Publications and Presentations

Journal Articles

Ramachandra, V., & Karthikeyan, S. (2023). 'Shape' and 'taste' of words may make them easier to learn and remember. The ASHA Leader

Ramachandra, V., & Longacre, H. (2022). Unmasking the psychology of recognizing emotions of people wearing masks: The role of empathizing, systemizing, and autistic traits. Personality and Individual Differences. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.111249

Karthikeyan, S., & Ramachandra, V. (2017). Social eavesdropping: Can you hear the emotionality in a "Hello" that is not meant for you? i-Perception. doi :10.1177/2041669517695816

Karthikeyan, S., & Ramachandra, V. (2016). Are vocal pitch changes in response to facial expressions of emotions potential cues of empathy? A preliminary report. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 46 (2), 457-468.

Ramachandra, V. (2016). The linguistic and cognitive factors associated with lexical-gustatory synesthesia: A case study. Brain and Cognition, 106, 23-32.

Karthikeyan, S., Rammairone, B., & Ramachandra, V. (2016). The bouba-kiki phenomenon tested via schematic drawings of facial expressions: Further validation of the internal simulation hypothesis. i-Perception. doi:10.1177/2041669516631877

Gadberry, A.L., & Ramachandra, V. (2015). The effectiveness of a music therapy protocol for a person with nonfluent aphasia: A preliminary case report. Music and Medicine, 7(1), 46-48.

Lettieri, L., & Ramachandra, V. (2014). Evaluating the effectiveness of non-semantic whole word reading therapy in treating a person with letter-by-letter reading. Journal of Medical Speech Language Pathology, 21(2), 131-147.

Ramachandra, V., & Mikajlo, B. (2013). Affective theory of mind may be unimpaired in people with aphasia. Procedia: Social and Behavioral Sciences, 94, 164-165 (Conference Proceedings, Academy of Aphasia)

Ramachandra, V., Meighan, C., & Gradzki, J. (2012). The impact of musical training on the phonological memory and the central executive: A brief report. North American Journal of Psychology, 14(3), 541-548.

Ramachandra, V., & Schneider, E. (2011). Theory of mind reasoning in people with aphasia: The role of language and executive functions. Procedia: Social and Behavioral Sciences, 23, 207-208 (Conference Proceedings, Academy of Aphasia).

Ramachandra, V., Hewitt, L., & Brackenbury, T. (2011). The relationship between phonological memory, phonological sensitivity, & incidental word learning. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 40(2), 93-109.

Ramachandra, V., Ruda, M., Rickenbach, B., LeCureux, B., & Pope, M. (2010). Fast mapping in healthy young adults: The influence of metamemory. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 39(3), 213-224.

Ramachandra, V. (2009). On whether the mirror neurons play a significant role in processing affective prosody. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 108(1), 30-36.

Ramachandra, V., DePalma, N., & Lisiewski, S. (2009). The role of mirror neurons in processing vocal emotions: Evidence from psychophysiological data. International Journal of Neuroscience, 119(5), 681-690.

Ramachandra, V., & Hewitt, L. (2007). Language sampling in Kannada: Clinical challenges and potential. International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics, 36(1), 15-32

Ramachandra, V., & Karanth, P. (2007). The role of literacy in the conceptualization of words: Data from Kannada-speaking children and non-literate adults. Reading and Writing, 20(3), 173-199.

Book Chapters

Griffer, M., & Ramachandra, V. (2017). Language and other special populations of children. In Reed, V. A. (Ed.), An Introduction to Children with Language Disorders. 5th Edition. New York: Pearson

Griffer, M., & Ramachandra, V. (2011). Language and children with learning disabilities. In Reed, V. A. (Ed.), An Introduction to Children with Language Disorders. 4th Edition. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Griffer, M., & Ramachandra, V. (2011). Language and other special populations of children. In Reed, V. A. (Ed.), An Introduction to Children with Language Disorders. 4th Edition. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Griffer, M., & Ramachandra, V. (2011). Language and children with autism. In Reed, V. A. (Ed.), An Introduction to Children with Language Disorders. 4th Edition. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Selected Presentations (Last 10 years)

Ramachandra, V., & Ziskind, K. (2023). The Effects of Iconicity and Autistic Traits on Word Learning: Clinical Implications and Future Directions. Poster presentation at the American Speech Language and Hearing Association, Boston, MA.

