Center for Aphasia Research and Rehabilitation

Mission

The mission of the Center for Aphasia Research and Rehabilitation (CARR) is to encourage collaboration among faculty members, research associates and speech-language pathologists, with the goal of integrating their research findings on stroke, aphasia, language impairments in dementia, and normal cognition to:

  • Increase our understanding of the representation of language in the brain
  • Increase our understanding of the ways that language may break down following injury to the brain
  • Guide the development of more effective treatments for aphasia and alexia

 CARR seeks to accomplish this mission by:

  • Enhancing basic science research on the neuropsychological and neural mechanisms of aphasia
  • Facilitating basic science research on the neuropsychological and neural mechanisms of normal cognition, and how those mechanisms change with age
  • Expanding collaboration between basic science research in stroke, aphasia, dementia, and normal cognition
  • Increasing translational research by integrating basic science research findings into the design, implementation and testing of aphasia treatments
  • Supporting interactions between researchers and clinicians

Visit the Center’s website for more information.

Research Team

Contact Information

Rhonda B. Friedman, Ph.D.
friedmar@georgetown.edu
202-784-4134

Publications

View current CARR publications.