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BMI Annual Symposium 2023: Symposium on Reading and Dyslexia

You are cordially invited to attend the 2023 annual symposium of the Brain and Mind Institute at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Our theme this year is “Reading and Dyslexia". The symposium will be conducted via ZOOM. In the symposium, researchers will present their findings on the challenges of learning to read in English as well as in Chinese. How children with reading difficulties (dyslexia) can be supported will be discussed with a special focus on children in Hong Kong.

Speakers:

Unimodal brain areas become more multisensory with reading development
Professor James R. Booth
Vanderbilt University

How to identify and support Hong Kong students with dyslexia
如何甄別和支援香港讀寫障礙學生
Professor Kevin Kien-hoa Chung
The Education University of Hong Kong

Meta-linguistic vs. working memory training in Chinese children with and without dyslexia
Professor Urs Maurer
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Mar 18, 2023 10:00 AM in Hong Kong SAR