Ramachandra, V., Genter, A., Moreno, K., Van Louvender,

K., & Moore, S. (2022). Meow and Oink Lead to a Right Spatial Bias: Implications for Aphasia Therapy. Technical session presentation at the American Speech Language and Hearing Association, New Orleans, LA.

Ramachandra, V., Genter, A., Moreno, K., Van Louvender,

K., & Moore, S. (2022). Oink and Moo Lead to a Right Spatial Bias: The Influence of Iconicity on Line Bisection. Poster presentation at the Society of the Neurobiology of Language Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Ramachandra, V., & Longacre, H. (2022). Unmasking the Psychology of Recognizing Emotions of People Wearing Masks: The Role of Empathizing, Systemizing, and Autistic Traits. Oral presentation at the 2022 Pennsylvania Speech Language and Hearing Convention, Pittsburgh, PA.

Ramachandra, V., MacKenna, M., & Moore, S. (2021). The Effect of Iconicity on Spatial Attention: Implications for Aphasia Therapy. Technical session virtual presentation at the American Speech Language and Hearing Association, Washington DC.

Ramachandra, V., Johnson, A., Russo, A., Mercanti, M., Reynolds, P., & Alessandri, O. (2019). Hemispheric Processing of Iconic and Arbitrary Words. Poster presented at the 2019 American Speech Language and Hearing Association Convention, Orlando, FL.

McNab, K., Griffer, M., & Ramachandra, V. (2019). The Importance of Undergraduate Student Knowledge About ASD: A Pilot Study. Poster presented at the 2019 American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association Convention, Orlando, FL.

Ramachandra, V. (2019). How Synesthesia Can Inform Us About Language Acquisition in Children and Language Recovery in Aphasia. Seminar presented at the 2019 Pennsylvania Speech Language and Hearing Convention, Lancaster, PA.

Ramachandra, V., Panick, R., Maher, C., Trezza, G., & Coan, B. (2018). Hemispheric Lateralization for Processing Iconic and Arbitrary Words: A Preliminary Report. Technical session presentation at the American Speech Language and Hearing Association, Boston, MA.

Ramachandra, V. (2018). The Different Avatars of Sound Symbolism. Seminar presented at the National Academy of Psychology, New Delhi, India.

Ramachandra, V., Panick, R., Maher, C., Trezza, G., & Coan, B. (2017). Hemispheric processing of iconic and arbitrary words: A line bisection study. Poster presentation at the Society for the Neurobiology of Language Conference, Baltimore, MD.

Ramachandra, V. (2017). Word-shape, taste-shape, and taste word-shape associations in persons with aphasia. Poster presentation at the 2017 Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Ramachandra, V., Trezza, G., Harrison, F., LaTorre, V., Castells, C., & Kovatch, M. (2016). Cross-modal association in aphasia: Theoretical and clinical implications. Paper presentation at the 2016 ASHA Convention, Philadelphia, PA.

Karthikeyan, S., & Ramachandra, V. (2016). Was arbitrariness selected in language evolution? Clues from a variant form of the Bouba-kiki test. Paper presentation at the Tenth Annual Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society Conference, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada.

Karthikeyan, S., & Ramachandra, V., Gallagher, K., & Walker, S. (2014). Potential audience effects on Indian English as revealed by judgments of native speakers of American English. Poster presentation at the 2014 American Speech Language and Hearing Convention, Orlando, FL.

Ramachandra, V., & Mikajlo, B. (2013). Affective theory of mind may be unimpaired in people with aphasia. Poster presentation at the Academy of Aphasia 51st Annual Meeting, Lucerne, Switzerland.

Fisch, J., Massa, J., Toron, D., White, E., Dewing, M., Gadberry, A., & Ramachandra, V. (2013). The effect of music therapy for a person with nonfluent aphasia: a neurobiological perspective. Poster presentation at the Society for the Neurobiology of Language Conference, San Diego, CA.

Karthikeyan, S., & Ramachandra, V. (2013). Vocal responses to facial emotions: Potential cues of empathy. Paper presentation at the International Society of Research on Emotions, University of California, Berkeley.

Ramachandra, V., Buckley, K., Dixon, C., & Pauline, S. (2012). The phonological and lexical factors related to lexical-gustatory synesthesia: A Case Study. Poster presentation at the Eighth International Conference on the Mental Lexicon, Montreal, Canada.