Language is a powerful window into the mind. Disruptions in linguistic and communicative abilities are prominent features of many psychiatric disorders. Our research in this area seeks to elucidate how conditions such as depression, schizophrenia, and anxiety alter the way individuals perceive, process, and produce language. We examine both behavioral and neural responses during language comprehension and production to identify patterns that distinguish typical from disordered language processing. Our goals are to characterize the nature and extent of linguistic impairments across different psychiatric populations, to determine how these deficits relate to underlying cognitive and emotional dysfunctions, and to identify potential neural biomarkers of language disturbance that could inform diagnosis and treatment.​​