Professor David Copland
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David Copland

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Background

Professor David Copland is a Speech Pathologist conducting research in the areas of aphasia, language neuroscience, psycholinguistics, and neuroimaging of normal and disordered language. He is Director of the Queensland Aphasia Research Centre (https://shrs.uq.edu.au/qarc), Co-Director of the STARS Education Research Alliance (https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/stars/education-research-alliance), Co-Director of the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Aphasia Rehabilitation and Recovery (https://www.latrobe.edu.au/research/centres/health/aphasia) and Deputy Chair of the Research and Postgraduate Studies Committee of the UQ School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.

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Professor David Copland is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Fields of research

Clinical sciences Cognitive and computational psychology Neurosciences

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Speech Pathology, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • Post-stroke aphasia

    Treatment of word retrieval post-stroke Implementation of comprehensive high dose aphasia treatment Neural mechanisms underpinning aphasia treatment Neurobiological and behavioural predictors of aphasia recovery Cognition and aphasia

  • Pharmacological and behavioural modulation of language and word learning

    Behavioural and neuroimaging studies of dopamine Influence of sleep and exercise on word learning Dopaminergic modulation of new word learning

Research impacts

Co-developer of Comprehensive High Dose Aphasia Treatment (CHAT) program delivered at STARS Hospital and Director of the Queensland Aphasia Research Centre

Search Professor David Copland’s works on UQ eSpace

370 works between 1981 and 2025
All (370) Journal Article (243) Book Chapter (3) Conference Publication (123) Other Outputs (1)

361 - 370 of 370 works

2000

Other Outputs

A real-time examination of lexical ambiguity resolution following lesions of the dominant nonthalamic subcortex

Copland, David Andrew (2000). A real-time examination of lexical ambiguity resolution following lesions of the dominant nonthalamic subcortex. PhD Thesis, Centre for Research in Language Processing and Linguistics, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/157913

A real-time examination of lexical ambiguity resolution following lesions of the dominant nonthalamic subcortex

2000

Journal Article

Impaired Meaning Selection for Polysemous Words in Individuals with Nonthalamic Subcortical Lesions and Parkinson's Disease

Copland, DA, Chenery, HJ and Murdoch, BE (2000). Impaired Meaning Selection for Polysemous Words in Individuals with Nonthalamic Subcortical Lesions and Parkinson's Disease. Brain and Language, 74 (3), 360-363.

Impaired Meaning Selection for Polysemous Words in Individuals with Nonthalamic Subcortical Lesions and Parkinson's Disease

2000

Journal Article

Persistent Deficits in Complex Language Function Following Dominant Nonthalamic Subcortical Lesions

Copland, DA, Chenery, HJ and Murdoch, BE (2000). Persistent Deficits in Complex Language Function Following Dominant Nonthalamic Subcortical Lesions. Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 8 (1), 1-14.

Persistent Deficits in Complex Language Function Following Dominant Nonthalamic Subcortical Lesions

1999

Conference Publication

Meaning facilitation and inhibition in lexical ambiguity resolution as a test of models of subcortical language function

Copland, D. A., Chenery, H. J. and Murdoch, B. E. (1999). Meaning facilitation and inhibition in lexical ambiguity resolution as a test of models of subcortical language function. 21st Annual Brain Impairment Conference, Brisbane, 1997. Brisbane: Aust. Academic Press.

Meaning facilitation and inhibition in lexical ambiguity resolution as a test of models of subcortical language function

1999

Journal Article

The processing of lexical ambiguities wihin a sentential context following nonthalamic subcortical lesions

Chenery, H. J., Copland, D. A. and Murdoch, B. E. (1999). The processing of lexical ambiguities wihin a sentential context following nonthalamic subcortical lesions. Brain and Language, 69 (3), 405-408.

The processing of lexical ambiguities wihin a sentential context following nonthalamic subcortical lesions

1999

Conference Publication

Language disturbances subsequent to nonthalamic subcortical lesions

Copland, D. A., Chenery, H. J. and Murdoch, B. E. (1999). Language disturbances subsequent to nonthalamic subcortical lesions. 24th IALP Congress, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 23-27 August, 1998. Nijmegen, The Netherlands: Nijmegen Univ. Press.

