2024 62nd Academy of Aphasia

From October 18 to 20, 2024, the Academy of Aphasia was held in Nara, Japan. Members of NABLe, who had been diligently preparing their poster presentations, attended the conference with great anticipation.This year’s conference featured a wide range of presentations highlighting the latest developments in the field of neurolinguistics. Following the sessions, participants engaged in open and thoughtful discussions, which allowed them to deepen and expand their perspectives.

Throughout the three-day program, poster presentations took place, and NABLe members contributed with a variety of topics. By sharing their research processes and findings, they had the opportunity to exchange ideas and reflect on the future directions of their work.

One of the NABLe master’s students who attended the conference shared, “This opportunity allowed me to deepen my understanding of neurolinguistics and reflect on the mindset I should cultivate as a future researcher.” They also expressed their sincere gratitude, saying, “I am truly thankful to Professor Jee Eun Sung for making it possible for us to take part in such a meaningful experience.” It was a valuable and enriching time for NABLe to participate in this international gathering, where knowledge and insights about neurolinguistics were shared across borders.

2024년 10월 18일부터 20일까지, Academy of Aphasia가 일본 Nara에서 개최되었습니다. 이전부터 열심히 포스터 발표를 준비하신 NABLe의 선생님들도 설레는 마음으로 참석하였습니다. 해당 학회는, 현재 신경언어 분야에서의 최신 동향을 바탕으로 다양한 발표가 이어졌습니다. 또한 발표 이후 서로의 의견을 자유롭게 나누며, 생각들을 더욱 깊고 넓게 구체화시킬 수 있었습니다. 

3일 프로그램에 걸쳐, 포스터 발표가 진행되었습니다. NABLe 역시, 여러 주제로 발표를 구성하였습니다. 연구 과정과 결과에 대한 의견을 나누며 앞으로의 방향성을 나눌 수 있는 계기가 되었습니다. 

이번 학회에 참석한 NABLe의 석사 과정 선생님께서는 ‘이번 기회를 통해 신경언어에 대해서 보다 심도있게 알 수 있는 시간이었으며, 앞으로 내가 가져야 할 연구자로서의 자세도 배울 수 있었다’고 말씀해 주셨습니다. 또한 ‘이러한 값진 시간을 함께 할 수 있게 만들어 주신 성지은 교수님께 정말 감사하다’고 전하셨습니다. 신경언어에 대한 지식을 나누는 국제적인 자리에서 귀하고 소중한 시간을 보내고 온  NABLe이었습니다.

Research from NABLe crews:

1. Jee Eun Sung et al., Cross-linguistic differences in the semantic networks of an animal fluency task between English and Korean speakers with aphasia

2. Yae Ree Kim et al., Differential prefrontal cortex activation during semantic, phonemic and action verbal fluency tasks: A preliminary fNIRS study

3. Junyoung Shin et al., Differential clustering strategies in a verbal fluency task between English- and Korean-speaking individuals with aphasia

4. Jimin Park et al., Comparative analysis of predicate types on young and older adults in a predicate-final language

5. Chaewon Lim et al., Exploring prefrontal hemodynamic changes associated with verbal memory encoding and recall process: A preliminary fNIRS study

6. Jiseong Kim et al., Comparing semantic network differences in the animal fluency task between normal aging and Alzheimer's dementia

7. So Eun Kim et al., Listening effort and prefrontal cortex activation during discourse comprehension: A preliminary fNIRS study

8. Sujin Kim et al., Differential patterns of semantic clustering in the verbal learning process in individuals with Alzheimer's dementia

9. Hana Jang et al., Aging-related differences in serial position effects and serial clustering strategies in a verbal learning task

10. Sujin Choi et al., Effects of noun- and verb-based semantic feature analysis treatment on real-time semantic processing in Korean-speaking individuals with aphasia