Neuroscience researchers at @UCL investigating treatments for #aphasia and other neurological impairments. Group Leaders: @CrinionJenny & @alexander_leff 🧠
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15 Mar 2021
Introducing the new and improved iReadMore word reading therapy app for people with acquired reading impairments 📽️ Available on Google Play now 📕👀 Please RT! youtube.com/watch?v=iSYxm1NF…
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14 Jun 2023
Tune in to catch Professor Alexander Leff in conversation with BBCSounds about the Gotcha! app!
Professor @alexander_leff was interviewed by @BBCSounds World Service CrowdScience programme on our Gotcha! trial which is a practice-based, app therapy for people with dementia who have trouble recalling the names of people that they know well
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct4y… @UCLPALS
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2 May 2023
Have a look below at the Gotcha! App webpage for information on this exciting study!
4 Apr 2023
Our Gotcha! app is a #digitalisedtherapy for proper name #anomia in #dementia
If you or your loved one with dementia have difficulty naming people you know and want to be a part of an exciting research journey,check out our webpage for more information↩️
ucl.ac.uk/icn/gotcha
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UCL Neurotherapeutics retweeted
31 Mar 2023
Many thanks to fantastic collaborative colleagues @WCHN_UCL @UCL_ICN @UCL_NT for this useful open science research project. Transcranial direct current stimulation with functional magnetic resonance imaging: a detailed validation and operational guide, wellcomeopenresearch.org/art…
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UCL Neurotherapeutics retweeted
19 Apr 2023
Digital technology provides great opportunities to overcome care limitations caused by cost & availability
@alexander_leff (@UCL_NT) introduces his work in developing therapy apps for language & visual impairments after #Stroke or #TBI: ow.ly/WOm450NLzqa
#NeuroTwitter
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UCL Neurotherapeutics retweeted
17 Apr 2023
Therapy app for proper name anomia in #Dementia 📱
Gotcha! is a digital confrontation naming therapy app being investigated as a way to improve naming of loved ones.
Hear @alexander_leff talk about the trial: ow.ly/5Cik50NIna7
@UCL_NT #ARUKConf23 #Neurology #Dementia
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23 Nov 2022
We are looking forward to attending @TheStrokeAssoc @UKStrokeForum @ACCLiverpool next week. The team will be presenting findings from our digital interventions for language and visual impairments after #stroke - iTalkBetter💬, iReadMore📚and ATTEND👀.
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23 Nov 2022
Our group members and the clinical team @uclh will also present outcomes from the Queen Square #ICAP for those with #poststroke #aphasia💬@NeurorehabUCLP @UCLIoN @BrainAppeal✨
Check out @UKStrokeForum webpages for further info on the event👉 stroke.org.uk/professionals/…
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21 Nov 2022
Last week we hosted a Patient and Public Involvement Event for participants who have completed our ongoing Gotcha! clinical trial. We were delighted to catch up with those involved and thank them for their valuable contribution to our research!😃👏
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21 Nov 2022
Presentations from Prof @alexander_leff and Dr @CathDoogan covered codesign of the Gotcha! app as well as behavioural and neuroimaging results of the trial so far📊🧠Further info on the event will be shared soon!
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21 Nov 2022
Our Gotcha! app is a #digitalisedtherapy for proper name #anomia in #dementia📱Check out our @UCL_NT webpages for more information on our therapy apps!👉ucl.ac.uk/icn/research/resea…
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UCL Neurotherapeutics retweeted
4 Nov 2022
Closing out the week with a bang! 💥
Our final session preview of the week focuses on #Parallelstream2C as session chair @alexander_leff looks at How can we ensure that people with stroke can benefit from high quality, high dose rehabilitation?
#UKSF22
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UCL Neurotherapeutics retweeted
25 Oct 2022
If we want people with #aphasia to use our therapy apps, then we'd better make sure they are involved in designing them. Great co-design work from @Tom_Langford_ the @UCL_NT team and software developer @PedroQuiley. Kudos to @ZWoodhead and Dr Sheila Kerry who laid the groundwork.
21 Oct 2022
Woohoo, first publication from my #PhD is out now!🤠 Read about the co-design of the #iReadMore app for people with #aphasia in JMIR Neurotechnology: neuro.jmir.org/2022/1/e39855 🧠📚📱
@jmirpub @victoriaslt @CathDoogan @alexander_leff @RomanoDaniela @UCL_NT @UCLIoN @UCL_ICN
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UCL Neurotherapeutics retweeted
21 Oct 2022
Woohoo, first publication from my #PhD is out now!🤠 Read about the co-design of the #iReadMore app for people with #aphasia in JMIR Neurotechnology: neuro.jmir.org/2022/1/e39855 🧠📚📱
@jmirpub @victoriaslt @CathDoogan @alexander_leff @RomanoDaniela @UCL_NT @UCLIoN @UCL_ICN
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12 Oct 2022
Our team will be at #uclWSDforum on Friday 28th October to speak about our digital therapies iTalkBetter💬, iReadMore📚 and ATTEND👀for language and visual impairments after #stroke🧠
Come and chat to us!🗨️
engagement.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk………
@uclWSDforum @UCLBrainScience @BrainAppeal
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12 Oct 2022
Join us at #uclWSDforum later this month for interactive talks and workshops, bringing together #strokesurvivors, #carers, researchers, clinicians and charities!
Book your FREE tickets here 👇 engagement.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk……
@uclWSDforum @UCLBrainScience @BrainAppeal 🧠
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UCL Neurotherapeutics retweeted
12 Sep 2022
What do people with #aphasia want from our ICAP at Queen Square @ucl @uclh?
Authored by: @CathDoogan @BethGooding4 @CrinionJenny
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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8 Sep 2022
Massive thanks to @Aida_Suarez_ for presenting her team’s incredible work on the #ReadClearApp. It was developed at @UCLIoN & @UCL_ICN to support reading in people with posterior brain damage 🧠📚
Available here 👇
makingreadingreal.org/
#PCA #raredementia #assistivetechnology
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31 Aug 2022
✨Well done to our team members @CathDoogan, @Tom_Langford_, @lucyrtaylor_ & Neena Singh, for having their research abstracts accepted to present at @UKStrokeForum (29th Nov-1st Dec).
Register here to join us! 👇
stroke.org.uk/professionals/…
#UKSF22 #stroke #aphasia #neglect #carers
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UCL Neurotherapeutics retweeted
26 Aug 2022
Farewell (for now) lunch with @CrinionJenny lab @UCL_NT - delighted to be joining @foxmdphd lab @harvardmed @BWHNeurology @BrighamWomens for 6 months to learn all about lesion network mapping!
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