Making accessible summaries of language neuroscience research
Friday, March 6, 2026, 6:00 - 7:00 pm CEST Europe/Zurich
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Organized by: Deborah Levy Contact Deborah
Have you ever wanted to communicate your research findings back to your research participants and other stakeholders, but weren’t sure how? Do you work with people with language disorders, and struggle to share research with them in a simpler, more accessible way? In this virtual activity, we will guide attendees through creating reader-friendly versions of their scientific manuscripts, inspired by principles for aphasia-friendly design. Attendees will create these materials both “by hand” and with the aid of a prototype tool, Article Friend. Though this summarization process was designed with aphasia in mind, these same principles may be applied to share research about language and the brain with audiences more generally. In this session we will also discuss and brainstorm paths forward for how reader-friendly research summaries can be successfully implemented in research, clinical, and other settings for knowledge exchange and advocacy.
Maximum attendees: 50
Attendees: Laurel Aichler, Stephen Wilson