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Diego Luciano Lorca Puls

Associate Professor

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Neural basis of language and aphasia; Brain-behavior relationships in adults with acquired brain damage; Structural and functional neuroplasticity; Predictors of language/cognitive outcome, recovery and treatment response.

Educación

  •  Speech-language pathologist, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2007
  •  Neuropsychology, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2008
  •  Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London. Reino Unido, 2013
  •  Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London. Reino Unido, 2019

Experiencia Académica

  •   Adjunct Professor Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

    Facultad de Medicina

    Concepción, Chile

    2009 - 2012

  •   Research Assistant Full Time

    UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

    Faculty of Brain Sciences

    Londres, Reino Unido

    2017 - 2018

  •   Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

    UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

    Faculty of Brain Sciences

    Londres, Reino Unido

    2019 - 2020

  •   Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SAN FRANCISCO

    School of Medicine

    San Francisco, Estados Unidos

    2021 - 2022

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

    Facultad de Medicina

    Concepción, Chile

    2023 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Clinical Professor Part Time

    Universidad de Concepción

    Concepción, Chile

    2009 - 2012

  •   Research Assistant Full Time

    University College London

    Londres, Reino Unido

    2017 - 2018

  •   Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

    University College London

    Londres, Reino Unido

    2019 - 2020

  •   Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

    University of California San Francisco

    San Francisco, Estados Unidos

    2021 - 2022

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    Universidad de Concepción

    Concepción, Chile

    2023 - At present

Premios y Distinciones

  •   International Master’s Fellowship (Becas Chile)

    ANID

    Chile, 2010

    Fellowship awarded by the Chilean National Agency for Research and Development (ANID) to pursue a MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London

  •   International PhD Fellowship (Becas Chile)

    ANID

    Chile, 2013

    Fellowship awarded by the Chilean National Agency for Research and Development (ANID) to pursue a PhD in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London

  •   International Postdoctoral Fellowship (Becas Chile)

    ANID

    Chile, 2019

    Fellowship awarded by the Chilean National Agency for Research and Development (ANID) to pursue further training in Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience as a postdoctoral researcher at University of California San Francisco

  •   Subvención a la Instalación en la Academia

    ANID

    Chile, 2022

    Grant awarded by the Chilean National Agency for Research and Development (ANID) to carry out the research project entitled “Development and implementation of a research protocol on brain-behavior relationships focused on stroke and neurodegenerative diseases”


 

Article (16)

Enhanced left superior parietal activation during successful speech production in patients with left dorsal striatal damage and error-prone neurotypical participants

Geva, S.; Schneider, L.M.; Khan, S.; Lorca-Puls, D.L.; Gajardo-Vidal, A.; PLORAS Team; Hope, T.M.H.; Green, D.W.; Price, C.J.

Article ISI
CEREBRAL CORTEX  (2023)

Network anatomy in logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia

Mandelli, Maria Luisa; Lorca-Puls, Diego L.; Lukic, Sladjana; Montembeault, Maxime; Gajardo-Vidal, Andrea; Licata, Abigail; Scheffler, Aaron; Battistella, Giovanni; Grasso, Stephanie M.; Bogley, Rian; Ratnasiri, Buddhika M.; La Joie, Renaud; Mundada, Nidhi S.; Europa, Eduardo; Rabinovici, Gil; Miller, Bruce L.; De Leon, Jessica; Henry, Maya L.; Miller, Zachary; Gorno-Tempini, Maria Luisa

Article ISI
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING  (2023)

Automated Detection of Speech Timing Alterations in Autopsy-Confirmed Nonfluent/Agrammatic Variant Primary Progressive Aphasia

García, A.M.; Welch, A.E.; Mandelli, M.L.; Henry, M.L.; Lukic, S.; Torres-Prioris, M.J.; Deleon, J.; Ratnasiri, B.M.; Lorca-Puls, D.L.; Miller, B.L.; Seeley, W.; Vogel, A.P.; Gorno-Tempini, M.L.

Article ISI
NEUROLOGY  (2022)

Better long-term speech outcomes in stroke survivors who received early clinical speech and language therapy: What's driving recovery?

Roberts, S.; Bruce, R.M.; Lim, L.; Woodgate, H.; Ledingham, K.; Anderson, S.; Lorca-Puls, D.L.; Gajardo-Vidal, A.; Leff, A.P.; Hope, T.M.H.; Green, D.W.; Crinion, J.T.; Price, C.J.

Article ISI
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL REHABILITATION  (2022)

A functional dissociation of the left frontal regions that contribute to single word production tasks

Ekert, J.O.; Lorca-Puls, D.L.; Gajardo-Vidal, A.; Crinion, J.T.; Hope, T.M.H.; Green, D.W.; Price, C.J.

