Vita

Lori J. P. Altmann, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

and Program in Linguistics

Member of the Graduate Faculty of the University of Florida
Gerontology Training Faculty

VA RR&D Brain Rehabilitation and Research Center of Excellence

Dr. Altmann’s research focus is on applying Psycho- and Neurolinguistic principles and methods to the study of language impairments with an emphasis on the interaction between cognitive and linguistic abilities.

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Education

·University of Kansas; Post-Doctoral Fellow. Working on speech production in aging, with Dr. Susan Kemper as part of KU Language Across the Lifespan Laboratory.

·University of Southern California; Ph.D. in Linguistics (Psycholinguistics). With Daniel Kempler, Elaine Andersen, & Maryellen MacDonald.

·California State University at Fullerton; M.A. in Linguistics.

·McGill University; B.A. in Linguistics.

Other experience

·Georgia State University, Department of Applied Linguistics.  Lecturer.

Professional Memberships

·American Psychological Association

·American Speech and Hearing Association

·International Neuropsychological Society

·Society for the Scientific Study of Reading

·Florida Center for Neuropsychological Studies

Journal Articles

Del Toro, C. M., Altmann, L. J. P., Raymer, A. M., Leon, S., Blonder, L. X., Rothi, L. G. R. (in press). Changes in aphasic discourse after contrasting treatments for anomia. Aphasiology.

Altmann, L. J. P. & McClung, J. S. (in press). Effects of semantic impairment on language use in Alzheimer disease. Seminars in Speech, Language and Hearing.

Plummer-D'Amato, P., Altmann, L. J. P., Saracino, D., Fox, E., Behrman, A. L., & Marsiske, M. (in press). Interactions between cognitive tasks and gait after stroke: A dual task study. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Puranik, C. S., Lombardino, L. J., & Altmann, L. J. P. (in press). Assessing the microstructure of written language using a retelling paradigm. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology.

Altmann, L. J. P., Lombardino, L. J., & Puranik, C. S. (in press). Sentence production in students with dyslexia. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders.

Aphasia Work Group: Raymer, A.M., Beeson, P., Holland, A., Maher, L.M., Martin, N., et al. (2008) Translational research in aphasia: From neuroscience to neurorehabilitation. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research.

Puranik, C. S., Lombardino, L. J., & Altmann, L. J. P. (in press). Writing through retellings: An exploratory study of language-impaired and dyslexic populations. Reading and Writing, 20, 251-272.

Altmann, L. J. P., Saleem, A., Kendall, D., Heilman, K. M., & Gonzalez-Rothi, L., (2006). Orthographic directionality and thematic role illustration in English and Arabic. Brain and Language, 97, 306-316.

Altmann, L. J. P. & Kemper, S. (2006). Age differences in sensitivity to animacy and order of activation in sentence production.  Language and Cognitive Processes, 21, 322-353.

Altmann, L. J. P. (2004). Constrained sentence production in probable Alzheimer disease. Applied Psycholinguistics, 25, 145-173.

Altmann, L. J. P., Kempler, D., & Andersen, E. S. (2001). Speech production in Alzheimer disease: Re-evaluating morphosyntactic preservation. L. J. P. Altmann,  D. Kempler & E. S. Andersen.  Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 44, 1069-1082.

Presentations

Roberts, B. L., Jessup, J. V., Marsiske, M., Altmann, L., Thomas, L. A., & Vallabhajosula, S. (2007). The effects of Tai Chi on task modification. Presented at the 2007 meeting of the Gerontological Society. November 18, 2007.

Altmann, L. J. P., Lombardino, L. J. & Ginsburg, J. (2007). Sentence production in adults with dyslexia. Presented at the 2007 meeting of the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association, Boston, MA. November 16, 2007.

McClung, J. S., Key-Delyria, S. E., & Altmann, L. J. P. (2007). Concept combination in Alzheimer disease using constrained sentence production tasks. A paper presented at the 2007 meeting of the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association, Boston, MA. November 16, 2007.

Eidson, S. A., King, W. M., Johnson, B. W., Altmann, L. J. P., & Lombardino, L. J. (2007). Principal components analysis: Looking for emergent literacy predictors in three year olds. Presented at the 2007 meeting of the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association, Boston, MA. November 16, 2007.

