Keynote speaker Paula Tallal, a world-recognized authority and leading researcher on the neurobiological basis of language, is a cognitive neuroscientist and board-certified clinical psychologist. She is a founder and co-director of the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey, as well as a founder of Scientific Learning Corporation. Dr. Tallal is an active participant in many scientific advisory boards and governmental committees and is an international authority on both developmental language disorders and learning disabilities. She has authored over 200 professional publications, holds several patents, and recently earned the Thomas Alva Edison Patent Prize for her work leading to the development of Fast ForWord. Dr. Tallal received a bachelor’s degree from New York University and a Ph.D. from Cambridge University, with additional research training at The Johns Hopkins University. 

 

 

 

 

 
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