Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. (Sir Richard Steele)
Our laboratory focuses on developmental cognitive neuroscience. We study cognitive processes such as auditory perception, language or reading and their neurological bases in the developing human brain. The majority of our studies involve functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) but we also employ experimental behavioral studies and structural brain measurement techniques.
Our main research areas we investigate right now include:
the neural correlates of reading and reading development (e.g.; does learning to read change your brain?)
the relationship between auditory processing disorders and reading impairments
the neural correlates of auditory and language processing in developmental dyslexia and specific language impairments
the influence of musical training on language and reading development
the development and evaluation of remediation programs for language and reading impairments
the development of auditory and music processing and its relation to language development in typical reader
Fun in the brain camera!
Functional activation in a pre-reading brain during a rhyming task
The Gaab lab is looking for research participants in the following age ranges!
Kids ages 4-6 who have not yet learned to read
with a family history of dyslexia (a sibling or parent with dyslexia)
without a family history of dyslexia
Kids ages 4-12
with developmental dyslexia
with ADHD
with musical training (with an instrument or singing)