Article ISI
NEUROIMAGE  (2021)

Brain regions that support accurate speech production after damage to Broca's area

Lorca-Puls, D.L.; Gajardo-Vidal, A.; PLORAS Team; Oberhuber, M.; Prejawa, S.; Hope, T.M.H.; Leff, A.P.; Green, D.W.; Price, C.J.

Article ISI
Brain Communications  (2021)

Damage to Broca's area does not contribute to long-term speech production outcome after stroke

Gajardo-Vidal, A.; Lorca-Puls, D.L.; PLORAS Team; Warner, H.; Pshdary, B.; Crinion, J.T.; Crinion, J.T.; Hope, T.M.H.; Geva, S.; Seghier, M.L.; Green, D.W.; Bowman, H.; Price, C.J.

Article ISI
BRAIN  (2021)

Dissociating the functions of three left posterior superior temporal regions that contribute to speech perception and production

Ekert, J.O.; Gajardo-Vidal, A.; Lorca-Puls, D.L.; Hope, T.M.H.; Dick, F.; Crinion, J.T.; Green, D.W.; Price, C.J.

Article ISI
NEUROIMAGE  (2021)

Lesions that do or do not impair digit span: a study of 816 stroke survivors

Geva, S.; Truneh, T.; Seghier, M.L.; Hope, T.M.H.; Leff, A.P.; Crinion, J.T.; Gajardo-Vidal, A.; Lorca-Puls, D.L.; Green, D.W.; PLORAS Team; Price, C.J.

Article ISI
Brain Communications  (2021)

Reply: Broca’s area: why was neurosurgery neglected for so long when seeking to re-establish the scientific truth? and Where is the speech production area? Evidence from direct cortical electrical stimulation mapping

Lorca-Puls, D.L.; Gajardo-Vidal, A.; Green, D.W.; Price, C.J.

Article ISI
BRAIN  (2021)

Right cerebral motor areas that support accurate speech production following damage to cerebellar speech areas

Geva, S.; Schneider, L.M.; Roberts, S.; Khan, S.; Gajardo-Vidal, A.; Lorca-Puls, D.L.; PLORAS Team; Hope, T.M.H.; Green, D.W.; Price, C.J.

Article ISI
NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL  (2021)

Generalizing post-stroke prognoses from research data to clinical data

Loughnan R.; Lorca-Puls D.L.; Gajardo-Vidal A.; Espejo-Videla V.; Gillebert C.R.; Mantini D.; Price C.J.; Hope T.M.H.

Article ISI SCOPUS
NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL  (2019)

How distributed processing produces false negatives in voxel-based lesion deficit analyses

Gajardo-Vidal, A; Lorca-Puls, DL; Crinion, JT; White, J; Seghier, ML; Leff, AP; Hope, TMH; Ludersdorfer, P; Green, DW; Bowman, H; Price, CJ

Article ISI SCOPUS
NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA  (2018)

How right hemisphere damage after stroke can impair speech comprehension

Gajardo-Vidal A.; Lorca-Puls D.L.; Hope T.M.H.; Parker Jones O.; Seghier M.L.; Prejawa S.; Crinion J.T.; Leff A.P.; Green, D.W.; Price C.J.

Article ISI SCOPUS
Brain : a journal of neurology  (2018)

The impact of sample size on the reproducibility of voxel-based lesion deficit mappings

Lorca-Puls, DL; Gajardo-Vidal, A; White, J; Seghier, ML; Leff, AP; Green, DW; Crinion, JT; Ludersdorfer, P; Hope, TMH; Bowman, H; Price, CJ

Article ISI SCOPUS
NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA  (2018)

Using transcranial magnetic stimulation of the undamaged brain to identify lesion sites that predict language outcome after stroke

Lorca-Puls D.L.; Gajardo-Vidal A.; Seghier M.L.; Leff A.P.; Sethi V.; Prejawa S.; Hope T.M.H.; Devlin J.T.; Price C.J.

Article ISI SCOPUS
BRAIN  (2017)

Proyecto (4)

Explaining Language Outcome and Recovery After Stroke (ELORAS)

Wellcome (205103/Z/16/Z)

Proyecto
2017-2020
Postdoctorado

Towards a new neurological model of language that explains outcome after stroke

Medical Research Council (MR/M023672/1)

Proyecto
2015-2018
Tesista

Predicting Language Outcome and Recovery After Stroke (PLORAS)

Stroke Association (TSA 2014/02)

Proyecto
2014-2017
Tesista

Predicting language outcome and recovery after stroke

Wellcome (097720/Z/11/Z)

Proyecto
2012-2017
Tesista

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Diego Lorca

Associate Professor

Departamento de Especialidades

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

3
Andrea Gajardo

Profesora Investigadora

Universidad del Desarrollo

Concepción , Chile

1
Valeria Espejo

Instructor

Fonoaudiología

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile