Archive: General Page

• Publications

  Grants from the National Institutes of Health have supported Dr. Newport's research for the past 45 years. Our research is also supported by the National Science Foundation and by generous gifts from

  Category: General Page

• People

  Dr. Elissa Newport My primary research interest is in the acquisition of language by young children, in the relationship between language acquisition and language structure, and in the acquisi

  Category: General Page

• Learning and Development Lab

  The Learning and Development Lab is part of the Center for Brain Plasticity and Recovery and the Department of Neurology at Georgetown University. We study the acquisition of language, the relationsh

  Category: General Page

• Sign Language Research Lab

  Welcome to the Sign Language Research Lab (SLRL), directed by Ted Supalla, PhD.  The SLRL is part of the Center for Brain Plasticity and Recovery and the Department of Neurology at Georgetown Univers

  Category: General Page

• About the Center

  With the oncoming aging of Baby Boomers, brain conditions like stroke and Alzheimer’s disease are among the greatest challenges of the 21st century.  Georgetown University and the MedStar National Re

  Category: General Page