# Mairéad MacSweeney

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/mairead-macsweeney/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 3,384 |
| Field | Hearing Impairment and Communication |
| h-index | 31 |
| i10-index | 49 |
| Last Known Institution | Language Science (South Korea) |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5064018982 |
| ORCID iD | 0000-0002-2315-3507 |
| Works | 104 |

## Researcher papers

- [The signing brain: the neurobiology of sign language](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-signing-brain-the-neurobiology-of-sign-language/)
- [Neural systems underlying British Sign Language and audio-visual English processing in native users](https://scholariq.org/papers/neural-systems-underlying-british-sign-language-and-audio-visual-english/)
- [Cortical substrates for the perception of face actions: an fMRI study of the specificity of activation for seen speech and for meaningless lower-face acts (gurning)](https://scholariq.org/papers/cortical-substrates-for-the-perception-of-face-actions-an-fmri-study-of-the/)
- [Acoustic noise and functional magnetic resonance imaging: Current strategies and future prospects](https://scholariq.org/papers/acoustic-noise-and-functional-magnetic-resonance-imaging-current-strategies-and/)
- [Dissociating linguistic and nonlinguistic gestural communication in the brain](https://scholariq.org/papers/dissociating-linguistic-and-nonlinguistic-gestural-communication-in-the-brain/)
- [Phonological processing in deaf signers and the impact of age of first language acquisition](https://scholariq.org/papers/phonological-processing-in-deaf-signers-and-the-impact-of-age-of-first-language/)
- [Sign Language and the Brain: A Review](https://scholariq.org/papers/sign-language-and-the-brain-a-review/)
- [Silent speechreading in the absence of scanner noise](https://scholariq.org/papers/silent-speechreading-in-the-absence-of-scanner-noise/)
- [Enhanced activation of the left inferior frontal gyrus in deaf and dyslexic adults during rhyming](https://scholariq.org/papers/enhanced-activation-of-the-left-inferior-frontal-gyrus-in-deaf-and-dyslexic/)
- [Neural Correlates of British Sign Language Comprehension: Spatial Processing Demands of Topographic Language](https://scholariq.org/papers/neural-correlates-of-british-sign-language-comprehension-spatial-processing/)
- [Identification of the regions involved in phonological assembly using a novel paradigm](https://scholariq.org/papers/identification-of-the-regions-involved-in-phonological-assembly-using-a-novel/)

## Researcher topics

- [Hearing Impairment and Communication](https://scholariq.org/topics/hearing-impairment-and-communication/)
- [Multisensory perception and integration](https://scholariq.org/topics/multisensory-perception-and-integration/)
- [Tactile and Sensory Interactions](https://scholariq.org/topics/tactile-and-sensory-interactions/)
- [Hand Gesture Recognition Systems](https://scholariq.org/topics/hand-gesture-recognition-systems/)
- [Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism](https://scholariq.org/topics/neurobiology-of-language-and-bilingualism/)

## Researcher university

- [Language Science (South Korea)](https://scholariq.org/institutions/language-science-south-korea/)

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