Alexis Pracar is a PhD student in cognitive neuroscience working under the supervision of Dr. Nina Dronkers and collaborating with Dr. Robert Knight. Her dissertation focuses on the neural mechanism that differentiates speech and song in patients with stroke-induced aphasia and patients with intracranial EEG. Alexis is interested in the neural architecture of language and the real time activity that supports it. She is also interested in the translation of science to wearable technologies and holds 3 issued US patents. She received her B.S. in public health from George Washington University in 2018.
Email: pracar@berkeley.edu
Position: Department of Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, PhD Candidate
Selected publications and patents:
Pracar, Alexis L., Maria V. Ivanova, Amber Richardson, and Nina F. Dronkers. "A case of pure apraxia of speech after left hemisphere stroke: behavioral findings and neural correlates." Frontiers in Neurology 14 (2023): 1187399.
Ivanova, Maria V., Ioannis Pappas, Ben Inglis, Alexis L. Pracar, Timothy J. Herron, Juliana V. Baldo, Andrew S. Kayser, Mark D’Esposito, and Nina F. Dronkers. "Cerebral perfusion in post-stroke aphasia and its relationship to residual language abilities." Brain Communications 6, no. 1 (2024): fcad252.
Pracar, Alexis, and Shane Pracar. "Monitoring, tracking, and managing symptoms of Alzheimer's disease." U.S. Patent 9,959,775, issued May 1, 2018.
Pracar, Alexis, and Shane Pracar. "Intelligent progression monitoring, tracking, and management of Parkinson's disease." U.S. Patent 9,924,899, issued March 27, 2018.
Pracar, Alexis, and Shane Pracar. "Monitoring, tracking, and managing symptoms of autism spectrum disorder." U.S. Patent 9,924,900, issued March 27, 2018.