Darren Kadis

I study brain-behaviour relationships and neuroplasticity in healthy children and those with known neurological injury. Specifically, my research is focused on the data-driven characterization of the anatomy and physiology of the paediatric language network, for the purpose of improving diagnoses, prognostics, and developing and evaluating the efficacy of targeted interventions in children with speech and/or language deficits. I am interested in how the brain supports language acquisition early in life, how the architecture and dynamics of the language network change in normal development, and how the network is impacted by perinatal or childhood injury.

In my research, I use multiple mapping techniques, including invasive procedures (e.g., electrocortical stimulation mapping), and newer, noninvasive neuroimaging approaches (e.g., MRI, fMRI, diffusion imaging, and magnetoencephalography or MEG). I work most frequently with MEG, analyzing the oscillatory and connectivity dynamics that support language and other higher-cognitive functions in childhood, though I frequently calls upon other modalities and behavioural assessments to provide complementary information.