Language disturbances subsequent to nonthalamic subcortical lesions

1999

Conference Publication

Lexical-semantic processing following dominant striatocapsular lesions: Evidence from lexical ambuiguity processing

Copland, D. A. and Chenery, H. J. (1999). Lexical-semantic processing following dominant striatocapsular lesions: Evidence from lexical ambuiguity processing. 27th Annual Meeting International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, 10-13 February, 1999. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press.

Lexical-semantic processing following dominant striatocapsular lesions: Evidence from lexical ambuiguity processing

1982

Journal Article

The chemistry of suspended matter in Esthwaite Water, a biologically productive lake with seasonally anoxic hypolimnion

Sholkovitz, Edward R. and Copland, David (1982). The chemistry of suspended matter in Esthwaite Water, a biologically productive lake with seasonally anoxic hypolimnion. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 46 (3), 393-410. doi: 10.1016/0016-7037(82)90231-9

The chemistry of suspended matter in Esthwaite Water, a biologically productive lake with seasonally anoxic hypolimnion

1982

Journal Article

The major-element chemistry of suspended particles in the north basin of windermere

Sholkovitz, Edward R. and Copland, David (1982). The major-element chemistry of suspended particles in the north basin of windermere. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 46 (10), 1921-1930. doi: 10.1016/0016-7037(82)90130-2

The major-element chemistry of suspended particles in the north basin of windermere

1981

Journal Article

The coagulation, solubility and adsorption properties of Fe, Mn, Cu, Ni, Cd, Co and humic acids in a river water

Sholkovitz, E. R. and Copland, D. (1981). The coagulation, solubility and adsorption properties of Fe, Mn, Cu, Ni, Cd, Co and humic acids in a river water. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 45 (2), 181-189. doi: 10.1016/0016-7037(81)90161-7

The coagulation, solubility and adsorption properties of Fe, Mn, Cu, Ni, Cd, Co and humic acids in a river water

