Chris Code

My main interest and professional work concerns language and communication, especially the breakdown of language and communication following brain damage. But I am interested in anything related to the relationship between human behaviour and the brain.

I am Professorial Research Fellow in Psychology, University of Exeter, England, Foundation Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders (Hon) at the University of Sydney and used to be Research Manager for Speakability, the British lobbying and advocacy charity for aphasic people conducting research into the psychosocial consequences of aphasia and am Speakability's National Adviser on Aphasia and Patron of AphasiaNow.

My research interests include the neuropsychology of language and speech, psychosocial consequences of aphasia, aphasia and the evolution of language and speech, recovery and treatment of aphasia, the public awareness of aphasia, the history of aphasia, the neuropsychology of number processing and action impairment (apraxia) following brain damage.

I am a founding Editor of the international journal Aphasiology, past Editor of the International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders and the Australian Journal of Communication Disorders, and am on the editorial boards of several scientific journals. My books include Aphasia Therapy (1982 with DJ Müller), Language, Aphasia and the Right Hemisphere (1987), The Characteristics of Aphasia (1991) and Classic Cases in Neuropsychology (Vol I, 1996; Vol II, 2002) (with C-W Wallesch, Y. Joanette & AR Lecour) and Milestones in the History of Aphasia (2008) (with the late Juergen Tesak).

I have an MA in Phonetics in Linguistics (University of Essex) and PhD in neuropsychology (University of Wales) and am a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and Fellow of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. My awards include the 2010 Robin Tavistock Award for Services to Aphasia from The Tavistock Trust.

I play bass guitar in a band (Broken Road), write songs and poetry.