Blake Butler, Western University

Research

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Latest funding

Neural tracking of speech in developing brains
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$742,050
Cortical Plasticity Following Deafness
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$1,185,750
Structural and Functional Measures of Auditory Cortical Development
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$182,000

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Neural tracking of speech in developing brains

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Joanisse, Marc F

Keywords: Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience; Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience; Developmental Disabilities; Dyslexia; Electroencephalography/Eeg; Neural Entrainment; Speech Perception

$742,050

Cortical Plasticity Following Deafness

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lomber, Stephen G

Keywords: Auditory Cortex; Brain Development; Connectional Neuroanatomy; Cortical Plasticity; Crossmodal Plasticity; Electrophysiological Recording; Functional Imaging; Hearing Loss; Psychophysical Testing; Sensory Deprivation

$1,185,750

Structural and Functional Measures of Auditory Cortical Development

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Butler, Blake

Keywords: Audition; Auditory Cortex; Critical Periods; Development; Feline; Functional MRI; Neural Plasticity; Neuroanatomical Tracing; Sensation & Perception; Structural MRI

$182,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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