Dr. Richardson’s research focuses on brain injury recovery and neural plasticity, the development of efficacious treatment approaches, and the development of outcome measures that better predict increased life participation post-injury. This involves several lines of research:
Localization of cortical areas associated with speech and language.
Administration of treatment (often with brain stimulation to cortical areas) to influence speech and language.
Characterization of dose-response relationships for brain stimulation using eye movement data.
Using neuroimaging to learn more about the physiological effects at the cortical level induced by brain stimulation.
Investigation of discourse of healthy adults and persons with aphasia and development of outcome measures that better predict life participation.
Investigation of the impact of stroke on the health status and life participation of friends and family members of persons who have had a brain injury.