Presented by Ola Ozernov-Palchik, PhD
Ola Ozernov-Palchik, PhD, is a Research Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Translational Research in the AI and Education Initiative at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development and the Hariri Institute for Computing
About This Event
Literacy is one of the most powerful human inventions, enabling us to construct knowledge, engage in reflection, and share complex meaning across time and culture. Literacy involves a complex neurocognitive infrastructure that draws on multiple systems, including language, visual, domain-general, and socioemotional processes. In this lecture, Dr. Ozernov-Palchik will describe how this infrastructure emerges in early development and how it differs in children with dyslexia. Drawing on findings from neuroimaging, behavioral studies, and intervention trials, she will highlight how disruptions to these pathways contribute to persistent reading difficulties and how compensatory mechanisms develop over time. Dr. Ozernov-Palchik will then discuss new efforts to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to scale evidence-based approaches for early assessment and targeted intervention, with the goal of improving literacy outcomes for children at risk and those with reading disabilities.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the brain systems that support literacy and how they develop;
- Explain how these systems differ in children with dyslexia;
- Discuss how careful AI application can inform science-based early assessment and intervention.
Disclosure
- Has no relevant financial relationship with ineligible companies to disclose.
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