Doug Saddy

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+44 (0) 118 378 6269
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Professor
- Director of the Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics (CINN)
Areas of interest
Typical and atypical language processing and language acquisition, cognitive neurodynamics and neuroscience, analysis and computational modelling of brain sinals.Teaching
- Undergraduate: Foundations of Linguistics, Language Processing, Electrophysiology of Language
- Postgraduate: Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Neuroscience Methods, Introduction to EEG/ERP Analyses.
Research centres and groups
- Language and Cognition
- Electrophysiology and Behavioural Neuroscience
- CINN.
Academic qualifications
PhD Linguistics and Philosophy, MITPublications
- Vender, M. , Krivochen, D. , Compstella, A. , Phillips, B. , Delfitto, D. , Saddy, D. (2020) Disentangling sequential from hierarchical learning in artificial grammar learning: evidence from a modified Simon task. PLoS ONE , 15 (5). ISSN: 1932-6203 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232687
- Pilkington, E. , Sage, K. , Saddy, D. , Robson, H. (2020) When does lexical availability influence phonology? Evidence from jargon reading and repetition. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience , 35 (4). pp. 521-540. ISSN: 2327-3801 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2019.1676456
- Saddy, D. (2020) Syntax and uncertainty. In: Gallego, Á. and Martin, R. , (eds.) Language, Syntax, and the Natural Sciences. Cambridge University Press , Cambridge. pp. 316-332. ISBN: 9781316606711
- Saddy, D. , Sloan, K. , Krivochen, D. (2019) Whoever that likes relatives. In: Christensen, K. , Jørgensen, H. , Wood, J. , (eds.) The Sign of the V - Papers in Honour of Sten Vikner. University of Aarhus , Aarhus, Denmark. pp. 523-545. ISBN: 9788791134050 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.7146/aul.348
- Vender, M. , Krivochen, D. , Phillips, B. , Saddy, D. , Delfitto, D. (2019) Implicit learning, bilingualism, and dyslexia: insights from a study assessing AGL with a modified Simon task. Frontiers in Psychology , 10 ISSN: 1664-1078 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01647
- Cilibrasi, L. , Stojanovik, V. , Riddell, P. , Saddy, D. (2019) Sensitivity to inflectional morphemes in the absence of meaning: evidence from a novel task. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research , 48 (3). pp. 747-767. ISSN: 0090-6905 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10936-019-09629-y
- Bose, A. , Höbler, F. , Saddy, D. (2019) Deciphering the mechanisms of phonological therapy in jargon aphasia. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders , 54 (1). pp. 123-142. ISSN: 1460-6984 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12437
- Pilkington, E. , Sage, K. , Saddy, D. , Robson, H. (2019) What can repetition, reading and naming tell us about Jargon Aphasia?. Journal of Neurolinguistics , 49 pp. 45-56. ISSN: 0911-6044 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2018.08.003
- Alswaihli, J. , Potthast, R. , Bojak, I. , Saddy, D. , Hutt, A. (2018) Kernel reconstruction for delayed neural field equations. The Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience , 8 ISSN: 2190-8567 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13408-018-0058-8
- Stojanovik, V. , Zimmerer, V. , Setter, J. , Hudson, K. , Poyraz-Bilgin, I. , Saddy, D. (2018) Artificial grammar learning in Williams syndrome and in typical development: the role of rules, familiarity and prosodic cues. Applied Psycholinguistics , 39 (2). pp. 327-353. ISSN: 1469-1817 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0142716417000212
- Pilkington, E. , Keidel, J. , Kendrick, L. , Saddy, J. , Sage, K. , Robson, H. (2017) Sources of phoneme errors in repetition: perseverative, neologistic and lesion patterns in jargon aphasia. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience , 11 ISSN: 1662-5161 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00225
- Pliatsikas, C. , DeLuca, V. , Moschopoulou, E. , Saddy, J. (2017) Immersive bilingualism reshapes the core of the brain. Brain Structure and Function , 222 (4). pp. 1785-1795. ISSN: 1863-2661 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00429-016-1307-9
- Krivochen, D. and Saddy, D. (2016) Structure mapping: uniformity vs. mixture in displacement. Czech and Slovak Linguistic Review , 2016 (2). pp. 17-46. ISSN: 1805-1502
- Saddy, D. and Krivochen, D. (2016) Emergent oscillations and cyclicity: physical aspects of frustrated cognitive systems.
