Siendo una investigadora que estudia el cerebro y la sordera, a menudo me preguntan si hay diferencias entre el cerebro de las personas sordas y el de las personas oyentes. Necesitaría escribir un libro para responder esta pregunta en detalle, pero en pocas palabras, la estructura en general es la misma y, en su mayor … More La cognición, el lenguaje y el cerebro de las personas sordas
This article was originally published in the 2022 magazine of the British Association of Teachers of the Deaf (BATOD) Being a researcher who studies the brain, I’m frequently asked whether the brains of deaf and hearing people are the same. To answer this fully would take a whole book, but in a nutshell, the overall … More Cognition, language and the brain of deaf individuals
Find out how deafness and sign language knowledge shape brain function … More Cognitive and sensory neural plasticity in the brain (BSL + English video)
Can regions of the brain change their function from sensory processing to higher-order cognition? … More How can our brains change? Lessons from the study of deafness
The workshop “Neural Plasticity: Insights from Deafness and Language”, organised by Prof. Bencie Woll and Dr. Velia Cardin, took place on 3rd and 4th June, 2016, at the Wellcome Collection in Central London … More Neural Plasticity Workshop
There’s a link between dementia and hearing loss in older adults, but why is this? … More Ageing, hearing loss and cognitive decline
Find out eight facts about sign languages … More Learn to Sign!
Deafness and Neural Plasticity Lab 