Saloni

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Email	saloni.krishnan@psy.ox.ac.uk
Tel	+44 (0)1865 271444
Website	http://www.salonikrishnan.com

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Lady Margaret Hall College

Speech & Brain Research Group (Prof. Kate Watkins) Research Group

Saloni Krishnan

BASLP, MSc, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher

Neurobiological underpinnings of speech and language learning

I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Speech and Brain Group and a psychology lecturer at Lady Margaret Hall. Before coming to Oxford, I was based at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL. I completed my PhD in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience in London at the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development. I am also a qualified speech and language therapist.

I study how human brains produce and perceive sounds. Understanding the interplay between sound and movement systems enriches our understanding of how humans learn to speak or produce music. My specific area of expertise is how individual differences in our ability to control movement interact with sound perception and production abilities. I focus on how learning and development can influence such interactions, and have worked with young children as well as experts (beatboxers and guitarists) to address these questions. I am keen to explore the translational implications of understanding interactions between the different brain systems involved in speech. Currently, I am involved in a MRC-funded randomised controlled trial to enhance fluency for stammering/ stuttering, a speech disorder where sensorimotor interactions are affected. I am leading the fMRI analyses on this project.

Functional and Quantitative MRI Mapping of Somatomotor Representations of Human Supralaryngeal Vocal Tract.
Carey D. et al, (2017), Cereb Cortex, 27, 265 - 278
Neurobiological Basis of Language Learning Difficulties.
Krishnan S. et al, (2016), Trends Cogn Sci, 20, 701 - 714
Roles of Supplementary Motor Areas in Auditory Processing and Auditory Imagery.
Lima CF. et al, (2016), Trends Neurosci, 39, 527 - 542
CATALISE: A Multinational and Multidisciplinary Delphi Consensus Study. Identifying Language Impairments in Children.
Bishop DV. et al, (2016), PLoS One, 11
Convergent and Divergent fMRI Responses in Children and Adults to Increasing Language Production Demands.
Krishnan S. et al, (2015), Cereb Cortex, 25, 3261 - 3277
Language Development
Dick F. et al, (2015), Neurobiology of Language
Generality and specificity in the effects of musical expertise on perception and cognition.
Carey D. et al, (2015), Cognition, 137, 81 - 105
Williams syndrome: a surprising deficit in oromotor praxis in a population with proficient language production.
Krishnan S. et al, (2015), Neuropsychologia, 67, 82 - 90
Environmental Sounds
Dick F. et al, (2015), Neurobiology of Language
Working memory predicts semantic comprehension in dichotic listening in older adults.
James PJ. et al, (2014), Cognition, 133, 32 - 42
Articulating novel words: children's oromotor skills predict nonword repetition abilities.
Krishnan S. et al, (2013), J Speech Lang Hear Res, 56, 1800 - 1812
A developmental perspective on the integration of language production and comprehension.
Krishnan S., (2013), Behav Brain Sci, 36, 363 - 364
School-age children's environmental object identification in natural auditory scenes: effects of masking and contextual congruence.
Krishnan S. et al, (2013), Hear Res, 300, 46 - 55

Key Publications

Neurobiological Basis of Language Learning Difficulties.
Krishnan S. et al, (2016), Trends Cogn Sci, 20, 701 - 714
Convergent and Divergent fMRI Responses in Children and Adults to Increasing Language Production Demands.
Krishnan S. et al, (2015), Cereb Cortex, 25, 3261 - 3277

Recent Publications

Functional and Quantitative MRI Mapping of Somatomotor Representations of Human Supralaryngeal Vocal Tract.
Carey D. et al, (2017), Cereb Cortex, 27, 265 - 278
Neurobiological Basis of Language Learning Difficulties.
Krishnan S. et al, (2016), Trends Cogn Sci, 20, 701 - 714
Roles of Supplementary Motor Areas in Auditory Processing and Auditory Imagery.
Lima CF. et al, (2016), Trends Neurosci, 39, 527 - 542
CATALISE: A Multinational and Multidisciplinary Delphi Consensus Study. Identifying Language Impairments in Children.
Bishop DV. et al, (2016), PLoS One, 11
Convergent and Divergent fMRI Responses in Children and Adults to Increasing Language Production Demands.
Krishnan S. et al, (2015), Cereb Cortex, 25, 3261 - 3277

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