Maria Teresa Carthery-Goulart is an Associate Professor at the Center for Mathematics, Computing and Cognition of Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC) and one of the Directors of the Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience of Language (GELC) at the same institution in Brazil. She is a collaborator researcher at the Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology Unit, Hospital das Clínicas, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo and a member of the National Institute of Science and Technology on Behavior, Cognition, and Teaching (INCT-ECCE). She is a Speech and Language Therapist graduated from the University of São Paulo (1996) and has a MSc in Psychology (Neuroscience and Behavior) from the Institute of Psychology, University of Sao Paulo (2002) and a PhD in Science (Neurology) from the School of Medicine, University of São Paulo (2005). She has been a visiting researcher in the Medical Research Council, Cognition and Brain and Sciences Unit, Cambridge- Uk (2007-2008) is currently a visiting researcher at the Laboratory of Communication Sciences, Faculty of Education in the University of Hong Kong. Research interests: language and communication in neurotypical and clinical populations; cognitive and language assessment. Fields: Neurolinguistics, Neuropsychology, Cognitive Neuroscience of Language, Educational Neuroscience.