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SUMMARY:סמינר: The distinct role of visual attention in dyslexia: impl
 ications on etiology\, diagnosis\, and treatmentמר' ניקולאי טא
 רן (דר')\, מנחה: פרופ/ח ציפי הורוביץ קראוס.
DESCRIPTION:Lecturer:\n Location:\n Zoom: \n Description:\nDyslexia is a di
 fficulty in reading unrelatedto sensory or intellectual deficit. This read
 ing difficulty has been traditionally attributed to an impairment in theph
 onological system\, i.e.\, the mental manipulation of the sounds in langua
 ge. Over the last two decades\, compelling experimental evidencehas repea
 tedly reported deficits in visual attention and executive functions in dys
 lexia\, suggesting a causal role for thesecognitive abilities. The disser
 tation aims to unveil theneurocognitive impairments underlying dyslexia\, 
 with a special focus on visualattention and visual coding.\nThree research
  projects conducted during the PhD aimed to address the following research
 questions: a) Is there a visual attention deficit related to the readingim
 pairment in dyslexia? b) What is the neurobiological mechanism underlyingt
 his deficit in terms of large-scale brain network connectivity?c) How does
  a specific reading training affect the connectivity of these brainnetwork
 s?\nEnglish speaking children aged between 8 and12 participated in the stu
 dies. Overall\, the results point towards a crucialrole of visual attentio
 n in dyslexia. Theneuroimaging results suggest the existence of abnormal c
 onnectivity patterns inlarge-scale whole-brain networks related to visual 
 attention and executivefunction in dyslexia.\nBio:\nAftercompleting his BA
  in Psychology and Master's in Neurosciencefrom the University of Barcelo
 na\, Nikolay joined the Educational NeuroimagingGroup in September 2019. 
 During the last 4 years he has been studyingthe involvement of basic cogn
 itive abilities in reading and dyslexia. His research focuses on large-sc
 ale brain networksunderlying language\, attention\, and visual processing
  from aneurocomputational perspective.\n

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