Kati Renvall
PhD, Adjunct Professor (FIN: dosentti) Senior Lecturer
katren@utu.fi Assistentinkatu 7 Turku Office: 330 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3329-4602 |
cognitive neuropsychology, speech therapy, acquired neurological language/communication disorders, assessment of communication disorders, treatment of communcation disorders, word-finding/word retrieval disorders (anomia), aphasia
Language Processing in Adults (LaPA) project
I am a speech pathologist and PhD in psychology. I work as a senior lecturer at the University of Turku and hold titles of Title of Docent (University of Helsinki, Finland). My areas of expertise include cognitive neuropsychology of language, aphasia, word-finding, anomia, assessment and treatment of adult neurogenic language disorders. I supervise BA, MA and PhD research/theses. I have supervised approximately 100 bachelor's and master's theses. I am currently supervising 3 PhD Researchers.
My ultimate research aims could be summarised as an attempt to develop "theoretically motivated, clinically possible, and functionally relevant intervention programs for people with aphasia and other neurogenic communication disorders". I am particularly interested in word retrieval, its impairments (anomia), and treatment. I mainly use methodology adopted from the cognitive neuropsychological approach. However, I am also curious what the modern brain imaging technology has to offer. Currently, I am conducting studies which will hopefully provide valuable insights into extending word retrieval treatment from concrete nouns - as in traditional speech therapy - to more abstract concepts, such as adjectives.
I have experience of teaching at the university level since 2006 and I have taught dozens of courses at the basic, intermediate and advanced level at the University of Turku (Finland) and I have also held several lectures and research colloquia at Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia). I have undergone university pedagogics (60 ECTS) making me a qualified teacher. I have also completed some similar courses also at Macquarie University (Australia).
- Effectiveness of contextual repetition priming treatments for anomia depends on intact access to semantics (2006)
- Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Contextual priming in semantic anomia: A case study (2005)
- Brain and Language
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Konnektionistinen malli nimeämiskuntoutuksen lähtökohtana (The connectionist model as a starting point for naming rehabilitation) (2005) Kielen ja kognition suhde (The relationship between language and cognition) Renvall, Kati
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Learning new names for new objects: Cortical effects as measured by magnetoencephalography (2004)
- Brain and Language
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Anomia treatment with contextual priming: A case study (2003)
- Aphasiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Naming Multiple Objects: Neural Correlates as Measured by Positron Emission Tomography (2003)
- Applied Neuropsychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Oman puheen korjaukset afasiasta kuntoutumisen mittarina (Self-repairs in conversation as a measure for recovery from aphasia) (2003) Kuntoutuksen vaikuttavuus (The effectiveness of rehabilitation) Laakso, Minna; Pelkonen, Outi; Renvall, Kati
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)
