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<\/b>IKERBASQUE Research Fellow <\/b> Education<\/b><\/p>\n PhD, Cognitive Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada<\/p>\n MA, General Linguistics, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia<\/p>\n Research line: Language in typical and atypical aging (2014-2019) <\/b><\/p>\n This research line is designed around three broad themes: language changes associated with healthy cognitive aging in bilingual speakers, language recovery in post-stroke aphasic bilingual speakers (including acute, subacute and chronic aphasia), and language deterioration across the Alzheimer\u2019s disease spectrum (preclinical, mild cognitive impairment, and AD dementia).<\/p>\n Selected publications:<\/b><\/p>\n – Kljajevic, V. (2015) Overestimating the effects of healthy aging.<\/a> Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience<\/em>.<\/p>\n – Kljajevic, V., Meyer, P. Holzmann, C. Dyrba, M. et al. (2014). The \u03b54 genotype of Apolipoprotein E and white matter integrity in Alzheimer\u2019s disease. Alzheimer\u2019s & Dementia<\/i>, 10(3), 401-404 (IF: 17.42)<\/p>\n – Kljajevic*, V., Grothe*, M., Ewers, M. & Teipel, S. (2014). Distinct pattern of hypometabolism and atrophy in preclinical and predementia Alzheimer\u2019s disease. Neurobiology of Aging<\/i>, 35, 1973-1981 (IF: 6.16)<\/p>\n – Kljajevic, V. (2014). White matter architecture of the language network. Translational Neuroscience<\/i>, 5(4), 239-252. (IF: 0.716)<\/p>\n – Kljajevic, V., Fratini, V., Etxaniz, A., Urdaneta, E. & Yanguas, J. (2013). Comprehension cueing strategies in elderly: a window into cognitive decline? Cognitive Science Society Proceedings<\/i> 32, 2746-2751.<\/p>\n – Teipel, S.J., Flatz, W., Ackl, N., Grothe, M., Kilimann, I., Bokde, A. L.W., Grinberg, L., Amaro, E. jr., Kljajevic, V<\/span>., Alho, E., Knels, C., Ebert, A., Heinsen, H. & Danek, A. (2013). Brain atrophy in primary progressive aphasia involves the cholinergic basal forebrain and Ayala’s nucleus. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging<\/i> (IF: 3.36), doi: dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.pscychresns.2013.10.003<\/p>\n – Kljajevic, V. (2012). Comprehension of Wh-Dependencies in Broca\u2019s Aphasia<\/i>. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-3666-1.<\/p>\n – Kljajevic, V. (2012). Language Reorganization after Stroke: Insights from fMRI. In: Sharma, R. (Ed.), Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging<\/i> (167-190), Rijeka: InTech. ISBN 978-953-51-0541-1.<\/p>\n – Kljajevic, V. & Bastiaanse, R. (2011). Time reference in fluent aphasia: Evidence from Serbian. In: Vatakis, A., Cumminis, F., Esposito, A., Papadelis, G. & Giagkou, M. (Eds.), Multidisciplinary Aspects of Time and Time Perception<\/i> (258-274), Berlin: Springer.<\/p>\n – Kljajevic, V. (2011). From Cell to Cognition: Can Changes in Telomere Length Indicate Patterns of Cognitive Aging? Clinical Science<\/i>, 121(7), 313-314. (IF: 5.62)<\/p>\n – Kljajevic*, V. & Murasugi*, K. (2010). The role of morphology in the comprehension of wh-dependencies in Croatian aphasic speakers. Aphasiology<\/i>, 24, 1354-1376. (IF: 1.7)<\/p>\n Recent grants<\/b> 2015: <\/b>\u00a0\u201cHealthy brain across the lifespan\u201d, Federation of European Neuroscience Societies and the Dana Foundation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" IKERBASQUE Research Fellow Linguistics and Basque Studies Faculty of Arts Universty of the Basque Country\u00a0(UPV\/EHU) vanja.kljajevic@ehu.eus Vitoria & IKERBASQUE Basque Foundation for Science Bilbao Education PhD, Cognitive Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada MA, General Linguistics, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia … Continue reading
\nLinguistics and Basque Studies
\nFaculty of Arts
\nUniversty of the Basque Country\u00a0(UPV\/EHU)
\nvanja.kljajevic@ehu.eus
\n<\/a>Vitoria & IKERBASQUE Basque Foundation for Science Bilbao<\/p>\n