Neurology

Rutvik Desai, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Specialty:Adult Neurology

Sub-Specialty:

• Functional Imaging
• Language Processing
• Speech Processing

Education:

• Ph.D., Computer Science and Cognitive Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 2002
• M.S., Computer Science, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1995
• B.E., Computer Engineering, Gujarat University, Amdavad, India, 1992

Training:

• Instructor of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2005–2006.
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2002–2004

Brief Clinical/Research Statement:

My research is concerned with understanding neural underpinnings of various aspects of language and speech. We have addressed questions such as "How is word meaning represented in the brain," and "Does the sensory modality through which meaning is acquired play a role in its representation?" I am also interested in studying neural correlates of speech perception, and in developing computational models of mental processes.

Publications

1. Desai R, Liebenthal E, Possing ET, Waldron E, Binder JR (2005). Volumetric vs. surface-based intersubject alignment for localization of auditory cortex activation. NeuroImage, 26(4), 1019-1029.
2. Desai R, Conant L, Waldron E, Binder JR (2006). The effects of phonological complexity and task difficulty on past tense processing: An FMRI study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 18(2), 278-297.
3. Desai, R. (In press). A model of frame and verb compliance in language acquisition. Neural Computation.

Research Grants