Roeland Hancock
Assistant Research Professor
Associate Director, Brain Imaging Research Center
| Degree | PhD, 2013, University of Arizona |
| Website | NIDL Lab |
| Research Interests | Language Processing
Individual Differences Auditory Processing |
| Research Synopsis |
Language is a remarkably complex and evolutionarily recent capacity that recruits a wide range of brain networks, with high individual variability. The NIDL Lab vision is to characterize the range of neurobiological instantiations of the language network as a means of better understanding the computations we perform during language processing and the biological factors that can affect these processes. This work will ultimately contribute to both our theoretical understanding of language as a key human faculty, and a translational understanding of the mechanisms underlying disordered language processing in neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g. dyslexia) and psychopathology.
Two extremes in neurobiological instantiation pose questions of particular interest:
We use multimodal neuroimaging, including M/EEG, functional MRI, and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) to address these questions in both typical and atypical individuals across the lifespan.
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| Courses | IBACS-BIRC IBRAIN Graduate Training Courses |
| Recent Publications | Meng Gu, Ralph Hurd, Ralph Noeske, Laima Baltusis, Roeland Hancock, Matthew D Sacchet, Ian H Gotlib, Frederick T Chin, Daniel M Spielman (2017) GABA editing with macromolecule suppression using an improved MEGA-SPECIAL sequence, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Wiley Online Library
Roeland Hancock, Fabio Richlan, Fumiko Hoeft (2017) Possible roles for fronto-striatal circuits in reading disorder, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 72, p. 243-260, doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.10.025
Roeland Hancock, Kenneth R. Pugh, Fumiko Hoeft (2017) Neural Noise Hypothesis of Developmental Dyslexia, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, doi:10.1016/j.tics.2017.03.008
Fumiko Hoeft, Roeland Hancock (2017) Intergenerational transmission of reading and reading brain networks, Dyslexia and Neuroscience: The Geschwind-Galaburda Hypothesis, 30 Years Later
Zhichao Xia, Roeland Hancock, Fumiko Hoeft (2017) Neurobiological bases of reading disorder Part I: Etiological investigations, Language and Linguistics Compass 11(4) |
| Representative Publications | Roeland Hancock, Kenneth R. Pugh, Fumiko Hoeft (2017) Neural Noise Hypothesis of Developmental Dyslexia, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, doi:10.1016/j.tics.2017.03.008
Meng Gu, Ralph Hurd, Ralph Noeske, Laima Baltusis, Roeland Hancock, Matthew D Sacchet, Ian H Gotlib, Frederick T Chin, Daniel M Spielman (2017) GABA editing with macromolecule suppression using an improved MEGA-SPECIAL sequence, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Wiley Online Library |
| Career Highlights | Associate Director, Brain Imaging Research Center |
| roeland.hancock@uconn.edu | |
| Phone | 860-486-4042 |
| Mailing Address | Unit 1271 |
| Office Location | Phillips 142A |
| Courses | Special Topics in Neuroimaging (PSYC5171) |
| Link | http://nidl-lab.org |