Cynthia K. Thompson | |
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| Occupation(s) | Neurolinguist and cognitive neuroscientist |
| Academic background | |
| Education | B.S. Psychology M.S. Speech and Language Pathology M.S. Psychology Ph.D. Speech and Language Pathology |
| Alma mater | University of Oregon University of Kansas |
| Thesis | An experimental analysis of the effects of two treatments on Wh interrogative production in agrammatic aphasia (1983) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Northwestern University University of Florida The Pennsylvania State University |
Cynthia K. Thompson is a neurolinguist and cognitive neuroscientist most known for her research on the brain and language processing and the neurobiology of language recovery in people with aphasia. She served as a member of the faculty at Northwestern University (NU) for 30 years as a Distinguished Ralph and Jean Sundin Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. She also directed the Aphasia and Neurolinguistics Research Laboratory (ANRL) and the Center for the Neurobiology of Language Recovery (CNLR) and is a Distinguished Ralph and Jean Sundin Professor Emerita at NU.[1]