@cognitiveLi

📚PhD student, teaching assistant & mentor @UofT 🧠Researching pediatric language processing @SickKidsNews

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Joined December 2021
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My first publication is here🤩!! Thank you so much to my co-authors and collaborators for helping me get this paper out so quickly! Can't wait to see what else I discover about language processing in children :) nature.com/articles/s41598-0… #NewPublication #Language #Neuroscience

Age-related increases in right hemisphere support for prosodic processing in children

Scientific Reports - Age-related increases in right hemisphere support for prosodic processing in children

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Happy to announce that I'm on LinkedIn now! Feel free to connect with me: linkedin.com/in/kristen-e-li…
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What a great surprise ending to the symposium! Love the idea of encouraging collaboration while supporting students.
Krembil Brain Institute@KBI_UHN4 Jun 2024
The collaboration continues! Ending the 1st #neuronto symposium, with an exciting announcement of two NEW 2-year scholarships to support PhD students co-supervised by PIs at @KBI_UHN and @SickKidsNews. Details + eligibility criteria to come. 👏👏👏
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Poster presentation time!! Behold - your future neuroscientists hard at work, showcasing their research. #neuronto
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While prepping for my guest lecture (pinch me!!), found this great undergrad-friendly paper on the clinical use of #MEG! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam… #neuroscience #magnetoencephalography #undergrad

Utility of Ictal Magnetoencephalography in the Localization of Epileptic Seizure Onset Zone

This medical record analysis investigates the utility and reliability of ictal magnetoencephalography in the localization of the epileptogenic zone among patients experiencing epileptic seizures.

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How sound travels to your brain: #neuroscience
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The last month was filled with so much #SKResearch news! From research advances to impressive awards & accomplishments, check out our latest #SKResearchRoundUp 👇 👇 [1/10]
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Look what showed up at my desk this morning!! I love my lab 😊 #HappyHolidays
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The OpenBCI EEG project was a success!! Thanks @BrainHackTO and @MinaroseIsmail for 2 great days of #EEG data collection and analysis! #neuroscience #coding #hackathon
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Really interesting work! So important to include SES in language studies. utoronto.ca/news/socioeconom…

Socioeconomic status played role in preschoolers' language development during pandemic: Study

When it came to learning language, money mattered for pandemic pre-schoolers. That’s the finding of a new study, published in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, by researchers in the Child...

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University of Toronto ranks only behind Harvard in health sciences research /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…

University of Toronto ranks only behind Harvard in health sciences research

The university cites its focus on interdisciplinary research and collaboration with their network of hospitals for its success

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OHBM@OHBM18 Jul 2023
Happening today: @OHBM’s first public lecture! Local neuroscientists from Quebec universities will speak about the fascinating research on brain imaging. Talks will be delivered in English and French and are free to the general public. For more info: ohbmbrainmappingblog.com/blo…
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Things are getting intense at work 😂 #GradSchoolProblems #GradStudentLife
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“It suggests that serotonin is important specifically for microglial contributions for autism, which I think is the real novelty here,” says Annie Ciernia, commenting on a new study. spectrumnews.org/news/seroto…

Serotonin powers pruning of developing brain circuits in mice

Mice with microglia missing receptors for the neurotransmitter serotonin since birth have too many synapses and show social difficulties in adulthood.

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U of T News@UofTNews28 Jun 2023
#UofT has been ranked 21st among universities globally – and second among public universities in North America – in the latest @TopUnis QS World University Rankings. utoronto.ca/news/u-t-ranked-…

U of T ranked 21st globally, 2nd among North American public universities: QS World University...

The University of Toronto has been ranked 21st among universities globally – and second among public universities in North America – in the latest QS World University Rankings. U of T climbed 13...

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U of T News@UofTNews5 Jul 2023
Recent research from #UofT's Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases is challenging long-held views of how a hormone called somatostatin influences the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease. utoronto.ca/news/tanz-centre…

Research challenges long-held view of early-stage Alzheimer's disease

Recent research from the Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases in the University of Toronto's Temerty Faculty of Medicine is challenging long-held views of how a hormone called...

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Emily Wood@ekw_slp26 Jun 2023
Another successful #LanguageResearchDay in the books! 🌟19 presentations from MScs, PhDs & postdocs🌟 🏆2 audience choice winners @cognitiveLi & Lauren Choi🏆 🗝️ 1 amazing keynote speech by Dr. Karla Washington @lls_ped🗝️ Thanks all for coming! #LRD2023
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BAM! TO@MolnarLab23 Jun 2023
Thank you Dr. Karla Washington for a stellar keynote on Jamaican Creole bilingual children’s development at the #LanguageResearchDay organized by the dream team: @kaii_leung @InsiyaBhalloo @BaoWenfu @ekw_slp @slpuoft @RSGSU 😎
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Is Social isolation a silent threat to our brain health? A new study finds it might shrink our hippocampus and increase Dementia risk. #neuroscience 1/3
This shows older people under a brain tree.

ALT This shows older people under a brain tree.

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A new preprint is the first study to use implanted electrodes to record activity in people’s brains while they engage in natural conversation. By @lalakat. @HerffC @EMBrains bit.ly/3Pg17vN

AI model helps decode brain activity underlying conversation

A text-predicting chatbot parses text from conversations in a way that parallels brain-activity patterns associated with speech production and comprehension.

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