HASKINS LABORATORIES INC
300 GEORGE STREET, NEW HAVEN, CT 06511 haskinslabs.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: HASKINS LABORATORIES IS AN INDEPENDENT, INTERNATIONAL, MULTIDISCIPLINARY COMMUNITY OF RESEARCHERS CONDUCTING BASIC RESEARCH ON SPOKEN AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE. EXCHANGING IDEAS, FOSTERING COLLABORATIONS, AND FORGING PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS THE SCIENCES, IT PRODUCES GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH THAT ENHANCES OUR UNDERSTANDING OF, AND REVEALS WAYS TO IMPROVE OR REMEDIATE, SPEECH PERCEPTION AND PRODUCTION, READING AND READING DISABILITIES, AND HUMAN COMMUNICATION.

THE CURRENT GROUP OF RESEARCH PROJECTS BEING CARRIED OUT AT THE LABORATORIES IS MUTUALLY SUPPORTIVE OF ONE ANOTHER AND COMBINE TO FORM A COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM WITH A SINGLE UNIFYING FOCUS: HUMAN COMMUNICATION BY SPEECH AND READING.LINKS BETWEEN PRODUCTION AND PERCEPTION IN SPEECH: THE GOALS ARE TO OBTAIN DATA TO SUBSTANTIATE THE CLAIM THAT SPEECH PRODUCTION AND PERCEPTION ARE RELATED AND TO VALIDATE THE ARTICULATORY GESTURE AS THE LINK BETWEEN PRODUCTION AND PERCEPTION. THE METHOD OF INQUIRY INVOLVES ATTEMPTING TO SHOW THAT THOSE ACOUSTIC PARAMETERS THAT VARY TOGETHER AS A RESULT OF SOME ARTICULATOR MOVEMENT ALSO COHERE IN PERCEPTION.INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN LEARNING POTENTIAL FOR LANGUAGE AND LITERACY: THE UNACCEPTABLY HIGH INCIDENCE OF POOR LITERACY SKILLS AMONG AMERICAN YOUNG PEOPLE IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS THAT IS BOTH INSUFFICIENTLY UNDERSTOOD AND UNDERSTUDIED. LOW READING SKILL IN ADULTS IS CONSISTENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH MANY NEGATIVE OUTCOMES, INCLUDING LESSER ECONOMIC SUCCESS, INCREASED RISK OF POOR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH, AND POOR OUTCOMES FOR OFFSPRING. CLARIFYING THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN LEARNING CAPACITIES AND LITERACY SKILLS IS ESSENTIAL FOR GAUGING POTENTIAL FOR REMEDIATION. THIS PROJECT WILL BUILD ON RESEARCH FROM OUR OWN GROUP AND ELSEWHERE SHOWING THAT POOR READERS EXHIBIT RELIABLE DIFFERENCES IN LEARNING OF LINGUISTIC AND ORTHOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE.TRAINING-INDUCED PLASTICITY IN HUMAN MOTOR AND SENSORY SYSTEMS: THE PLANNED STUDIES FOCUS ON THE SENSORIMOTOR SYSTEM AND EXPLORE THE IDEA THAT TRAINING INDUCED CHANGES TO THE BRAIN SPREAD FROM THE MOTOR TO SOMATOSENSORY AREAS OF THE BRAIN AND VICE VERSA. THE PLAN IS TO ADDRESS THE EFFECTS OF MOTOR LEARNING ON SENSORY SYSTEMS AND OF SOMATOSENSORY PERCEPTUAL TRAINING ON MOTOR SYSTEMS BY USING AN APPROACH THAT COMBINES PSYCHOPHYSICAL, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL AND NEUROIMAGING TECHNIQUES.RETRIEVAL INTERFERENCE IN SKILLED AND UNSKILLED READING COMPREHENSION: POOR READING ABILITY HAS PROFOUND COGNITIVE, EMOTIONAL, AND BEHAVIORAL CONSEQUENCES FOR THE DEVELOPING CHILD, AND-IF NOT REMEDIATED-EVENTUALLY HAS ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES FOR THE ADULT. THIS PROPOSAL BRINGS TOGETHER FINDINGS FROM THREE SO FAR UNINTEGRATED RESEARCH COMMUNITIES (MEMORY, ADULT SENTENCE AND DISCOURSE PROCESSING, AND READING DISABILITY) AND AN ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH SAMPLE TO CREATE A NOVEL APPROACH TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING POOR COMPREHENSION. NEUROCOGNITIVE BASES OF TREATMENT RESISTANCE IN DEVELOPMENTAL DYSLEXIA: THIS PROJECT'S OVERARCHING GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THE FIRST DETAILED AND INTEGRATED NEUROBIOLOGICAL AND COGNITIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF DD TREATMENT RESISTERS, WHOSE RELATIVELY INTRACTABLE IMPAIRMENTS ARE LIKELY TO BE PRIMARILY BRAIN-BASED.

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