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Results Project Leeswinst: the first behavioural and (f)MRI findings
- 8 April, 2020
- Posted by: Linda Romanovska
- Category: Reading and Dyslexia
No CommentsWhen a child learns to read he/she needs to learn to correctly combine text and corresponding speech sounds (e.g. the letter ‘a’ and the speech sound /a/). Scientific studies have shown that it may exactly be this combination of text and sound that is difficult for children with dyslexia and leads to their reading problems.
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Dyxlexia conference Bussum
- 22 January, 2020
- Posted by: Milene Bonte
- Category: Uncategorized
On December 17th 2019 Prof. Dr. Milene Bonte gave a lecture about reading in the brain titled “Wat zegt het ‘lezend’ brein over dyslexie?” during a Dutch dyslexia conference in Bussum. More information can be found on the website https://www.dyslexiecongres.nl/programma.
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Project Leeswinst poster presentation in Helsinki
- 9 September, 2019
- Posted by: Linda Romanovska
- Category: Reading and Dyslexia
We were happy to present the findings of our research project at the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language which took place August 20-22 in Helsinki, Finland. We got inspired from fellow researchers investigating language and reading processes and received compliments as well as insightful comments and suggestions for our project.
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Happy summer holidays from Project Leeswinst!
- 22 July, 2019
- Posted by: Linda Romanovska
- Category: Reading and Dyslexia
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On plastic brains and the sound of letters
- 9 July, 2019
- Posted by: Milene Bonte
- Category: Reading and Dyslexia
Milene Bonte’s inaugural lecture “On plastic brains and the sound of letters” took place on Friday July 5. A video link to the lecture can be found at: https://mediasite.maastrichtuniversity.nl/Mediasite/Play/4108283d1b734890a66b7a0bac3b7f151d
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Intact phonemic representations in dyslexia?
- 27 May, 2019
- Posted by: Milene Bonte
- Category: Reading and Dyslexia
Intact phonemic representations in dyslexia? Our fMRI data in young children with dyslexia reveal a different story than what was seen in adults. A good example of why we need developmental neuroimaging studies! Check our paper in Developmental Science: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/desc.12857
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New publication project Leeswinst
- 11 March, 2019
- Posted by: Linda Romanovska
- Category: Reading and Dyslexia, Uncategorized
We have recently published our first paper of project Leeswinst describing the findings of the ‘aba’ ‘ada’ task prior to scanning, when children completed the task on the computer. In this task we examine how children with and without dyslexia combine text and speech sounds. A previous study using this task showed that adults with
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Kindercongres Leeswinst a success
- 22 February, 2019
- Posted by: Milene Bonte
- Category: Reading and Dyslexia, Uncategorized
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Save the date: Leeswinst kindercongres 20 feb 2019!
- 21 November, 2018
- Posted by: Linda Romanovska
- Category: Reading and Dyslexia, Uncategorized
Op woensdag 20 februari organiseren wij een kindercongres over Project Leeswinst. Onze jonge deelnemers, hun ouders, broertjes en zusjes en deelnemende scholen zijn hiervoor van harte uitgenodigd! Onder het genot van een hapje en een drankje gaan we zorgen voor een leuke en leerzame middag. Professor Milene Bonte geeft een kindvriendelijke presentatie over lezen en
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Project Leeswinst poster presentations
- 9 October, 2018
- Posted by: Linda Romanovska
- Category: Reading and Dyslexia, Uncategorized
We have recently presented the findings of project Leeswinst in the SIG22 Neuroscience and Education conference in London in June and Flux: The Society for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience meeting in Berlin in September. Our preliminary findings show that parts of the brain that we use for speech perception were less active in dyslexic children, while brain regions typically
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