Event Description
Language is an integral part of our lives and the way in which we use language is often seen by others as an index of our level of cognitive and intellectual functioning. The better we understand the complicated domain of language in aging and health, the better our future applications will be for early diagnosis and prevention, validity of cognitive tests, and therapy and intervention for non-communicable diseases. This seminar will discuss 1) the etiology, diagnostic and prognostic role, and trajectory of subtle semantic memory impairment in healthy aging and preclinical dementia, including cultural and demographic patterning, and 2) identifying novel cognitive markers based on linguistic theory and advanced modeling techniques.
Event Speaker
Jet Vonk, Associate Research Scientist at Columbia University
Event Information
Free and open to the public; registration required. For more information, visit the event webpage or contact [email protected].
Hosted by the Columbia Aging Center.
