Typical and atypical learning (learning) Ghent University
Founding an association research platform called "Typical and atypical learning (learning)"
Founding an association research platform called "Typical and atypical learning (learning)"
The postdoctoral project aims to directly investigate the functional organization of the cortico-striatal networks in children with and without motor developmental problems. First, typical developmental changes during motor sequence learning will be compared between children, adolescents and adults on functional brain activation and connectivity parameters. Brain organization will then be compared between typically developing children and ...
The proposed research program applies an integrative neurocognitive approach to investigate atypical sensory−perceptual and socio−affective processing in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). We will examine local versus global visual and auditory processing using a combination of behavioral (psychophysical), neurophysiologic (fMRI, EEG, ASSR, VSSR) and neuroanatomical (dMRI) techniques. In addition, we will investigate whether ...
Mathematics is a fundamental tool in life, however there is a lack of a clear scientific understanding about how math learning is precisely achieved. The central premise underlying this project is that mathematics is fundamentally a language that uses meaningful symbols which must be organized according to a finite set of rules in order to exchange ideas, concepts and theories among people. One of the most impactful insights that emerged from ...
No two humans are alike. Since our personality, behaviour and cognitive skills are governed by the brain, one would be equally hard-pressed to find two human brains that are completely identical. Yet virtually every functional neuroimaging study aggregates brain scans across all participants in their sample. While this approach yields an easily interpretable map of brain regions commonly activated by the mental process(es) of interest, it ...
Literacy contributes considerably to an individual’s educational and professional outcomes. Even though learning to read initially requires a great amount of effort, the majority of people eventually attains fluent reading skills. Nonetheless, approximately 7% of the population continues to experience severe difficulties with reading and/or spelling and is diagnosed with developmental dyslexia. Research highlights the importance of early ...
Dyslexia is a neurological condition affecting 5-7% of the population, which impacts an individual’s ability learning to read and write despite adequate intelligence, education and remediation. The predominant etiological view postulates that dyslexia results from a deficit in the phonological domain, specifically in the quality and accuracy of phonological representations. A vital component in the development of phonological representations ...
Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental condition, that is often diagnosed after the age of three. Early development is altered in two domains: the socio-communicative domain and the domain of restrictive and repetitive behaviors and interests. As its symptoms can be very subtle and emerge at various ages, autism is frequently difficult to identify at an early age.
The autonomic nervous system (ANS) is proposed to be ...
Children appear to be better language learners than adults. The precise reason why remains unclear. Language learning is complex and involves unconsciously picking up statistical regularities from continuous streams of speech sounds, such as word boundaries or rules on word order. Our previous work shows that higher cognitive abilities interfere with statistical learning processes in adults. This provides a plausible first explanation for why ...
Prematurely born children have a known risk for atypical socio-emotional and cognitive development, which can result in socio-emotional difficulties and learning disorders. Within the context of a large-scale prospective study, the long-term impact of pre-and perinatal stress in 170 preterm infants and their parents will be investigated. A unique longitudinal database of medical, physiological, psychological, and endocrinological parameters ...