Associate Professor Stephen Wilson
Associate Professor

Stephen Wilson

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Background

I am a cognitive neuroscientist with a research focus on the neural basis of language. My research is focused on three related questions:

  1. How is language processed in the brain?
  2. How does brain damage affect language processing in individuals with aphasia, i.e. acquired language disorders?
  3. What brain mechanisms support the recovery of language processing in people with aphasia who improve over time?

To address these questions, my lab studies individuals with aphasia, as well as healthy participants with normal language, using a range of state-of-the-art functional and structural neuroimaging techniques. We combine our multimodal imaging approach with comprehensive language assessments designed to quantify deficits in different components of the language processing system, such as syntactic structure, word meanings, and the selection and assembly of speech sounds.

Language Neuroscience Laboratory

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Fields of research

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, language and history Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander linguistics and languages Allied health and rehabilitation science Biological psychology Biomedical and Clinical Sciences Cognitive and computational psychology Cognitive neuroscience Health Sciences Indigenous Studies Neurology and neuromuscular diseases Neurosciences Psycholinguistics (incl. speech production and comprehension) Psychology Speech pathology

Research interests

  • Aphasia

  • Language and the brain

  • Cognitive neuroscience

Search Professor Stephen Wilson’s works on UQ eSpace

95 works between 1998 and 2025
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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
  • 2023 - 2026
    Neural Correlates of Recovery from Aphasia After Stroke (NIH grant administered by Vanderbilt University)
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Open grant

Availability

Associate Professor Stephen Wilson is:
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Supervision history

Current supervision

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  • Aphasia
  • Language and the brain

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