Plummer-D'Amato, P., Altmann, L..J..P., Behrman, A.L., & Marsiske, M. (2007) Cognitive-motor interference during walking in people after stroke. Presented at the International Conference for the International Society for Posture & Gait Research, Burlington, VT. July 14-18, 2007.

Del Toro, C. M., Altmann, L. J. P., Leon, S., Raymer, A. M., Blonder, L. X., Gonzalez-Rothi, L. J. (2007). Changes in aphasic discourse after contrasting treatments for anomia. Presented at the 2007 Clinical Aphasia Conference, Scottsdale, AZ. May 19, 2007.

Altmann, L. J. P., Crosson, B., Mikell, E., DelToro, C. M., Leon, S., Blonder, L. X., Gonzalez Rothi, L. J. (2007). Change in Discourse Quality Following an Attentional Treatment for Anomia. Presented at the 2007 meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Portland, OR. February 10, 2007.

Altmann, L. J. P., Lombardino, L. J., Puranik, C., Shephard, K. & Eidson, S. A. (2007). Short-Term and Working Memory in Adult Dyslexics. Presented at the 2007 meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Portland, OR. February 9, 2007.

Altmann, L. J. P. & Morelli, C. A. (2007). Effects of semantic training on lexical access: A best case scenario. Presented at the 2007 meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Portland, OR. February 9, 2007.

Altmann, L. J. P. and Morelli, C. A. (2007). Generalization after semantic training: Evidence from young adults and Alzheimer disease. Presented at the UF Center for Neuropsychological Studies. January 26, 2007.

Altmann, LJP, Morelli, CA, Frederiksen, A, Hogue, R, & Huntington, E. Generalization after Semantic Training: Evidence from Healthy Speakers. Presented at ASHA 2006, Miami Beach, FL.

Leon, S, Rosenbek, JC, Blonder, LX, Heilman, KM, Gonzalez-Rothi, LJ, & Altmann, LJP. Grammatical Complexity following RH Stroke. Presented at ASHA 2006, Miami Beach, FL.

Alvarez, S, Yimoyines, B, Key-DeLyria, S, & Altmann, LJP. Age differences in the stimulability of sentence structures: Implications for treatment. Presented at ASHA 2006, Miami Beach, FL.

Mikell, E, Crosson, B, Blonder, LX, Gonzalez Rothi, LJ, & Altmann, LJP. Generalization of Treatment Effects to Discourse Following an Attentional Treatment for Anomia. Presented at ASHA 2006, Miami Beach, FL.

del Toro, CM, Raymer, AM, Blonder, LX, Gonzalez Rothi, LJ & Altmann, LJP. Changes in Grammatical Aspects of Aphasic Discourse after Contrasting Treatments. Presented at ASHA 2006, Miami Beach, FL.

Morelli, CA, Frederiksen, A, Kendall, D, Fischler, I, Heilman, KM, & Altmann, LJP. Successful Semantic Training in Alzheimer Disease: Effects of Typicality. Presented at ASHA 2006, Miami Beach, FL.

Altmann, L. J. P., Lombardino, L. J., Puranik, C., Shepard, K., & Eidson, S.A. (2006). Word and sentence production fluency in dyslexic adults. Presented at the 2006 meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Vancouver, BC. July 8, 2006.

Altmann, L.J.P. & Efros, D.B. (2006). Understanding complex sentences: Answer position interacts with sentence complexity. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society, February 2006, Boston, MA.

Altmann, L.J.P. & Efros, D.B. (2006). The relationship between verbal working memory and vocabulary tasks: A factor analysis. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society, February 2006, Boston, MA.

Altmann, L.J.P., Morelli, C.A., Efros, D.B., Mullin, D.A. (2005). Etiology of the paraphasias of older adults in a constrained production task. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society, February 2005, St. Louis, MO.

Altmann, L.J.P., Morelli, C.A., Efros, D.B., Mullin, D.A. (2005). Etiology of the grammatical errors of older adults in a constrained production task. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society, February 2005, St. Louis, MO.

Altmann, L.J.P., Mullin, D.A., & Mann, T. (2004). Minimal effects of order of noun activation on sentence production. Presented at Psychonomic Society, November, 2004; Minneapolis, MN.

Altmann, L.J.P., Efros, D.E., & Mullin, D.A.  (2004). Comparability of working memory tasks: Are they all measuring the same ability?  Presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference, April 2004; Atlanta, GA.

Altmann, L.J.P., Kemper, S., Mullin, D.A., & Mathews, A. (2004) Syntactic priming in older adults. Presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference, April 2004; Atlanta, GA.

Altmann, L.J.P. (2002). Lexical, aging and cognitive constraints on sentence production. Presented at the Child Language Proseminar, University of Kansas; December, 2002; Lawrence, KS.

Altmann, L.J.P. & Kemper, Susan. (2002). Sentence production and working memory in older adults. Presented at the Psychonomic Society; November, 2002; Kansas City, Mo.

Altmann, L.J.P. (2002). Grammaticality judgments and working memory. Presented at the conference on Language Comprehension across the LifeSpan. November 2002, Kansas City, Mo.

Altmann, L.J.P. (2002). Loss of meaning: The language impairment in Alzheimer's disease.  A talk presented at University of Kansas Gerontology Faculty Proseminar; October 2002; Lawrence, KS.

Altmann, L.J.P. & Kemper, S. (2002). Age differences in the accessibility of sentence structures. A talk presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference; April 2002; Atlanta, GA.

Altmann, L.J.P. & Kemper, S. (2001). Age differences in sentence structure choice:  Effects of competing constraints. Presented at the Psychonomic Society; November, 2001; Orlando, Fl.

Altmann, L.J.P. (2001). Competing constraints on sentence structure choice in older and younger adults. Presented at the University of Kansas Proseminar in Child Language; October 2001; Lawrence, KS.

Altmann, L.J.P. & Kemper, S. (2001). Effects of repetition and stimulus duration on the sentence production of older adults. Presented at the Conference on Communication, Aging and Health; June 2001, Vancouver, BC.

Altmann, L.J.P.  (2000).  Noncanonical Verb Use by Healthy Older Adults and Alzheimer’s patients.  Presented at the University of Kansas Child Language Proseminar; October 2000; Lawrence, KS.

Altmann, L.J.P., Kempler, D., & Andersen, E.S.  (1999).  Lexical Input into Sentence Structure Choice.  Presented at the USC Conference on Speech Production, Los Angeles, CA.

Altmann, L.J.P.  (1998). A Psycholinguistic Study of Speech Production in Alzheimer’s Disease.  Presented at the Psychology Lecture series, Berry College, Mt. Berry, GA.

Altmann, L.J.P., Kempler, D., & Andersen, E.S.  (1998). Semantic Impairments and Function Word Errors in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients.  Presented at the  Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Altmann, L.J.P., Kempler, D., & Andersen, E. S. (1997).  Lack of attentional effects on off-line semantic tasks in Alzheimer’s Disease. Presented at the Academy of Aphasia, Philadelphia, PA.

Altmann, L.J.P., Kempler, D., & Andersen, E. S. (1997).  Working memory tasks and off-line semantic tasks:  Are they measuring the same thing?  Presented at the 1997 meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Orlando, Fl.

Altmann, L.J.P. (1996). Connectionist modeling of dyslexia:  Effects of reduced resources and impaired representations.  Presented at the Dyslexia Lab, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.

Altmann, L.J.P., Andersen, E.S., Kempler, D., & MacDonald, M.C. (1996). Effects of visual processing impairments on offline comprehension tasks in Alzheimer’s Disease. Presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Altmann, L.J.P., Kempler, D., & Andersen, E. S.  (1995).  Open and closed class speech errors in Alzheimer’s Disease. Presented at the 1995 meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Seattle, WA.

Harm, M., Altmann, L.J.P., & Seidenberg, M.S. (1994).  Using connectionist nets to examine the role of prior knowledge in human learning.. Presented at the 1994 Meeting of Cognitive Science Society, Atlanta, GA.

Altmann, L.J.P., Andersen, E.S., & Kempler, D.  (1993).  Re-Evaluating syntactic Preservation in Alzheimer’s Disease.  Presented at the Academy of Aphasia, Tucson, AZ.

Volpe, A.D., Li, A., Williams, S., Altmann, L.J.P.  (1992).  Cohesiveness in aphasia:  The effects of topic and listener familiarity. Presented at the American Semiotic Society, Collegeville, MD