The Academy of Aphasia is an organization made up of researchers who study the language problems of people who have neurological diseases. Some of these researchers also provide clinical services to help people improve their language skills following strokes or other illnesses. Although this web site is primarily for the service of members, we have provided a few links containing general information for people with aphasia.
News
Call for Papers - 2013 Annual Meeting
Please see the call for papers for the 2013 Annual Meeting. The deadline for submission is April 19th, 2013.
2013 Annual Meeting/Call for Papers (Updated!)
We are pleased to announce that the 2013 Annual Meeting will be held in Lucerne, Switzerland. Please visit the website for the Annual Meeting to find out more information.
New Board Members
New board and committee members were appointed during the last Business Meeting. We welcome everyone to their new positions and thank outgoing members for all of their hard work.
Best Student Paper Award
Congratulations to Denise Harvey (Rice University) whose paper, Neuropsychological Evidence for the Functional Role of the Uncinate Fasciculus in Semantic Control, won the Best Student Paper Award at the 2012 Annual Meeting in San Fransisco!
Diagnostic Tests
Two new diagnostic tests for aphasia, developed at Northwestern University, are now published and available to researchers and clinicians everywhere.
- Northwestern Assessment of Verbs and Sentences (NAVS) available at https://flintbox.com/public/project/9299/
- Northwestern Anagram Test (NAT), co-authored with Drs. Saundra Weintraub and M-Marsel Mesulam, available at https://flintbox.com/public/project/19927/