Upcoming event! Prof. Milene Bonte will give a talk on “Letter and speech sound learning in typical and dyslexic readers” at the Current Opinion on Audiovisual Integration and Reading (Co-Air) Webinar (11 February 2021), and at the Institute of Research in Psychology (IPSY) at Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium (29 April 2021). See more at https://coairwebinar.wordpress.com/upcoming-events/
PAS festival 7 september
Comments Off on PAS festival 7 septemberDo you want to know more about early prediction of reading problems? On september 7th, Milene Bonte gives a lecture at the PAS festival in Maastricht!
19:30 – 20:00 – Nederlandse lezing
21:00 – 21:30 – English lecture
Children’s reading skills vary widely and reading problems (dyslexia) are only diagnosed after they have developed. Can we improve early prediction of reading problems? What can we learn from brain research? And why is it important to understand individual differences in learning potential, rather than simply relying on static snapshots of knowledge?
For more info about the lecture and the full PAS program (6-7 Sept), see https://english.pasmaastricht.nl/
Project Leeswinst 
Do you want to contribute to our research? We are looking for children from ‘groep 3’. You can apply on our website https://mbic-languagelab.nl/deelnemen or by mailing to dyslexie@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Maastricht, Amsterdam, Amersfoort.
Podcast about speech and neural oscillation in classic galactosemia
Comments Off on Podcast about speech and neural oscillation in classic galactosemiaEstela Rubio and Bernadette Jansma explain in an interview (JIMD Podcasts) how they applied transcranial alternating current stimulation in Galactosemia patients with language production deficits. The stimulation reduced naming errors. We hope to investigate this now in a larger cohort, and for other cognitive domains in this patient group.
You can find the postcast here.
Predicting reading problems at preschool age?
Leave a CommentWe currently cannot accurately predict which children will develop problems in learning to read. There simply isn’t a clear measure for it. If it’s up to Professor Milene Bonte, that will change in a few years. Thanks to the Vici grant she secured, her lab can develop a digital task for preschoolers with fictional symbols and sounds. This learning task should provide a reliable indication of the child’s learning potential. Based on this, the teacher can determine if the child needs additional support. Milene Bonte and Hansje Planjer, Manager of Care and Education at IJsselgroep and a member of the Policy Advisory Committee of the NKD, will discuss this further.
Read the conversation between Milene Bonte and Hansje Planjer at the NKD website!
A BOLD scientist under the shower
Comments Off on A BOLD scientist under the showerA BOLD scientist under the shower
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What is dyslexia and why the treatment is important
Comments Off on What is dyslexia and why the treatment is importantOn Saturday 21 January, Milene Bonte was interviewed by the BNNVARA tv programme ‘Kassa’.
The interview is about what is dyslexia and why the treatment is so important.
Please see the article and video in this link:
Manli Zhang defence, Tuesday, October 4th at 10:00
Comments Off on Manli Zhang defence, Tuesday, October 4th at 10:00On Tuesday, October 4th, Manli Zhang had her Ph.D. dissertation defence entitled “Cortical tracking of spoken and written language structures in (days)fluent readers”.
Please see the defence record here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1TnFj3pCLM
Congratulations, Dr. Zhang!
How does dyslexia develop?
Comments Off on How does dyslexia develop?Learning to read and write fluently seems self-evident to most. But actually it isn’t, especially not for people with dyslexia.
In this Dutch lecture How does dyslexia develop? Milene Bonte explains why.
Giada Guerra defence, Tuesday, March 22 at 13 hrs
Comments Off on Giada Guerra defence, Tuesday, March 22 at 13 hrsOn Tuesday, March 22 at 13 hrs, Giada Guerra will defend her dissertation entitled “The contribution of auditory attention to reading processes of school-age children with and without dyslexia”.
The defence will take place onsite in the Aula at Minderbroedersberg 4-6. You can also view the defence online here.
A copy of the thesis can be downloaded via this link.
Good luck, Giada!
Alex Emmendorfer defense, Tuesday, February 22 at 13 hrs
Comments Off on Alex Emmendorfer defense, Tuesday, February 22 at 13 hrsOn Tuesday, February 22 at 13 hrs, Alex Emmendorfer will defend her dissertation entitled “Electrophysiological correlates of phonological and temporal regularities in speech processing”.
The defense will take place onsite in the Aula at Minderbroedersberg 4-6. You can also view the defense online here.
A copy of the thesis can be downloaded via this link.
Good luck, Alex!
Co-Air webinar & IPSY seminar
Comments Off on Co-Air webinar & IPSY seminarDyxlexia conference Bussum
Comments Off on Dyxlexia conference BussumOn 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.
On plastic brains and the sound of letters
Comments Off on On plastic brains and the sound of letters
Milene Bonte’s oratie “On plastic brains and the sound of letters” vond plaats op vrijdag 5 Juli. Voor een video link naar de lezing zie: https://mediasite.maastrichtuniversity.nl/Mediasite/Play/4108283d1b734890a66b7a0bac3b7f151d
Talk on neural correlates of reading in dyslexic and typically reading children
Comments Off on Talk on neural correlates of reading in dyslexic and typically reading childrenPost-doctoral researcher Gojko Žarić will give a talk titled “Neural correlates of (dys)fluent reading acquisition in typically reading and dyslexic children” at the Basque center on cognition, brain and language on October 30th. In this talk Dr. Žarić will discuss the findings of his PhD and Post-doctoral research conducted at Maastricht University.
For more details see: http://www.bcbl.eu/activities-and-seminars/gojko-zaric-phd-neural-correlates-of-dysfluent-reading-acquisition-in-typically-reading-and-dyslexic-children/
Interview on dyslexia myths
Comments Off on Interview on dyslexia mythsThe most recent issue of Maastricht University’s newspaper “Observant” features an interview with the Language group’s Principal Investigator Milene Bonte. This interview is part of the “Myth Busters” series, in which researchers address common myths in their research. Read the full article here: