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Cynthia K. Thompson’s research focuses on both normal and disordered language processing and recovery in individuals with brain damage. Her work emphasizes the development of mutually supportive models for language representation and processing that can predict both breakdown and recovery patterns in clinical settings. She employs a translational approach while studying language disorders, particularly through the tracking of eye movements during sentence processing and production. Further, the neural correlates of recovery are explored via functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Thompson has authored and co-authored numerous influential publications highlighting her extensive contributions to the field of speech language pathology and neurology. Her research has implications for the development of clinical protocols that leverage insights from the cognitive mechanisms underlying language recovery.
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