Myriam Kornisch, PhD

myriam.kornisch@maine.edu

304  Dunn Hall

Dr. Kornisch is an assistant professor and the director of the Speech & Cognition NeuroLab. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Canterbury (New Zealand) and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at McGill University (Canada). Her general research interests are in cognitive neuroscience and she specializes in neurogenic communication disorders and bilingualism. Dr. Kornisch currently examines (1) speech changes after deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson’s disease and (2) resting-state functional connectivity associated with Parkinson’s disease, as well as (3) cerebral hemispheric differences and executive functions in monolingual/bilingual people who stutter. Prior to her academic work, she has worked as a speech-language pathologist and clinical supervisor.

Education

  • PhD (2015), University of Canterbury
  • M.Sc. (2012), University of Canterbury
  • Staatsexamen (2005), Germany

Courses

  • CSD 482: Neuroscience for Communication Disorders
  • CSD 583: Fluency Disorders
  • CSD 682: Current Issues in Aphasia, Right Hemisphere Deficits and Dementia
  • CSD 689: Motor Speech Disorders

Professional Memberships & Affiliations

  • Women in Cognitive Science (U.S.)
  • Women in Cognitive Science (Canada)

Editorial Board

  • Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics: Associate Editor

Selection of Peer-Reviewed Publications & Presentations

Kornisch M., Gonzalez C., Gray L., Ikuta T. (December 2024). The Role of the Posterior Cingulate Cortex in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Seattle, Washington, USA.

Kornisch M., Gonzalez C., Ikuta T. (2024). Functional Connectivity of the Posterior Cingulate Cortex in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging.

Kornisch M., Gonzalez C., Morphis, E., Park H., Ikuta T. (September 2023). Speech Changes after Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus in Parkinson’s Disease. 13th Oxford Dysfluency Conference. Oxford, UK (conference cancelled).

Park, H. Obermeyer, J., Kornisch, M., Hall, J., Ontario, C. (2023). Semantic Aspects of Verb Production in Various Discourse Tasks in People with Nonfluent Aphasia. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Llewelyn, L. E., Kornisch, M., Park, H, Ikuta, T. (2022). Hippocampal Functional Connectivity in Parkinson’s Disease. Neurodegenerative Diseases. 22(1), 29–33.

Park H., Obermeyer J., Kornisch M. (May 2022). Semantic Aspects of Verb Production in Various Discourse Tasks in People with Nonfluent Aphasia. 51st Clinical Aphasiology Conference. Wrightville Beach, NC, USA.

Kornisch, M. (2021). Bilinguals who Stutter: A Cognitive Perspective. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 67 (1), 105819.

Snyder G., McKnight P., Manahan A., Kornisch M. (November 2021). Differential Effects of Verbal and Written Stuttering Disclosures on Perceptions of a Child Who Stutters. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Washington, D.C., USA.

Kornisch, M., Robb, M.P., Jones, R. (November 2019). Dichotic Listening Performance: Monolingual & Bilingual People Who Stutter. Annual Convention of the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association. Orlando, USA.

Kornisch, M., Robb M. P., & Jones R. D. (2017). Estimates of functional cerebral hemispheric differences in monolingual and bilingual people who stutter: Visual hemifield paradigm. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 31(4), 251-265.

Kornisch, M., Robb, M.P., Jones, R., & Huckabee, M.L. (November 2014). Estimates of Hemispheric Asymmetry in Monolingual and Bilingual People who Stutter. Annual Convention of the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association. Orlando, USA.