Project Title: Developmental Dyslexia and Implicit Learning in Primary School Children: Is there a case?
Supervisors:
Dr
Joanne Williams and
Dr Louise Kelly (Psychology, PPLS)
Research
topic:
My work focuses on the implicit learning processes in primary school children who have been diagnosed with, or are in suspicion of having, dyslexia. Dyslexia has been associated with numerous specific deficits in different domains. By focusing on implicit learning, which is the learning taking place without awareness, more generic learning abilities are explored in children with a dyslexic profile. I attempt to elucidate the possibility of behavioral manifestations of dyslexia resulting from general deficits, in accordance with the current view of dyslexia as being neurobiological in origin. Much of my work makes use of the Artificial Grammar Learning Task as the experimental paradigm of choice.
Publications:
Pavlidou, E., Williams, J., Kelly, L. M. (under review). "Artificial Grammar Learning in children with and without developmental dyslexia". Annals of Dyslexia.
Pavlidou, E., Kelly, L. M. & Williams, J. (under review). Do children with developmental dyslexia have impairments in their implicit learning? Dyslexia.
Conferences (peer reviewed presentations):
Pavlidou,
E., Williams, J., Kelly, L.M. (2008) "Artificial
Grammar Learning in children with and without developmental
dyslexia". Paper presented at the 13th International
-2nd World APPAC Congress of Psychology, Neuropsychiatry & Social
Work in Modern times, 20-23 May, Athens, Greece.
Pavlidou, E., Kelly, L. M. & Williams, J. (2008) "Implicit learning and developmental dyslexia: Evidence from the Artificial Grammar Learning Paradigm in primary school children with and without dyslexia".
Poster presented at the International Congress of Psychology, 20-25 July, Berlin,
Germany.
Talks:
'Developmental dyslexia and implicit learning'. Seminar talk in Moray House School of Education, The University of Edinburgh.
'Developmental dyslexia and implicit learning in primary school children in Scotland'. Seminar talk in Moray House School of Education, The University of Edinburgh.
'Developmental dyslexia and implicit learning: The case of Artificial Grammar
Learning'. Invited talk in Psychology (PPLS), The University of Edinburgh.
Grants & awards:
Greek State Foundation for Scholarships, Full studentship (September 2005-present)
The Wingate Foundation Scholarship (September 2008 - present)
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