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2029
    A universal aphasia battery for assessing language disorders in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who speak traditional languages and creoles
    NHMRC IDEAS Grants
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2029
    Aphasia Treatment TranslAtIon Network (ATTAIN)
    NHMRC MRFF Rapid Applied Research Translation Grant
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2038
    STARS Education and Research Alliance (SERA) Agreement Core Commitment
    Metro North Hospital and Health Service
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2027
    National Injury Insurance Agency, Queensland
    National Injury Insurance Agency, Queensland
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2025
    Codesign of an interdisciplinary intervention to support text-messaging for adults with post-stroke aphasia: The SMS study
    National Stroke Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2027
    Save our Speech (SoS) Study: Towards automated speech biomarkers of disease progression and treatment responsiveness in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
    Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Inc Innovator Grant
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2025
    Bridging the Digital Divide: Building Health Self-Efficacy through Communication-Accessible Online Environments
    NHMRC MRFF PPHR - Consumer Led Research
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    The Right Treatment for the Right Person at the Right Time. Driving High-Value Aphasia Care through Meaningful Health System Monitoring
    NHMRC MRFF Cardiovascular Health
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2027
    Unspoken, Unheard, Unmet: Improving Access to Preventative Health Care through Better Conversations about Care
    NHMRC MRFF Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Mission
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2025
    Communication Connect: Improving long term communication and mental health outcomes following stroke and brain injury (NHMRC Ideas Grant led by La trobe University)
    La Trobe University
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2025
    Co-design, development, and evaluation of an immersive virtual reality therapy tool for individuals with communication disorder.
    Metro North Hospital and Health Service
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2026
    Implementation of Comprehensive High-dose Aphasia Treatment (CHAT)
    NHMRC Partnership Projects
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2025
    UQ Aphasia Rehabilitation Research Fund
    Research Donation Generic
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2024 - 2025
    TeleCHAT
    The Tavistock Trust for Aphasia
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2024
    CHAT-Maintain: Maintaining language and quality of life gains with low-dose technology-delivered aphasia therapy
    National Stroke Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2024
    Measuring, Monitoring, and Motivating Adherence to Self-Managed Aphasia Treatment
    NHMRC MRFF - Cardiovascular Health Mission
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2024
    Centre of Research Excellence in Aphasia Recovery and Rehabilitation (NHMRC CRE administered by La Trobe University)
    La Trobe University
    Open grant
  • 2018
    Aphasiology Symposium of Australasia 2018
    Ian Potter Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2023
    Aphasia recovery with Music exPosure (AMP)
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2020
    The flipside of noise: Does it benefit listening and learning?
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2020
    Enhancing Language Learning in Ageing With Exercise
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2019
    Improving aphasia outcomes through researching recovery and enriched clinical training
    Vice-Chancellor's Research and Teaching Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2021
    Predicting and Promoting Aphasia Recovery
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    A prospective study of language function following surgical resection of left hemisphere primary brain tumours (Cancer Council Queensland grant administered by Queensland University of Technology)
    Queensland University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2021
    A prospective study of language impairment and recovery following surgery for brain tumours (NHMRC Project Grant administered by Queensland University of Technology)
    Queensland University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2015
    A prospective study of language impairment and recovery following surgery for brain tumours
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2019
    COMPARE- Constraint Induced or Multi-Modal aphasia rehabilitation: An RCT of therapy for stroke related chronic aphasia (NHMRC Project Grant administered by La Trobe University)
    La Trobe University
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2018
    Neural mechanisms of language facilitation in aphasia due to transcranial direct current stimulation.
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2015
    The use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and MRI diffusion tractography for presurgical language mapping and investigational of neuroplasticity in adults with brain tumour
    Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2015
    A prospective study of language function following surgical resection of left hemisphere primary brain tumours
    Cancer Council Queensland
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2016
    Developing a non-invasive composite measure to enhance accuracy of identifying anxiety in Parkinson's disease
    Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
    Open grant
  • 2014
    High Definition Transcranial direct current stimulation system for use during functional magnetic resonance imaging
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Language mapping in adults with brain tumour
    PA Research Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Neural mechanisms underlying language facilitation by transcranial direct current stimulation in post-stroke aphasia
    Brain Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2019
    Can a new intensive model of aphasia rehabilitation achieve better outcomes than usual care?
    NHMRC Partnership Projects
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2021
    The Communication Research Registry
    Speech Pathology Australia
    Open grant
  • 2013
    Facilitating word-retrieval in conversation: Direct intervention for people with progressive aphasia
    Alzheimer's Australia Dementia Research Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2013
    Autism and specific language impairment: A UQ-UWA collaboration using neuroimaging and databases
    UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Award
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2014
    Characterising anxiety in Parkinson's disease: A psycholinguistic and psychophysiology study comparing to anxious older adults
    Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital Research Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2014
    Further evaluation of the UQ Aphasia LIFT: an intensive, comprehensive aphasia program
    UQ Collaboration and Industry Engagement Fund
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2014
    Innovative, client-centred, evidence-based, and accessible aphasia rehabilitation services for all
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2013
    Cognitive sequence in Parkinson's disease: Identifying the neural substrates
    Parkinson's Queensland Inc
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2014
    Control of language production and its neural substrates
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2012
    The Communication Disability Registry: expanding research opportunities.
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2015
    Optimising how the brain processes language in healthy and neurological populations
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2012
    How does dopamine modulate adult new word learning?
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2010
    Integrated brain imaging and electrophysiology for clinical neurosciences
    NHMRC Equipment Grant
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2015
    CCRE in Aphasia Rehabilitation
    NHMRC Centres of Clinical Research Excellence
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2009
    Mapping the Brain Mechanisms of Language Treatment Post-Stroke
    UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards - DVC(R) Funding
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2009
    Infrastructure for an integrated cognitive neurophysiological research facility: Mapping the neurobiology of memory and language
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2012
    An efficacy study of a cognitive-communicative intervention to improve transition to residential care in dementia.
    NHMRC Dementia Research Grants Program
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2011
    NHMRC Career Development Award (Clinical - Level 2): Neurorehabilitation of aphasia
    NHMRC Career Development Award
    Open grant
  • 2008
    Equipment for neurophysiological mapping of language and auditory processing
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2010
    Neurocognitive substrates of naming facilitation in aphasia
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2010
    Enhancing transition from home to residential care in dementia
    The JO and JR Wicking Trust
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2007
    Implicit learning and cognitive communicative interventions in Alzheimer's disease
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2005
    Mapping the neural substrates of language recovery after stroke
    Australian Academy of Science
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2006
    ESEG_Dimensions of schizotypy: Semantic processing anomalies and hemispheric dominance as indexed by electrophysiologic and behavioural measures.
    UQ External Support Enabling Grant
    Open grant
  • 2005
    New Frontiers In Brain Injury Rehabilitation: Facilitating Language Recovery Via the Application of Neuromodulatory Therapeutic Techniques
    University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2005
    Pharmacological Enhancement of Language Learning and Language Recovery After Stroke
    University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2004
    Attendance at the 42nd Annual Meeting of Academy of Aphasia, Chicago, October 2004
    Potter Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2004
    NHMRC_Equipment Grant_ HLTH (SHRS)_Event Related Potentials (ERP): Defining the Neurophysical Substrates of Linguistic and Non-Linguistic
    NHMRC Equipment Grant
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2006
    A functional imaging study of semantic processing modulated by dopamine
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2004
    Academy of Aphasia_Annual Mtg_Chicago, Oct 04
    Potter Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2004
    An ERP and fMRI Investigation Of Brain Mechanisms Involved In Language Processing Post-CVA
    University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2004
    The Effects Of Nicotine On Behavioural And Event-Related Potential Assessment Of Memory And Semantic Processing As A Function Of Dimensions Of Schizotypy
    University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2002
    An analysis of trouble and repair in the natural conversations of people with schizophrenia
    University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2002
    The neural basis of language impairment following vascular subcortical lesions: an event-related functional MRI study
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2001 - 2003
    Investigating the functional and neural architecture of lexical ambiguity processing using functional MRI and event-related potentials
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant
  • 2001
    Pilot Study from NHMRC Neuroimaging Consortium
    NHMRC Project - Special Initiative/Priming Grants
    Open grant

