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Speech & Brain

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We use brain stimulation and brain imaging to study speech and language

Prof. Kate Watkins

Speech brain research group
The Speech & Brain Group

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We investigate how brain areas interact during speech communication.  We use brain imaging and brain stimulation to study typical speech perception and production and to explore differences in the structure and function of the brain associated with disorders of speech and language.

 *****The Brain Organisation in Language Development Study has launched!

We want to scan the brains of children aged 10-15 who have grown up speaking English in the UK. We are looking for children with a range of language abilities: children with typical language development as well as those who would qualify for a diagnosis of developmental language disorder.  Please contact us for more information and if you want to know more about what this means.  See the BOLD Study Website for more details and to contact us.

****WANTED: Adult Men who Stutter 

We are currently recruiting adult males who stutter/stammer for a new research trial using brain imaging and brain stimulation.

See the INSTEP Study Website for more details and to contact us.

 

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Learn more about our research and the tools we use

Interested in working with us?

Positions will be advertised here when vacancies arise.  There are currently no vacancies in the team.

Interested in studying with us?

Prospective graduate students should contact Prof Kate Watkins by email at kate.watkins@psy.ox.ac.uk 

Further information about applications for graduate studies can be found on the department and university webpages.

Dorothy: How do you talk if you don't have a brain?

Scarecrow: Well, some people without brains do an awful lot of talking don't they?

Our team

Selected publications

Related research themes

Our research investigates the development of language, numeracy, literacy and associated development disorders, the development of attention and executive functions and associated development disorders, emotional development.
Developmental Science
Cognitive Neuroscientists seek to understand how the cognitive mechanisms that guide human behaviour are implemented in the neural circuitry of the brain.
Cognitive Neuroscience