The proposed research training will develop research skills in functional neuroimaging by applying knowledge obtained during coursework (Fall, 2000) in two supervised projects (paradigm development and application of the paradigm to children with SLI) and to plan for future research applying fMRI to the study of specific language impairment in children. The long-term goal is to apply structural and functional neuroimaging to gain an understanding of the neurobiology underlying speech-language processing and other basic processes (e.g., attention) in children with SLI and to determine the underlying impact of intervention. The proposed research activity for the first year will be to develop an fMRI cue-target delay paradigm to examine orienting in auditory and visual modalities for typically developing children. The second year will be devoted to a mentored project in which this paradigm will be applied to children with SLI who are age-matched to the typically developing children from the study conducted during the previous year.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Type
National Research Service Awards for Senior Fellows (F33)
Project #
1F33DC004904-01A1
Application #
6406848
Study Section
Communication Disorders Review Committee (CDRC)
Program Officer
Sklare, Dan
Project Start
2001-06-01
Project End
Budget Start
2001-06-01
Budget End
2002-05-31
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
2001
Total Cost
$16,103
Indirect Cost
Name
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Department
Psychiatry
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
201373169
City
New York
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10065