Dr. Chouinard, is a research associate and a speech-language pathologist. She studies language and social communication in those with and without autism. Hers is a strengths-based approach, and she aims for all of her work to be neurodiversity-affirming.
With ACELab, Brea investigates social cognition through motion – that is, measuring communication that occurs without the use of words and how it relates to word knowledge. Brea also works with Dr. Alona Fyshe (Computing Science | Psychology) using fMRI and computer models of language to uncover and investigate brain-behaviour relationships of language and social communication. Brea has many ongoing research projects for which she is always recruiting autistic and non-autistic participants. Please contact me via email to learn more.