New from the lab: "From language to mathematics and vice versa?: A longitudinal study on the associations between preschoolers’ mathematical language and mathematical abilities" Free access via this link 👇 lnkd.in/em8CHkQr with Eylül Turan, PhD

New from the lab! And 50 day free access here authors.elsevier.com/c/1iqFa2VHYC... – On the association between white matter and precursors of math and reading in 5-year-olds before the start of formal schooling (1/8)

It's not too late but the deadline for IMBES/EARLI SIG22 symposium and poster submissions is fast approaching! Check out imbes2024.org. Deadline is February 1st, 2024. Come join us in Leuven!

Registration and submissions for the 2024 IMBES meeting are both open! You can register at the Early Bird rate until May 1st, 2024 (imbes2024.org/registration/). Abstract submission deadline is February 1st, 2024. Come join us in Leuven!

I’m going to Leuven too —submit! Join us 😊 #IMBES2024

New from the lab: on the importance of conceptual knowledge for children's (adaptive) strategy use in arithmetic link.springer.com/article/10.1... - resonates with pleas for basic (but adaptive!) knowledge in (math) education in view of latest PISA results.

My teaching outfit for today.

New issue of Mind, Brain & Education ! Devoted 100% to the Special Issue on Executive Functions & Dyslexia - a whopping collection of 19 (!) articles, from Dyslexia Foundation's 2022 Symposium. Edited by Astrid Zuckerman, Peggy McCardle & Laurie Cutting: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1751228x...

I am looking for an example of the use penalized regression (lasso/ridge or elastic net) in psychological research. Anyone?

IMBES 10 – 12 July 2024 in Leuven. Distinguished keynote speakers for this event, namely Stanislas Dehaene (Unicog, Paris), Jennie Grammer (University of California LA, US), and Duncan Astle (University of Cambridge, UK). imbes2024.org

New paper in HBM in which we report NO evidence for differences in brain activation (measured by fMRI) between children with and without Developmental Dyscalculia for basic number processing, visuospatial working memory and arithmetic tasks:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hbm.26495