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<div style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Hello everyone,</div>
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<div style="font-size: 13.3333px;">We are currently seeking candidates for an MRC-funded studentship that uses EEG in combination with structural and functional imaging to understand individual variation in therapeutic effectiveness in stroke aphasia – details
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<div style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Best wishes,</div>
<div style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Anna Woollams, Jason Taylor, & Lauren Cloutman.</div>
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<div style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Learning from your mistakes? Using electrophysiological indices of error monitoring to optimise treatment of stroke aphasia</div>
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<div style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Aphasia is a common consequence of stroke, with the most common residual difficulty being anomia, which is characterised by word finding difficulties. At present, there is considerable variation in the type of therapeutic
interventions offered to patients with stroke aphasia for their anomia. The findings in the aphasia rehabilitation literature concerning the most effective approach have proven inconsistent, particularly with reference to the whether providing feedback on
performance improves outcomes. This project will pursue the hypothesis that a key factor in determining the success of therapy for anomia is an individual’s error monitoring ability. The project will harness the power of detailed structural and functional
neuroimaging and combine this with electrophysiological indices of error monitoring (error related negativity, feedback error related negativity, error related positivity). This project has the potential to optimise treatment selection for chronic stroke aphasia
at the individual level, providing personalised intervention tailored to each person’s strengths and weaknesses.</div>
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<div style="font-size: 13.3333px;">For more details and information on how to apply, please see:</div>
<div style="font-size: 13.3333px;">https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/researchers/anna-woollams(96630ee8-41fa-4d18-bdf8-6e51ae8bb707)/opportunities.html</div>
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<div style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Interested applicants are also welcome to email: anna.woollams@manchester.ac.uk</div>
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<div style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Dr Anna Woollams</div>
<div style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience</div>
<div style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Neuroscience and Aphasia Research Unit (NARU)</div>
<div style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology</div>
<div style="font-size: 13.3333px;">School of Biological Sciences</div>
<div style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Room 3.22, Zochonis Building</div>
<div style="font-size: 13.3333px;">University of Manchester</div>
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<div style="font-size: 13.3333px;">M13 9PL</div>
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<div style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Tel: 0161 306 0453</div>
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