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Action Video Games Training in Children with Developmental Dyslexia: A Meta-Analysis

Longitudinal research and meta-analyses have revealed a causal relationship between attentional dysfunctions and developmental dyslexia (DD). We conducted a meta-analysis to assess the effects of action video game (AVG) training on visual attention in children with DD. Pubmed, Cochrane, Science

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The effects of bilateral posterior parietal cortex tRNS on reading performance

According to cognitive neuroscience knowledge reading is based on a dual-stream model in which a phonological-dorsal stream (left temporo-parietal and inferior frontal areas) processes unfamiliar words and pseudowords, whereas an orthographic-ventral stream (left occipito-temporal and inferior

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Arni Kristjansson

16.10.2023 - 20.10.2023  ak@hi.is  Professor  University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Psychology Program: Shaping a World Class University 2023Research topic: Sensation and perception  

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Shaping a World Class University - Ed 2023

Call: Shaping a World Class University - Ed 2023Target group: teaching staff, academic staffGoal: support internationalization activities 1. Short-term Visiting professors (virtual and face-to-face); 2. Virtual & Collaborative programmes; 3. Support to the development of structured mobility

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Sonia Betti

 My main research interests revolve around the study of the neural bases of action perception and motor control.I received an undergraduate degree in Cognitive Psychology and Psychobiology and a master degree in Neuroscience and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, both at the University of Padua. I

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