Developmental dyslexia and neuroplasticity in aphasia with Maaike Vandermosten

About this episode

This episode features a discussion with Maaike Vandermosten about the neural basis of developmental dyslexia and neuroplasticity in recovery from aphasia.

In this episode, I talk with Maaike Vandermosten, Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosciences at KU Leuven, about the neural basis of developmental dyslexia, and neuroplasticity in recovery from aphasia. Vandermosten website Vanderauwera J, Wouters J, Vandermosten M, Ghesquière P. Early dynamics of white matter deficits in children developing dyslexia. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2017; 27: 69-77. [doi] Beelen C, Vanderauwera J, Wouters J, Vandermosten M, Ghesquière P. Atypical gray matter in...

People in this episode

Host: Stephen M. Wilson

Guest: Maaike Vandermosten

Topics covered

• developmental dyslexia
• neuroplasticity
• aphasia
• neuroscience
• recovery
• children

Keywords

• developmental dyslexia
• neuroplasticity
• aphasia
• neurosciences
• KU Leuven
• white matter deficits
• gray matter

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: KU Leuven

Books & works: Early dynamics of white matter deficits in children developing dyslexia, Atypical gray matter in

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