Dementia Researcher Blogs5 Sep 2023

Dr Vitor Zimmerer - Sharing Time and Brain Space

Dr Vitor Zimmerer, narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher.

In this blog Vitor reflects on how parenthood affects his career in UK academia. He shares his deep love for his two sons while acknowledging the challenges of balancing parenthood with the demanding nature of academic research. Vitor discusses the pressure to maximise work hours and adapt to structured time management. He also highlights the additional complexities of parenting a child with special needs and comments on the conflicting aspects of the UK as a place to raise a family. Despite these challenges, he remains hopeful for societal improvements and dedicates this blog to his children and friends, emphasising the love that motivates him to navigate this balance between family and academia.

Find the original text, and narration here on our website.

https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/guest-blog-sharing-time-and-brain-space/

Dr Vitor Zimmerer is a Lecturer is the Department of Language and Cognition, University College London. Vitor studied linguistics at Heinrich-Heine-University in Düsseldorf, and has a PhD in Human Communication Sciences from the University of Sheffield. He is very interested in the effects of neurological damage and atypical development on language and study a range of populations including dementia and aphasia, also how language can be used as a marker of cognitive change.

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This podcast is brought to you in association with Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's Research UK, Alzheimer's Society and Race Against Dementia, who we thank for their ongoing support.

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