguaje en TEDxRíodelaPlata, frente a 12.000 personas. Puedes ver la […]
A global network for linguistic research on brain health
(in Spanish)
Language offers privileged insights into brain health. For example, we have seen that specific linguistic alterations contribute to the detection and characterization of Alzheimer’s disease dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and epilepsy. Recently, the clinical potential of language analysis has been bolstered by computerized tools, which reveal subtle markers of these diseases in natural discourse via objective, […]
Include kick-off meeting
Terrific kick-off meeting for INCLUDE! Leading researchers from 30+ countries joined to start groundbreaking crosslinguistic studies on brain health. Lots of exciting work ahead! You can access the Include website here.
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s: how language can help detect early cues
(in Spanish)
«How can the studies of the relationship between language, brain, and body help prevent cognitive diseases?», could be the question that serves as a trigger to understand what neuroscientist Adolfo Garcia wants to communicate. You can read the full article, in Spanish, here. «¿Cómo pueden los estudios de la relación entre lenguaje, cerebro y […]
Launching of the Include network
Drs. Adolfo M. Garcia, Boon Lead Tee, Jessica de Leon, and Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini have launched the Include network for crosslinguistic research on brain health across multiple countries worldwide. This network, of international scope, has the initial support of the Global Brain Health Institute, the Alzheimer’s Association and the Alzheimer’s Society. You can access the […]
Neuroscience. The language game is not only played in the brain
(in Spanish)
The world of Adolfo García, a specialist in the neuroscience of language and communication, is governed by studies, research, hypotheses and results. His goal is to understand how speech and body movements go hand in hand and complement each other. Two aspects of life that are taken for granted, and yet hide secrets. You can […]
Right hemisphere and comprehension, a conversation between Adolfo García and Valeria Abusamra (in Spanish)
The daily use of language brings both halves of the brain into play. Psycholinguist Valeria Abusamra tells us what role each hemisphere plays during verbal communication, emphasizing the lesser-known protagonist of this story: the right hemisphere. We also discuss the neurocognitive mechanisms involved in verbal comprehension and the possible educational applications of this line of […]
Language and artificial intelligence, a conversation between Adolfo García and Guillermo Cecchi
(in Spanish)
Language is a window into the organization (and disorganization) of mind. Guillermo Cecchi specializes in the use of artificial intelligence techniques to explore people’s natural speech to detect those with psychiatric or neurological conditions and assess the severity of their symptoms. His techniques even make it possible to predict which individuals will develop such disorders […]
Spontaneous language may hold clues into Alzheimer’s disease
Just as eyes are windows to the soul, so too words are windows to the mind. We can easily infer a person’s mood from the adjectives she uses, her age from her syntax, her education level from her vocabulary. Yet, it is far more difficult to detect linguistic clues into specific brain conditions, such as […]