Research Projects Funded by IDA

2006-2007 

Early Intervention for Infants at Risk for Dyslexia
Marie Cheour, Ph.D., University of Miami
(Project temporarily postponed)

A Deletion in Intron 2 of DCDC2 Regulates Protein Expression in Developmental Dyslexia
Haiying Meng, M.D., Ph.D., Yale Child Health Research Center, New Haven, CT
(Project in progress)

2005-2006

Why do Dyslexics do Poorly at Perceptual Tasks?
Dr. Veronica Edwards, Dr. John Hogben and Mr. Neil Roach (Ph.D. Candidate), University of Western Australia
(Summary not available) 

Understanding Dyslexics:  Who are the Treatment Resisters?,
Dr. Linda S. Siegel and Dr. Orly Lipka, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
(Summary not available)

2004-2005

Brain Activity Patterns in Dyslexic and Normal Readers During a Non-word Rhyme Task:  A Magnetoencephalography Study
Janet McGraw Fisher, M.A., Boston University
(Summary not available)


2003-2004

Dyslexia in Chinese
Dr. Yin Wengang, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China
Dr. Weng Xuchu, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China
Brendan Weekes, Ph.D., School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK
(Summary not available)

2002-2003  

Reading Comprehension in Dyslexia and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder:  The Effects of Working Memory, Inattention, and Linguistic
Processing on Literal and Inferential Comprehension
Rosemary Tannock, Ph.D., The Hospital for Sick Children
Karen Ghelani, M.A., Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto 
(Summary not available)

Lexical and Morphological Effects in Italian Developmental Dyslexia
Cristina Burani, Ph.D., Institute for Cognitive Sciences of the National
Research Council and Technologies, Rome, Italy
Professor Pierluigi Zoccolotti, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
(Summary not available)

2001-2002

Reading Disability, ADHD, and Conduct Disorders in Twins: Common and Specific Genetic Risk Factors
Dr. Laura Baker, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
(Summary not available)

The Nature of Specific Processing Deficits Underlying Dyslexia: Temporal Mechanisms and Developmental Comparisons of Auditory Gap Detection
Dr. Nancy J. Benson, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada and Dr. Stanley J. Hamstra, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
(Summary not available)

2000-2001

Study of "Pure" Fluency: Comparing Fluent and Dysfluent Readers without the Confounding Effects of Decoding Problems
Dr. Leonard Katz, Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT, USA and Dr. Elena L. Grigorenko, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Summary 

Magnetic Resonance Imaging on Cross-Modal Processing in Dyslexia
Dr. Russell Poldrack, Massachusetts General Hospital, NMR Center, Charlestown, MA, USA
Summary 

International Perspectives on Dyslexia
Dr. Susan A. Vogel, Northern Illinois University, Literacy Education Dept., DeKalb, IL, USA and Dr. Stephen Reder, Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA
Summary

1999-2000

The Influence of Morphological Structure on the Word Reading of Children with and without Reading Disabilities
Dr. Joanne F. Carlisle, Northwestern University, School of Education, Comm. Disorders Clinic, Evanston, IL, USA and Dr. C. Addison Stone, Northwestern University, School of Speech, Evanston, IL, USA
Summary

1998-1999

A Family Study of Reading Achievement in Russia
Dr. Elena L. Grigorenko, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Summary 

Evaluating the Effects of an Intervention Program on the Language & Reading Abilities of Children with Language Learning Impairments
Dr. Diane Frome Loeb, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
(Summary not available)

1997-1998

The Relationship between Growth Rates in Precursor Literacy Skills and Word Recognition and Spelling Growth Rates in Young Children with Reading Disabilities
Dr. Donald L. Compton, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
Summary 

Functional MRI Studies of the Pathophysiology of Dyslexia
Dr. Guinevere Eden, Georgetown University Medical Center, Dept. of Neuroscience, Washington, DC, USA
Summary 

Dyslexia and Visual-Spatial Talents
Prof. Ellen Winner, Boston College, Boston, MA, USA
Summary 

Cerebral Asymmetry and Reading Development
Dr. Christiana M. Leonard, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA and Dr. Linda J. Lombardino, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Summary 

The Duncan 3 Phase Screening Program
Yvea E. Duncan, University of Texas, Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
(Summary not available)

1996-1997

Neuroanatomical Analysis of the Cerebellum in Dyslexia
Dr. Rod I. Nicholson, University of Sheffield, Dept. of Psychology, Sheffield, England, United Kingdom and Dr. Angela J. Fawcett, University of Sheffield, Dept. of Psychology, Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Summary  

The Affect of Impaired Magnocellular Function on Children's Reading
Dr. Piers L. Cornelissen, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, England, United Kingdom
Summary

The Role of Orthographic Redundancy in Explaining Reading Difficulties in Children
Dr. Donald L. Compton, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
Summary 

Localizing Deficits in Early Visual Processing Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mr. David J. Heeger, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Summary 

A Genetic Linkage Study of Specific Reading Disability
Dr. David L. Pauls, Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Summary 

Investigating the Nature and Prevalence of Visual Deficits in Dyslexic Readers
Dr. Christopher H. Chase, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, USA and Dr. Stacy L. Birch, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, USA
Summary