Preserving Cognitive Function
Education
PhD Arizona State University Speech and Hearing Science 2019
Research Interests
Language and cognitive changes following brain injury (stroke, traumatic brain injury); changes in language and cognition observed in healthy aging.
Teaching Interests
Language and Cognitive Disorders in Adults, Research Methods
Grants
2024 - National Institutes of Health
2020 - American Speech Language Hearing Foundation New Investigators Research Grant
Selected Publications
Farhbod, H., Rogalsky, C., Keator, L. M., Cai, J., Pillay, S. B., LaCroix, A. N., Fridriksson, J., Binder, J. R., Venezia, J. H., Saberi, K., & Hickok, G. (2025). Audiovisual synchrony in left-hemisphere brain-lesioned individuals with aphasia. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 1-12. DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_02316
LaCroix, A. N. & Ratiu, I. (2025). Saccades and Blinks Index Cognitive Demand During Auditory Noncanonical Sentence Comprehension. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 1-26. DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_02295
Cong, Y., LaCroix, A. N., & Lee, J. (2024). Clinical efficacy of pre-trained large language models through the lens of aphasia. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 1-16. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-66576-y
Wolford, G. W., Wash, E. J, Stowers, M. P., McMillon, R. A., & LaCroix, A. N. (2024). The acquisition of static and dynamic intervention skills by graduate speech language pathology students. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 1-12. DOI: 10.1044/2024_AJSLP-23-00291
LaCroix, A. N., Perreira, S., & McMillon, A. (2023). Preliminary evidence comparing three auditory attention network tests in people with aphasia and matched controls. Aphasiology, 1-19. DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2023.2244168.
LaCroix, A. N., Greene-Winek, A., Simon, S., Groth, H., & Ratiu, I. (2023). A Verbal Card Sorting Task to Measure Executive Functions. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 1-7.
Dovorany, N., Brannick, S., Johnson, N., Ratiu, I., & LaCroix, A. N. (2023). Happy and sad music acutely modulate different types of attention in older adults. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 172.
LaCroix, A. N., Perreira, S., & McMillon, A. (2023). Preliminary evidence comparing three auditory attention network tests in people with aphasia and matched controls. Aphasiology, 1-19. DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2023.2244168.
Wolford, G. W., Wash, E. J., McMillon, A. R., & LaCroix, A. N. (2023). How does training format and clinical education model impact fidelity and confidence in a speech-language pathology rotation? Advances in Health Sciences Education, 1-27.
Fissel Brannick, S., Sebranek, E., Anderson, E., Ratiu, I., & LaCroix, A. N. (2023). Empathy interacts with second language proficiency to modify executive control of attention to social information [Special issue]. Translational Issues in Psychological Science. DOI: 10.1037/tps0000379
Report a Problem