UNK Language and Cognition Lab

UNK Language and Cognition Lab Lab director: Ladan Ghazi Saidi, PhD

We conduct behavioral and neuroimaging research on Language and cognition in healthy adults and individuals with Aphasia and Dementia: prevention & intervention, healthy aging, rural/urban population, monolingual/bilingual population, telepractice.

09/24/2026
The best part of my job is spending time with smart, dedicated and caring young ladies who will be clinicians in a year ...
09/23/2026

The best part of my job is spending time with smart, dedicated and caring young ladies who will be clinicians in a year or two, providing cognitive care to children, adults and older adults! Talking about the brain is fun, Gen Z makes it more fun!

09/23/2026

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09/23/2026

Compassion as a way of seeing

Compassion is not pity. It is not feeling sorry for someone. Compassion is the ability to see another person’s suffering and respond with kindness. It is the willingness to imagine what the world feels like from their perspective.

In dementia care, compassion means:
Understanding that confusion is frightening
Recognizing that repeated questions come from anxiety, not intention
Seeing agitation as communication, not misbehavior
Responding to fear with reassurance, not correction
Compassion shifts the focus from “How do I manage this behavior?” to “What is this person feeling, and how can I support them?”

09/17/2026

The College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences is dedicated to excellence in education, research & service.

09/16/2026

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06/12/2026

What is elder abuse? As defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, elder abuse “is an intentional act or failure to act that causes or creates a risk of harm to an older adult. An older adult is someone age 60 or older. The abuse often occurs at the hands of a caregiver or a person...

06/12/2026

Each year you have the opportunity to contribute monies for an on-going memorial award, make an award in honor of a person of your choice, or even make an anonymous donation. All you need do is send a check to the NSLH Endowment Fund at 8700 Executive Wood Dr., Suite 400, Lincoln, NE, 68512. Again,....

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