Brain and Language Lab, at Georgetown University

Mission Statement

The lab investigates the neurocognition of language, memory, and other functions in healthy populations and disorders. Our broad goal is to understand the neurocognition of language and memory, both in healthy populations and in disorders. We are especially interested in how language learning, knowledge, and use depend on learning and memory systems in the brain - in particular the hippocampal-based declarative memory system and the basal ganglia-based procedural memory system. We refer to this posited dependence as the declarative/procedural model. We are also interested in how other domains rely on these systems, including reading, math, and music.