Interests
Adrià Rofes, PhD
Neuroscientist, Neurolinguist
Scientists need to push forward the development of simple and cost-effective solutions.
Current Work
Adrià is an Assistant Professor of Neurolinguistics at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, He is working on enhancing our understanding of brain behavior relations to improve assessment and treatment protocols for people with neurological conditions leading to aphasia.
Personal Hero
My research participants
Words of Strength
Polyglot, networker, problem-solver
Vision
Scientists need to push forward the development of simple and cost-effective solutions.
Strategy
Adrià is working on new protocols to rapidly assess language impairments in people with primary progressive aphasia, Alzheimer's disease, and other neuropathologies. Two recent papers by his team have shown the usefulness of looking at the word properties of fluency tasks for this matter.
Impact
As an Atlantic Fellow, Adrià became more aware of the greater picture. That is, he was not only able to push his interests in language processing, but also learn about aspects of neurology, healthy economics, policy-making, among others.
Motivation
Language impairments in people with neurodegeneration can, and should, be used to detect the disease at an early stage, monitor its development and therapeutic approaches, and learn more about how language is processed in the brain.