Availability

Professor David Copland is:
Available for supervision

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Available projects

  • Clinical implementation of an intensive comprehensive aphasia treatment

    The University of Queensland is establishing the Queensland Aphasia Rehabilitation Centre (QARC), the first specialist aphasia research and rehabilitation centre in Australia. In partnership with Queensland Health, the QARC will deliver state-of-the-art services to people with aphasia and their families. Using a hybrid effectiveness-implementation design, this UQ funded PhD project will evaluate the clinical effectiveness of the UQ LIFT (Language Impairment and Function Therapy) program on impact on communicative function, mental health and quality of life within a real-world clinical setting. Qualitative methods will be employed to (1) describe the contextual factors which influence treatment fidelity and clinician and patient participation in the intervention; and (2) identify barriers and facilitators to implementation. This project would suit candidates with a background in speech pathology. Chief investigators: Dr Sarah Wallace and Professor David Copland

  • Cost effectiveness of aphasia rehabilitation

    The University of Queensland is establishing the Queensland Aphasia Rehabilitation Centre (QARC), the first specialist aphasia research and rehabilitation centre in Australia. In partnership with Queensland Health, the QARC will deliver state-of-the-art services to people with aphasia and their families. This UQ funded PhD project will involve a health economics investigation that will determine the cost-effectiveness of a comprehensive aphasia treatment program (UQ LIFT- Language Impairment and Function Therapy) implemented in a tertiary health facility. Resources and costs will be considered in relation to improvement on relevant communication scales and quality adjusted life years. This project would suit candidates with a background in speech pathology or health economics / public health. Chief investigator: Professor David Copland and Dr Sarah Wallace

