Wicha Lab Reaserch Studies

The Wicha lab focuses on understanding how the human brain processes language in real time using both behavioral and brain imaging techniques. In particular event-related brain potentials (ERPs), which is a non-invasive direct measure of electrical brain activity with excellent precision in the time domain are used to investigate the neural time course of language.

The primary methodologies used in the Wicha Lab are real time measures of brain activity, primarily electroencephalography (EEG) and event-related potentials (ERP), along with behavioral performance measures and other brain imaging techniques. The Wicha Lab has studied a range of populations from elementary school children to older adults. Through collaborations with other faculty, the Wicha Lab studies individuals with both neurotypical and neurodivergent processing.