Professor Patricia E Cowell
BA, MS, PhD
Human Communication Sciences, School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery
Deputy Dean
+44 114 222 2426
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Human Communication Sciences, School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery
Room 125
362 Mushroom Lane
91Ö±²¥
S10 2TS
- Profile
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Patricia Cowell is a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of 91Ö±²¥. Before coming to 91Ö±²¥ she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (1992-1995) in the Brain Behavior Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania Medical School with a research focus on cortical sex differences in adults in relation to aging and schizophrenia. Patricia completed her PhD (1992) and masters (1990) in Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of Connecticut through research on the corpus callosum and behavioural laterality in humans and rodents. Her undergraduate education at Boston University (1983-1987) was in Psychology and Statistics.
- Research interests
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- Modelling mechanisms of neurocognitive plasticity across the life span
- Sex differences in cortical development and aging
- Cerebral asymmetries and interhemispheric relationships
- Ovarian hormone effects on speech, language and cognition
Current projects and collaborations
- Ovarian Hormone Effects of Speech and Language. Collaborators: Prof Sandra Whiteside, Human Communication Sciences, University of 91Ö±²¥.
- Language and Neurocognitive Asymmetries in MZ twins. Dr Jennifer Gurd, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Oxford University.
- Neurocognitive plasticity in Apraxia of Speech. Collaborators Prof Sandra Whiteside, University of 91Ö±²¥ and Prof Rosemary Varley, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, UCL.
- Publications
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Journal articles
Chapters
- Professional activities and memberships
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Affiliations
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Society for Neuroscience
- Organization for the Study of Sex Differences
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