Ken McRae, Western University

Research

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Latest funding

Event knowledge and language comprehension
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$198,000
Simultaneous and synchronized electroencephalography (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during sleep in normal and brain injured populations
NSERC · 2014 · Co-investigator
$145,503
Communication Impairment in Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD): An investigation of neural substrates of sentence processing and implementation of a novel RCT treatment study for improving communication in FTD
CIHR · 2014 · Supervisor
$110,000

All 11 grants and awards

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Event knowledge and language comprehension

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: McRae, Ken

Keywords: event knowledge; inferencing; neural network modeling; sentence comprehension; temporal dynamics

$198,000

Simultaneous and synchronized electroencephalography (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during sleep in normal and brain injured populations

Co-investigatorNSERC2014Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Owen, Adrian

$145,503

Communication Impairment in Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD): An investigation of neural substrates of sentence processing and implementation of a novel RCT treatment study for improving communication in FTD

SupervisorCIHR2014CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Roberts, Angela

Keywords: Cognition; Dti; Fmri; Frontotemporal Dementia; Langauge; Primary Progressive Aphasia; Randomized Control Trial; Semantics; Sentence Processing; Treatment

$110,000

The Structure and Content of Abstract Concepts in the Human Mind and Brain

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: McRae, Ken

$155,000

Eyetracker for language & concepts research group

Principal investigatorNSERC2010Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: McRae, Kenneth

$54,353

Word meaning and sentence comprehension

Principal investigatorNSERC2007Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: McRae, Ken

$130,560

Representation and computation of word meaning

Principal investigatorNSERC2002Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: McRae, Kenneth

$135,000

Computing noun and verb meaning

Principal investigatorNSERC1998Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: McRae, Kenneth

$82,170

Sun workstation and software to support research grant Computing noun and verb meaning

Principal investigatorNSERC1998Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: McRae, Kenneth

$23,000

Viewing thematic roles as verb-specific concepts

Principal investigatorNSERC1994Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: McRae, Kenneth

$60,000

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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