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When words go bad: the impact of brain damage on language

Dr. Rosaleen A. McCarthy

People with brain injury may lose the ability to express their ideas in words or may find that the meanings of once-familiar words have become imprecise or elusive. These tragic accidents - the aphasias - can provide neuro-scientists with a means of dissecting the hidden mechanisms of normal language expression and comprehension. When words go bad, we have the opportunity to discover how they were put together in the first place. In the longer term, we hope that our improved understanding of the way that language works will lead to more effective therapies for language disorders.

Rosaleen A. McCarthy, after obtaining her PhD, worked as a clinical researcher and clinical psychologist at the National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases in London. Subsequently she moved to a lectureship at the University of Cambridge and a fellowship of King's College where she researches and teaches on the effects of brain damage on language, memory, perception, thinking and awareness.

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