  • Neuroimaging of predictors in aphasia recovery

    The aim of this NHMRC funded research and UQ funded PhD scholarship is to determine whether brain activity and structure observed after stroke predict subsequent aphasia (language impairment) recovery and response to treatment. Participants will be tested on a clinically language battery and scanned at 1, 3 and 6 months post-onset, with half the participants receiving treatment at 1 month. Imaging will be used to identify language-related brain activity, white matter tract integrity, and lesion-symptom mapping. Background in one or more of the following is required. Speech Pathology, Clinical Linguistics, Psychology, NeuroImaging, Cognitive Science, Cognitive Neuroscience

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Investigating the Feasibility of a Communication Partner Training Programme for Bilingual Patients with Aphasia and Their Significant Others

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Kirstine Shrubsole

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Implementation of a Comprehensive High-Dose Aphasia Treatment (CHAT) Program

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Kirstine Shrubsole, Dr Jade Dignam

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Implementation of Comprehensive High-dose Aphasia Treatment (CHAT)

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Kirstine Shrubsole

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Stimulating aphasia recovery with daily music listening post stroke

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Peter Worthy

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Dopaminergic regulation of new word learning

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Nadeeka Dissanayaka, Associate Professor Anthony Angwin

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Development and evaluation of a Co-Designed Implementation Toolkit to improve speech pathology provision of evidence-based aphasia services.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Sarah Wallace, Dr Kirstine Shrubsole

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Exploring linguistic, cognitive and neurobiological factors that influence post-stroke aphasia

    Associate Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Neural Mechanisms Underlying Timing in Language Processing

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Ross Cunnington, Associate Professor Anthony Angwin

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Return to work for stroke survivors with aphasia

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Emmah Doig

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Neuroimaging predictors of recovery of post-stroke aphasia: the role of early subacute white matter health

    Associate Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The feasibility, acceptability and potential effectiveness of implementing structured and collaborative clinical planning for Comprehensive, High-dose Aphasia Treatment (CHAT)

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Jade Dignam, Dr Kirstine Shrubsole

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Does brain connectivity predict post-stroke aphasia recovery and treatment response?

    Associate Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The feasibility, acceptability and potential effectiveness of implementing structured and collaborative clinical planning for Comprehensive, High-dose Aphasia Treatment (CHAT)

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Jade Dignam, Dr Kirstine Shrubsole

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Return to work for stroke survivors with aphasia

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Emmah Doig

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Behavioral and neurological predictors of post-stroke aphasia recovery

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Stephen Wilson

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Describing the delivery and outcomes of post-stroke aphasia rehabilitation in Australia using a minimum dataset

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Sarah Wallace

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Neural Dynamics of Novel Word Learning

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Ross Cunnington, Associate Professor Anthony Angwin

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Describing the delivery and outcomes of post-stroke aphasia rehabilitation in Australia using a minimum dataset

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Sarah Wallace

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Implementation of Comprehensive High-dose Aphasia Treatment (CHAT)

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Jade Dignam, Dr Kirstine Shrubsole

  • Doctor Philosophy

    How can we help people with aphasia return to driving following stroke?

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Hannah Gullo, Associate Professor Sarah Wallace

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Using behavioural and functional imaging techniques to investigate language function in people with chronic epilepsy

    Associate Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Improving the Reliability and Validity of Presurgical Language Mapping in Refractory Epilepsy

    Associate Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Improving the Reliability and Validity of Presurgical Language Mapping in Refractory Epilepsy

    Associate Advisor

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Professor David Copland directly for media enquiries about:

  • Brain and language function
  • Drugs - effect on language
  • Language - effects of drugs
  • Language - neuroimaging
  • Language disorders and Parkinson's disease
  • Language disorders and schizophrenia
  • Language disorders following stroke
  • Language function and brain
  • Neuroimaging of language
  • Parkinson's disease and language disorders
  • Schizophrenia and language
  • Stroke and language disorders

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