Prof. Castro’s research focuses on word retrieval in aging adults and adults with language impairments (e.g., aphasia, dementia), with a particular focus on how words are organized in memory. Her research uses behavioral studies and computational modeling, with an important focus on translating theories to clinical practice (e.g., maximizing aphasia treatment outcomes).

• UB Exceptional Scholar: Young Investigator Award, 2024
• Early Career Research Award, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2023
• Lessons for Success Fellow, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2022
• Fellow, Psychonomic Society, 2021
• Pathways Fellow, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2019

• Castro, N. & Siew, C. S. Q. (2020). Contributions of modern network science to the cognitive sciences: Revisiting research spirals of representation and process. Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 476(2238), 20190825.
  
• Castro N., Stella, M., & Siew, C. S. Q. (2020). Quantifying the interplay of semantics and phonology during failures of word retrieval by people with aphasia using a multiplex lexical network. Cognitive Science, 44(9), e12881.
• Ashaie, S., & Castro, N. (2021). Exploring the complexity of aphasia with network analysis. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 64(10), 3928-3941.
  
• Castro, N., Nadeau, S. E., & Kendall, D. L. (2022). The challenge of achieving greater generalization in phonological treatment of aphasia. Aphasiology, 36(2), 170-197.
• Castro, N., & Siew, C. S. Q. (2024). Preliminary evidence for two patterns of phonological similarity judgments of word-pairs by persons with aphasia. Aphasiology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2024.2323224.

For a list of all publications, see Google Scholar profile.

• CDS 151: Introduction to Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
• CDs 491/687: Special Topics: Communication in Aging Adults
• CDS 564: Language Disorders in Adults