Chaleece Sandberg

About

Chaleece Sandberg directs the SANDLab, which focuses on optimizing language therapy for adult language disorders, with a primary interest in aphasia. Aphasia is a language disorder that occurs after a stroke or other acquired brain injury to the language dominant hemisphere of the brain. Her research explores how aspects of semantic organization can support word retrieval and investigates the neuroplastic processes taking place during successful therapy for word retrieval. She uses fMRI and EEG to understand the neural mechanisms of semantic processing in aphasia and to track neural changes related to positive outcomes of therapy. Additionally, her work examines cortical reorganization due to aging and how it might influence the interpretation of cortical changes resulting from language therapy.

Research topics

• Natural Language Processing
• Computer Science
• Psychology
• Cognitive science
• Linguistics
• Cognitive psychology

Selected publications

• Hypoconnectivity of Resting-State Networks in Persons with Aphasia Compared with Healthy Age-Matched Adults

  Frontiers in Human Neuroscience · 2017-02-27 · 78 citations

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  Aphasia is a language disorder affecting more than one million people in the US. While language function has traditionally been the focus of neuroimaging research, other cognitive functions are affected in this population, which has implications not only for those specific processes but also for the interaction of language and other cognitive functions. Resting state fMRI (rs-fMRI) is a practical and informative way to explore and characterize general cognitive engagement and/or health in this p…

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• What we mean when we say semantic: Toward a multidisciplinary semantic glossary

  Psychonomic Bulletin & Review · 2024 · 61 citations

  Tulving characterized semantic memory as a vast repository of meaning that underlies language and many other cognitive processes. This perspective on lexical and conceptual knowledge galvanized a new era of research undertaken by numerous fields, each with their own idiosyncratic methods and terminology. For example, "concept" has different meanings in philosophy, linguistics, and psychology. As such, many fundamental constructs used to delineate semantic theories remain underspecified and/or op…

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• What We Mean When We Say Semantic: A multidiscilpinary semantic glossary

  2023-12-16 · 22 citations

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  Tulving (1972) characterized semantic memory as a vast repository of meaning that underlies language and many other cognitive processes. This perspective on lexical and conceptual knowledge galvanized a new era of research undertaken by numerous fields, each with their own idiosyncratic methods and terminology. For example, ‘concept’ has different meanings in philosophy, linguistics, and psychology. As such, many fundamental constructs used to delineate semantic theories remain underspecified an…

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• Development of a Free Online Interactive Naming Therapy for Bilingual Aphasia

  American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology · 2019-11-05 · 19 citations

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  Purpose The purpose of this ongoing project was to provide speech-language pathologists who serve culturally and linguistically diverse populations with a freely available online tool for naming therapy in a variety of languages. The purpose of this clinical focus article was to report on this resource in an effort to make known its existence, its instructions for use, and the evidence-based practices from which it was developed. Method The website, http://bilingualnamingtherapy.psu.edu/, was cr…

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• Counseling in Aphasia: Information and Strategies for Speech-Language Pathologists

  American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology · 2021-09-09 · 16 citations

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  Purpose The purpose of this tutorial is to provide an overview of mental health concerns of persons with aphasia (PWAs), strategies that speech-language pathologists (SLPs) can use to address the mental health concerns of PWAs within their scope of practice, guidance related to how SLPs can help facilitate access to appropriate mental health services, and suggestions for the future of pre- and postcertification education regarding counseling in aphasia for SLPs. Method This tutorial begins with…

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Recent grants

• Changes in Neural Patterns in Persons with Aphasia Following Theory-based Generat

  NIH · $19k · 2012–2013

• Changes in Neural Patterns in Persons with Aphasia Following Theory-based Generat

  NIH · $30k · 2012–2014

Frequent coauthors

• Swathi Kıran

  Boston University

  47 shared

• Teresa Gray

  San Francisco State University

  21 shared

• David Caplan

  9 shared

• Joshua Levy

  University of Massachusetts Amherst

  8 shared

• Liza M. Conyers

  Pennsylvania State University

  7 shared

• Uli Grasemann

  The University of Texas at Austin

  6 shared

• Risto Miikkulainen

  Cognizant (United States)

  6 shared

• Jennifer Mozeiko

  University of Connecticut

  5 shared

Education

• BA, Linguistics

  The University of Texas at Austin

• MA, Speech Language Pathology

  The University of Texas at Austin

• Ph.D., Speech and Hearing Sciences

  Boston University

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