Program for: Dyslexia Beyond Reading: Memory, Cognition, Expertise, and Innovation - A Scientific Symposium

   

 

 

Session I 8:00-8:10 Robert Hendren DO - UCSF Welcome 8:10-8:15 Brock Eide MD MA - Dyslexic Advantage Welcome 8:15-8:30 Fernette Eide MD - Dyslexic MIND Strengths 8:30-8:50 Ken Pugh MA PhD - Is there a relationship between reading and visuo-spatial abilities? 8:50-9:10 Fumiko Hoeft MD PhD - Brain Basis of Stealth Dyslexia 9:10-9:25 Q & A - Fumiko Hoeft MD PhD moderator 9:25-9:40 Break (coffee and light refreshments) Session II 9:40-10:00 Laurie Cutting, PhD - More Than Words: The Not So Simple Story of Reading 10:00-10:20 Matthew Schneps, PhD - Attending to the Other Side of Dyslexia 10:20-10:40 Michael Ullman PhD - Dyslexia and Memory 10:40-10:55 Q & A - Marilu Gorno-Tempini MD PhD moderator 11:00-12:30 Lunch Break (see list of nearby food options) Session III 12:30-12:50 Rod Nicolson MSc MBA PhD - Positive Dyslexia - What Strengths, Why Strengths, and How to Work with Strengths 12:50-1:10 Maryanne Wolf PhD - Marcus Aurelius, the Reading Brain, and the History and Mystery of Dyslexia 1:10-1:15 Brock Eide MD MA - Brief introduction to afternoon 1:15-1:35 Itiel Dror PhD - Overcoming Biases to Learning 1:35-1:50 Q & A - Brock Eide MD MA moderator 1:50-2:05 Break (coffee and light refreshments) 2:05-2:25 Jonathan Schooler PhD - Mind Wandering and Creativity 2:25-2:45 Mark Beeman PhD - Insight and Semantic Field 2:45-3:15 Summation and Questions - Brock Eide MD MA 3:15-3:25 Closing Remarks - Marilu Gorno-Tempini MD PhD

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See following pages for speaker bios, parking, wifi, and nearby food info.

UCSF Dyslexia Center UCSF Department of Psychiatry

LOCATION: Byers Auditorium Genentech Hall GH 106 UCSF Mission Bay Campus 1700 4th St San Francisco 94158

 

Dr Robert Hendren is Co-Director of the UCSF Dyslexia Center and Professor and Vice Chair of Psychiatry at UCSF. Drs. Brock and Fernette Eide are authors of The Dyslexic Advantage and co-founders of Dyslexic Advantage, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. They have an interested in the cognitive profiles of dyslexic individuals throughout the lifespan and clusters of abilities that predispose to cognitive advantages (MIND strengths). Dr. Ken Pugh is President & Director of Research at Haskins Laboratories, Director of the Yale Reading Center and Professor at Yale and University of Connecticut. His research program is interested in the biological basis of reading and language. Dr. Fumiko Hoeft is Director for the Laboratory of Educational Neuroscience (LENS) at UCSF and Associate Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Her lab is interested in learning how cognitive science can inform educational and clinical practices, with specific projects involving the biology of stealth dyslexia, reading acquisition, emotional resilience, and socio-emotional processing. Dr. Marilu Gorno-Tempini is Professor of Neurology with the UCSF Dyslexia Center and Center for Memory and Aging. Her main research focus has been in the areas of language and memory. Dr. Laurie Cutting is Director of the Education and Brain Sciences Research Lab at Vanderbilt University and Associate Professor of Special Education, Psychology, Radiology, and Pediatrics. Her research is focused on reading disabilities, language, and executive function. Dr. Matthew Schneps is Director for Visual Learning at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. He has a long interest in science learning and how visual information shapes learning. He has an academic and personal interest in how dyslexia may be associated with certain visuospatial strengths. Dr. Michael Ullman is Director of the Brain and Language Lab and Co-Director of the Center for the Brain Basis of Cognition at Georgetown University. His laboratory is interested in the relationships between language and other domains such as memory, music, and motor functions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Doors will open at 7:45 am. Seats are limited, but the entire event will be recorded and be posted within a few weeks here: http://youtube.com/dyslexicadvantage To receive copies of videos as they are posted, sign up here: http://bit.ly/DyslexiaBeyondReading If the room is filled to capacity, we will also attempt to livestream the event: http://new.livestream.com/dyslexicadvantage Guests on the UCSF Mission Bay Campus may use UCSF-guest wifi for free Lunch options on or around the campus can be found here: http://barc.ucsf.edu/eats The Pub is adjacent the auditorium.

MISSION BAY Located south of downtown San Francisco, our Mission Bay campus offers multiple parking options. Additional lots are under construction.

1625 Owens Street Garage Located next to the Mission Bay Community Center

1630 Third Street Garage Located just north of 16th Street

Fourth Street Surface Lot Fourth Street, just north of 16th Street

Rates range from $3.50 for 1 hour to $28 for 7-24 hours

 

 

Dr. Rod Nicolson is Professor of Psychology and Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. He is co-author of Dyslexia, Learning, and the Brain. Dr. Maryann Wolf is Director of the Center for Reading and Language Research and John DiBaggio Professor of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University. She is author of The Proust and the Squid and editor of Dyslexia, Fluency, and the Brain. Dr. Itiel Dror is a Senior Cognitive Neuroscience Researcher at the University College London and Principal Consultant with Cognitive Consultants International. His academic work applies cognitive science to real world problem solving, perception, judgment, and decision-making. Dr. Jonathan Schooler is a Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of California Santa Barbara, where he pursues research on consciousness, metacognition, memory, and creativity. Dr. Mark Beeman is Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University. He is interested metacognition, how people understand whole stories, inference, and solving problems with insight. His research has also investigated how the right hemisphere processes language.