University of Oxford

Separator

Centre for Functional Magnetic Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB)

Kate Watkins

Research

Publications

Kate Watkins

University Lecturer in Experimental Psychology

Tutorial Fellow, St Anne's College

FMRIB Centre
University of Oxford
John Radcliffe Hospital
Headley Way, Headington
Oxford, OX3 9DU
United Kingdom
Phone: 01865-222-581
Fax: 01865-222-717

Research

My general research interests are in the area of developmental cognitive neuroscience. More specifically, I am interested in normal and abnormal structural development of the brain and in the neural, behavioural and genetic correlates of speech disorders. The methods I use include neuropsychological tests, computational analysis of high-resolution images of brain structure, functional MRI, transcranial magnetic stimulation and electromyography. Current research projects examine brain structure in function in people who stutter and specific language impariment.

Recent publications

  1. Watkins KE & Paus T (2004) Modulation of motor excitability during speech perception: the role of Broca's area. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 16(6): 978-987. on-line abstract or request reprint
  2. Watkins KE, Vargha-Khadem F, Ashburner J, Passingham RE, Friston KJ, Connelly A, Frackowiak RSJ, Mishkin M & Gadian DG (2002) MRI analysis of an inherited speech and language disorder: structural brain abnormalities. Brain 125: 465-478. on-line abstract or request reprint
  3. Watkins KE, Paus T, Lerch JP, Zijdenbos A, Collins DL, Neelin P, Worsley KJ & Evans AC (2001) Structural asymmetries in the human brain: a voxel-based statistical analysis of 142 MRI scans. Cerebral Cortex 11: 868-877. on-line abstract or reprint request