History of the Center for Brain Recovery

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  Our History The Center for Brain Recovery (CBR) was first established at Boston University in 2009 as the “Aphasia Research Laboratory” with the primary goal of understanding language processing and communication following brain damage. Following the initiation of the Aphasia Research Laboratory, the lab received its first PhD student in 2010. Since then, 16 […]

Dr. Swathi Kiran receives the Honors of the Association Award

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CBR Founding Director Dr. Swathi Kiran receives the Honors of the Association Award from the  American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.  The Honors of the Association recognizes members for their distinguished contributions to the discipline of communication sciences and disorders, whose contributions have been of such excellence that they have enhanced or altered the course of the professions […]

Unveiling Hope, CBR’s Open House 2024

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BU Center for Brain Recovery Hosts Its First Open House, Unveiling Hope in The Center’s New Office Space Earlier this month, the Center for Brain Recovery held its first open house in their new space to celebrate the work being done by its members and connect with affiliates. The invite-only event gathered alumni, core faculty […]

ICCR Program Presentation at ASHA Conference

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Boston University Center for Brain Recovery Presents ICCR’s Innovative Approach to ABI Telerehabilitation In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, technological advancements have paved the way for transformative changes in patient care. Boston University’s Center for Brain Recovery has developed an innovative program for rehabilitation of young adults with brain injury who struggle to return to […]

First Neuroscience of the Everyday World Conference at Boston University, co-hosted by Chen Institute

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Introduction to the Conference Neuroscience in the Everyday World is a new avenue of research that Boston University’s Center for Brain Recovery, Neurophotonics Center, and researchers alike are exploring with great interest. The use of fNIRS, machine learning, eye tracking, and other technologies are making it possible for the brain to be studied in real […]

Spotlight: BU ICCR Program Creates Pathway For Students to Return to College After Brain Injuries

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BU ICCR Program Creates Pathway For Students to Return to College After Brain Injuries Boston University’s Intensive Cognitive Communication Rehabilitation (ICCR) program is helping young adults with acquired brain injury (ABI) return to college or higher education by improving their communication skills in academic environments. Due to the nature of ABI and the environment necessary […]

Read our recent paper: Typicality-based semantic treatment for anomia results in multiple levels of generalisation

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Click here for a free copy of our latest paper published in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation  showing that participants with chronic aphasia improve significantly on trained and untrained items and demonstrate transfer to semantic/phonological processing and global language skills after typicality-based semantic feature analysis treatment.