Professor Stanislas Dehaene
Collége de France, Paris, France
“The Development of Reading and New Tests of Dyslexia and Subtypes”
We are delighted to announce Stanislas Dehaene as a keynote for our 6th All European Dyslexia & Dyscalculia Conference in Athens, Greece.
His keynote will explore “The Development of Reading and New Tests of Dyslexia and Subtypes”.
Stanislas Dehaene is one of Europe’s leading cognitive neuroscientists. He holds the Chair of Experimental Cognitive Psychology at Collége de France in Paris and is a founding director of NeuroSpin, France’s advanced brain-imaging research centre. He is the author of multiple books including Reading in the Brain (2009) and How We Learn (2020).
See full profile: https://www.college-de-france.fr/fr/chaire/stanislas-dehaene-psychologie-cognitive-experimentale-chaire-statutaire
Professor Marie-Pascale Noël
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
“Unraveling Dyscalculia: What do we know and where should we go?”
We are delighted to announce Marie-Pascale Noël as a keynote for our 6th All European Dyslexia & Dyscalculia Conference in Athens, Greece.
Her keynote will explore “Unraveling Dyscalculia: What do we know and where should we go?”.
Marie’s research area is child neuropsychology. She is studying the numerical development in children with or without math learning disabilities. She is also interested in the inhibition process: how to measure it in children and how to favor its development in case of difficulties at that level such as found in children with attention and hyperactivity disorder.
See her profile: https://uclouvain.be/en/directories/marie-pascale.noel
List of publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ybsU0G8AAAAJ&hl=fr
Professor in residence Maryanne Wolf
UCLA, USA
“Dyslexia and the Reading Brain in a Digital World.”
We are delighted to announce Maryanne Wolf as a keynote for our 6th All European Dyslexia & Dyscalculia Conference in Athens, Greece.
Her keynote will explore the “Dyslexia and the Reading Brain in a Digital World”.
Maryanne is the author of more than 160 scientific articles, she designed the RAVE-O reading intervention for children with dyslexia, and with Martha Denckla, co-authored the RAN/RAS naming speed tests, a major predictor of dyslexia across all languages.
https://seis.ucla.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-directory/maryanne-wolf
Professor Bert de Smedt
University of Leuven, Belgium
“Neurocognitive Similarities and Differences between Dyslexia and Dyscalculia”
We are delighted to announce Bert de Smedt as a keynote for our 6th All European Dyslexia & Dyscalculia Conference in Athens, Greece.
His keynote will explore the “Neurocognitive Similarities and Differences between Dyslexia and Dyscalculia”.
Bert de Smedt is Professor of Educational Neuroscience at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at University of Leuven, Belgium. His research focuses on the understanding of individual differences in children’s mathematical skills.
Professor Emeritus Timothy Shanahan
University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
“The Science of Reading Instruction: Facts and Myths and Why It Matters”
Professor Silvia Paracchini
University of St. Andrews, Scotland
“The Genetics of Dyslexia”
We are delighted to announce Silvia Paracchini as a keynote for our 6th All European Dyslexia & Dyscalculia Conference in Athens, Greece.
Her keynote will explore “The Genetics of Dyslexia”.
Silvia Paracchini is Professor of Neurogenetics and Genomics at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Her research focuses on identifying the genetic components of dyslexia and related neurodevelopmental disorders, and handedness.
Associate Professor Fotini Polychroni
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
“Social and Emotional Adjustment of Individuals with Learning Disabilities: Identification and Support across the Lifespan”
We are delighted to announce Fotini Polychroni as a keynote for our 6th All European Dyslexia & Dyscalculia Conference in Athens, Greece.
Her keynote will explore the “Social and Emotional Adjustment of Individuals with Learning Disabilities: Identification and Support across the Lifespan”.
Fotini Polychroni is Professor of Educational Psychology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. Her research interests include motivation, cognitive and metacognitive strategies of typical children with and without learning disabilities, assessment of cognitive and metacognitive processes and psychosocial adjustment, screening and early identification of reading and comprehension difficulties, school engagement and intervention effectiveness.
http://en.psych.uoa.gr/people/faculty/fotini-polychroni.html