- Bretherton-Furness, J. , Ward, D. , Saddy, D. (2016) Creating a non-word list to match 226 of the Snodgrass standardised picture set. OMICB publishing group
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Farshim, P.
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Walton, G.
ORCID: 0000-0001-5426-5635 , Chakrabarti, B.
ORCID: 0000-0002-6649-7895 , Givens, I. , Saddy, D. , Kitchen, I. , Swann, J. , Bailey, A. (2016) Maternal weaning modulates emotional behavior and regulates the gut-brain axis. Scientific Reports , 6 ISSN: 2045-2322 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep21958
- Spedding, A. , Di Fatta, G. , Saddy, J. (2015) An LDA and probability-based classifier for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease from structural MRI. pp. 1404-1411. | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/BIBM.2015.7359883
- Williams, N. , Nasuto, S. , Saddy, D. (2015) Method for exploratory cluster analysis and visualisation of single-trial ERP ensembles. Journal of Neuroscience Methods , 250 pp. 22-33. ISSN: 0165-0270 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2015.02.007
- Pliatsikas, C. , Moschopoulou, E. , Saddy, J. (2015) The effects of bilingualism on the white matter structure of the brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America , 112 (5). pp. 1334-1337. ISSN: 0027-8424 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1414183112
- Smith, G. , Stoyanov, Z. , Vukadinovic Greetham, D. , Grindrod, P. , Saddy, D. (2014) Towards the computer-aided diagnosis of dementia based on the geometric and network connectivity of structural MRI data.
- Sarica, A. , Di Fatta, G. , Smith, G. , Cannataro, M. , Saddy, D. (2014) Advanced feature selection methods in multinominal dementia classification from structural MRI data.
- Grindrod, P. , Stoyanov, Z. , Smith, G. , Saddy, J. (2013) Primary evolving networks and the comparative analysis of robust and fragile structures. Journal of Complex Networks , 2 (1). pp. 60-73. ISSN: 2051-1329 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/comnet/cnt015
- Marinis, T. and Saddy, D. (2013) Parsing the passive: comparing children with Specific Language Impairment to sequential bilingual children. Language Acquisition , 20 (2). pp. 155-179. ISSN: 1048-9223 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10489223.2013.766743 (special issue: Language Acquisition in Bilingual and Atypical Populations: Focus on Developmental Comparisons)
- Venkatesh, M. , Edwards, S. , Saddy, J. (2012) Production and comprehension of English and Hindi in multilingual transcortical aphasia. Journal of Neurolinguistics , 25 (6). pp. 615-629. ISSN: 0911-6044 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2011.10.003
- Williams, N. , Nasuto, S. , Saddy, J. (2011) Evaluation of empirical mode decomposition for event-related potential analysis. EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing , 2011 ISSN: 1687-6180 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/965237
- Salis, C. and Saddy, J. (2011) Comprehension of wh-questions in a case of mixed dementia. Journal of Neurolinguistics , 24 (2). pp. 456-462. ISSN: 0911-6044 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2010.02.001
- Venkatesh, M. , Edwards, S. , Saddy, D. (2010) Alternating verbs in multilingual speakers with aphasia and multilingual late learners of English. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences , 6 pp. 210-211. ISSN: 1877-0428 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.08.105
- Daly, I. , Williams, N. , Nasuto, S. , Warwick, K. , Saddy, D. (2010) Single trial BCI operation via Wackermann parameters. 2010 IEEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing (MLSP). IEEE pp. 409-414. ISBN: 9781424478750 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MLSP.2010.5588992
- Williams, . , Daly, I. , Nasuto, . , Saddy, D. , Warwick, . (2009) ERP classification using empirical mode decomposition.
- Wahl, . , Marzinzik, . , Friederici, . , Hahne, . , Kupsch, . , Schneider, . , Saddy, D. , Curio, . , Klostermann, . (2008) The human thalamus processes syntactic and semantic language violations. Neuron , 59 (5). pp. 695-707. ISSN: 0896-6273 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2008.07.011
- Beim Graben, P. , Pinotsis, D. , Saddy, D. , Potthast, R. (2008) Language processing with dynamic fields. Cognitive Neurodynamics , 2 (2). pp. 79-88. ISSN: 1871-4099 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11571-008-9042-4
- Drenhaus, H. , Graben, P. , Saddy, D. , Frisch, S. (2006) Diagnosis and repair of negative polarity constructions in the light of symbolic resonance analysis. Brain and Language , 96 (3). pp. 255-268. ISSN: 0093-934x
- Saddy, D. , Beim Graben, P. , Drenhaus, H. , Frisch, S. (2004) Distinguishing process from content in language processing: a new answer to an old question. AIP conference proceedings , 742 pp. 94-105. ISSN: 0094-243X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1846465
- Saddy, D. , Drenhaus, H. , Frisch, S. (2004) Processing polarity items: contrastive licensing costs. Brain and Language , 90 (1-3). pp. 495-502. ISSN: 0093-934x | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0093-934X(03)00470-X
- Saddy, D. and Uriagereka, J. (2004) Measuring language. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos , 14 (2). pp. 383-404. ISSN: 1793-6551 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0218127404009296
- Jarick, S. , Saddy, D. , Hahne, A. (2003) Preserved ERP markers for language processing in a patient with a partial resection of the brain. Brain and Language , 87 (1). pp. 199-200. ISSN: 0093-934x | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0093-934X(03)00271-2
- Frisch, S. , Schlesewsky, M. , Saddy, D. , Alpermann, A. (2002) The P600 as an indicator of syntactic ambiguity. Cognition , 85 (3). pp. B83-B92. ISSN: 0010-0277 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0010-0277(02)00126-9
- Friederici, A. , Hahne, A. , Saddy, D. (2002) Distinct neurophysiological patterns reflecting aspects of syntactic complexity and syntactic repair. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research , 31 (1). pp. 45-63. ISSN: 0090-6905
- Saddy, J. and Graben, P. (2002) Measuring the neural dynamics of language comprehension processes. In: Witruk, E. , Frederici, A. , Lachmann, T. , (eds.) Basic Functions of Language, Reading and Reading Disability . Neuropsychology and Cognition Springer (20). , Dordrecht, Netherlands. pp. 41-60. ISBN: 9781461353508
- Graben, P. , Saddy, J. , Schlesewsky, M. , Kurths, J. (2000) Symbolic dynamics of event-related brain potentials. Physical Review E , 62 (4, B). pp. 5518-5541. ISSN: 1539-3755
- Frisch, S. , Saddy, D. , Friederici, A. (2000) Cutting a long story (too) short. Behavioral and Brain Sciences , 23 (1). pp. 34. ISSN: 0140-525X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X00362392
- Saddy, J. (1995) Variables and events in the syntax of agrammatic speech. Brain and Language , 50 (2). pp. 135-150. ISSN: 0093-934x | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1006/brln.1995.1043
- Schneiderman, E. , Murasugi, K. , Saddy, J. (1992) Story arrangement ability in right brain-damaged patients. Brain and Language , 43 (1). pp. 107-120. ISSN: 0093-934x | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0093-934X(92)90024-9
- Schneiderman, E. and Saddy, J. (1988) A linguistic deficit resulting from right-hemisphere damage. Brain and Language , 34 (1). pp. 38-53. ISSN: 0093-934x | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0093-934X(88)90123-X