Summary
Under the sponsorship of Dr. Stefanie Wulff at the University of Florida, this postdoctoral fellowship award supports an early career scientist establishing biomarker-based diagnostic tools that can detect early signs of Alzheimer's Disease (AD)-related cognitive impairment and progression. This project addresses an urgent need for more sensitive, accurate, and less costly ways to detect AD. One potential marker is the degree to which the comprehension of idioms, common formulaic phrases with a meaning that is not the sum of the parts (e.g. have in mind, fresh eyes, big picture), can be used t
