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Overview

Nina F. Dronkers is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on neuroscience, medicine, and psychology. Within these broad fields, their work concentrates on cognitive neuroscience, developmental and educational psychology, psychiatry and mental health, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and social psychology.

The scientist's research addresses several main topics, including:

  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Action Observation and Synchronization

They have contributed extensively to scientific literature, with notable recent papers including:

  • "Gender bias in academia: A lifetime problem that needs solutions" (2021) published in Neuron
  • "Functional Contributions of the Arcuate Fasciculus to Language Processing" (2021) published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • "An empirical comparison of univariate versus multivariate methods for the analysis of brain-behavior mapping" (2020) published in Human Brain Mapping
  • "Dissociating nouns and verbs in temporal and perisylvian networks: Evidence from neurodegenerative diseases" (2021) published in Cortex
  • "Auditory Comprehension Deficits in Post-stroke Aphasia: Neurologic and Demographic Correlates of Outcome and Recovery" (2021) published in Frontiers in Neurology

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, including:

  • Frontiers in Neurology
  • NeuroImage Clinical
  • Brain Communications
  • Frontiers in Language Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Maria V. Ivanova
  • Juliana V. Baldo
  • Timothy J. Herron
  • Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini
  • Zachary Miller

The scope of Nina F. Dronkers's research integrates advanced neuroimaging methods, language processing, and clinical neurology to investigate brain-behavior relationships. The interdisciplinary nature of their work intersects cognitive processes with neurological conditions, supporting research in brain connectivity, language comprehension, and disorders related to stroke and neurodegeneration.

Best Publications

  • Classification of primary progressive aphasia and its variants

    M L Gorno-Tempini;M L Gorno-Tempini;A E Hillis;S Weintraub;A Kertesz

  • Cognition and Anatomy in Three Variants of Primary Progressive Aphasia

    Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini;Nina F. Dronkers;Katherine P. Rankin;Jennifer M. Ogar

  • A new brain region for coordinating speech articulation

    Nina F. Dronkers

  • Voxel-based lesion–symptom mapping

    Elizabeth Bates;Stephen M. Wilson;Ayse Pinar Saygin;Frederic Dick

  • Lesion analysis of the brain areas involved in language comprehension.

    Nina F. Dronkers;David P. Wilkins;Robert D. Van Valin Jr.;Brenda B. Redfern

  • The Neural Architecture of the Language Comprehension Network: Converging Evidence from Lesion and Connectivity Analyses

    And Umit Turken;Nina F. Dronkers;Nina F. Dronkers

  • The logopenic/phonological variant of primary progressive aphasia

    Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini;Simona Maria Brambati;Valeria Ginex;Jennifer M. Ogar;Jennifer M. Ogar;Jennifer M. Ogar

  • Role of frontal versus temporal cortex in verbal fluency as revealed by voxel-based lesion symptom mapping.

    Juliana V. Baldo;Sophie Schwartz;David Wilkins;Nina F. Dronkers

  • Paul Broca's historic cases: high resolution MR imaging of the brains of Leborgne and Lelong

    Nina Dronkers;O. Plaisant;M. T. Iba-Zizen;E. A. Cabanis

  • Behavioural analysis of an inherited speech and language disorder: comparison with acquired aphasia

    Kate E. Watkins;Nina Dronkers;F. Vargha-Khadem

  • Connected speech production in three variants of primary progressive aphasia.

    Stephen M. Wilson;Maya L. Henry;Max Besbris;Jennifer M. Ogar

  • Cognitive processing speed and the structure of white matter pathways: Convergent evidence from normal variation and lesion studies

    And U. Turken;Susan L. Whitfield-Gabrieli;Susan L. Whitfield-Gabrieli;Roland Bammer;Juliana V. Baldo

  • Aβ amyloid and glucose metabolism in three variants of primary progressive aphasia

    Gil D Rabinovici;William J Jagust;Ansgar J Furst;Ansgar J Furst;Jennifer M Ogar;Jennifer M Ogar

  • Redefining the role of Broca’s area in speech

    Adeen Flinker;Anna Korzeniewska;Avgusta Y. Shestyuk;Piotr J. Franaszczuk;Piotr J. Franaszczuk

  • Conduction aphasia, sensory-motor integration, and phonological short-term memory - An aggregate analysis of lesion and fMRI data

    Bradley R. Buchsbaum;Juliana Baldo;Kayoko Okada;Karen F. Berman

  • Language deficits, localization, and grammar: Evidence for a distributive model of language breakdown in aphasic patients and neurologically intact individuals.

    Frederic Dick;Elizabeth Bates;Beverly Wulfeck;Jennifer Aydelott Utman;Jennifer Aydelott Utman

  • Retrieval from semantic memory in Alzheimer-type dementia

    Beth A. Ober;Nina F. Dronkers;Elisabeth Koss;Dean C. Delis

  • White matter damage in primary progressive aphasias: a diffusion tensor tractography study

    Sebastiano Galantucci;Maria Carmela Tartaglia;Stephen M. Wilson;Stephen M. Wilson;Maya L. Henry

  • A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of the Use of Amphetamine in the Treatment of Aphasia

    Delaina Walker-Batson;Delaina Walker-Batson;Sandra Curtis;Rajeshwari Natarajan;Jean Ford

  • Grey and white matter correlates of picture naming: Evidence from a voxel-based lesion analysis of the Boston Naming Test

    Juliana V. Baldo;Analía Arévalo;Janet P. Patterson;Nina F. Dronkers;Nina F. Dronkers

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth Bates
Elizabeth Bates University of California, San Diego
Maya L. Henry
Maya L. Henry The University of Texas at Austin
Frederic Dick
Frederic Dick Birkbeck, University of London
Simona Maria Brambati
Simona Maria Brambati University of Montreal
Ayse Pinar Saygin
Ayse Pinar Saygin University of California, San Diego
Beverly Wulfeck
Beverly Wulfeck San Diego State University
Christine Chiarello
Christine Chiarello University of California, Riverside
Daniela Perani
Daniela Perani Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Kathleen Y. Haaland
Kathleen Y. Haaland University of New Mexico
Andrew C. Butler
Andrew C. Butler Washington University in St. Louis

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