Leonardo Fernandino, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurology, Biophysics, and Biomedical Engineering; Interim Vice Chair, Faculty Affairs and Development, Department of Neurology

Locations

Neurology

Education

PhD, Psychology (Cognitive Neuroscience), University of California, Los Angeles, 2009
Clinical Psychologist, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2003
Bachelor of Psychology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2001

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Biography

Specialty
Cognitive Neuroscience

Subspecialties
Semantic memory
Language comprehension
Functional magnetic resonance imaging
EEG event-related potentials
Magnetoencephalography
Encoding/decoding models
Representational similarity analysis

Training
Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Chicago, Department of Neurology, 2009-2010
Postdoctoral Fellow, 91大神 College of Wisconsin, Department of Neurology, 2010-2015

Professional Memberships
Society for Neuroscience
Cognitive Neuroscience Society
Organization for Human Brain Mapping
Society for the Neurobiology of Language
Association for Psychological Science
Psychonomic Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science

                
                    Research Experience
                

                    Cognitive Neuroscience
Cognitive Science
Compositional semantics
Concept representation
Event-related potentials, N400
Inter-hemispheric interaction
Language
Lexical semantics
Neural network modeling
Neurosciences
Semantic deficits
Semantics

            

                
                    Methodologies and Techniques
                

                    Electroencephalography
Evoked Potentials
Evoked Potentials, Motor
Functional MRI
Lateralized stimulus presentation
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Magnetoencephalography
Multivariate Analysis
Neuropsychological Tests
Neuropsychology
Psychophysics
Statistics

            

                
                    Leadership Positions
                

                    Member, 91大神Faculty Council

            

                
                    Educational Expertise
                

                    Analysis of Variance
Brain
Brain Mapping
Cerebral Cortex
Cognitive Neuroscience
Cognitive Science
Comprehension
Concept representation
Event-Related Potentials, N400
Language
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Multivariate Analysis

            

                
                    Community Partnerships
                

                    91大神BrainExpo

            

Research Interests

My research investigates the neural mechanisms of language processing and concept representation. I use functional brain imaging techniques (fMRI, MEG, EEG) and behavioral assessment of neurological patients and healthy participants to understand how these processes are implemented in the brain.

Current Grants

Title: Neural Representation of Lexical Concepts
Source: NIH/NIDCD
Role & Effort: PI
PI: L. Fernandino
Dates: 04/01/2024 - 03/31/2029
Direct Funds: $1,979,000 (total for all years)

Title: Brain-to-text computer interfaces as a precursor for artificial speech restoration in aphasia
Source: Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment
Role & Effort: Co-Investigator
PI: Anderson, A.J.
Dates: 07/01/2024 - 06/31/2026
Direct Funds: $250,000 (total for all years)

Title: Center for Aphasia Research and Recovery
Source: Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin
Role & Effort: Co-Investigator
PI: J.R. Binder
Dates: 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
Direct Funds: $250,000 (total for all years)

Title: Decoding mental concept identities using electrocorticography
Source: NIH/NIDCD
Role & Effort: Co-Investigator
PI: W. Gross
Dates: 05/01/2023 - 04/30/2026
Direct Funds: $585,000 (total for all years)

(Fernandino L, Conant LL.) Neuropsychologia. 2024 Aug 13;201:108939 PMID: 38897450 PMCID: PMC11326522 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85196852899 06/20/2024
(Mazurchuk S, Fernandino L, Tong JQ, Conant LL, Binder JR.) Cereb Cortex. 2024 Jun 04;34(6) PMID: 38863113 PMCID: PMC11166504 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85195887945 06/12/2024
(Fernandino L, Binder JR.) Brain Lang. 2024 May;252:105405 PMID: 38579461 PMCID: PMC11135161 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85189700094 04/06/2024
(Fernandino L, Conant LL.) bioRxiv. 2023 Dec 18 PMID: 36993310 PMCID: PMC10055357 03/31/2023
(Uddin LQ, Fernandino L, Neta M, Greene DJ, Mooshagian E.) Neuropsychologia. 2023 Dec 15;191:108725 PMID: 37949214 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85177089496 11/11/2023
(Mazurchuk S, Conant LL, Tong JQ, Binder JR, Fernandino L.) Language, Cognition and Neuroscience. 2023 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85164679149 01/01/2023
(Tong J, Binder JR, Humphries C, Mazurchuk S, Conant LL, Fernandino L.) J Neurosci. 2022 Sep 14;42(37):7121-7130 PMID: 35940877 PMCID: PMC9480893 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85138448742 08/09/2022
(Fernandino L, Tong JQ, Conant LL, Humphries CJ, Binder JR.) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Feb 08;119(6) PMID: 35115397 PMCID: PMC8832989 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85124059714 02/05/2022
(Anderson AJ, Kiela D, Binder JR, Fernandino L, Humphries CJ, Conant LL, Raizada RDS, Grimm S, Lalor EC.) J Neurosci. 2021 May 05;41(18):4100-4119 PMID: 33753548 PMCID: PMC8176751 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85105889500 03/24/2021
(Anderson AJ, Binder JR, Fernandino L, Humphries CJ, Conant LL, Raizada RDS, Lin F, Lalor EC.) J Neurosci. 2019 Nov 06;39(45):8969-8987 PMID: 31570538 PMCID: PMC6832686 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85074675097 10/02/2019
(Fernandino L, Binder JR.) . In: Encyclopedia of the Human Brain, 2nd Edition, (Grafman J, ed.), Elsevier, London. 06/15/2024
(Binder, J. R., Fernandino, L. .) . In: The Cognitive Neurosciences VI (Poeppel D, Mangun GR, Gazzaniga MS, eds). MIT Press, Cambridge. 01/05/2020

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