IDDRC Groups
Communication and Cognitive Sciences Group
Research Group Director: Jenny Saffran, PhD
Scientific investigations in the CCS Group focus on the following program areas: early communication in infants and toddlers; language and speech development in young children; language and communication processes in school-age children and adolescents; and speech processes in adults. Here, as in other areas of the investigation of development, a detailed knowledge of typical development must be gained before one can hope to understand the mechanisms that are involved in development that does not follow the typical course. To gain such knowledge, scientists in the CCS Group have undertaken the basic research necessary to establish developmentally sensitive assessment protocols and methodologies; to quantify the typical variation and its sources among individuals who develop typically and those who develop atypically; and to identify and assess the developmentally or disorder-sensitive characteristics of communication and cognition in the wide variety of populations.
Communication and Cognitive Sciences Principal Investigators
