In most environments, the visual system is confronted with many relevant objects simultaneously. That is especially true during reading. However, behavioral data demonstrate that a serial bottleneck prevents recognition of…
Read more about A bottleneck in the reading circuitry. White et al (2019), PNASOur previous work revealed that some people struggle with reading due to elevated visual crowding. Optimizing text for an individual’s visual system: The contribution of crowding to reading difficulties. …
Read more about Participate in our new web-based experiment on visual crowdingKubota E.C., Joo S.J., Huber E., Yeatman J.D. (2018). Word selectivity in high-level visual cortex and reading skill. Dev Cogn Neurosci. Word-selective neural responses in human ventral occipito-temporal cortex (VOTC)…
Read more about Word selectivity in high-level visual cortex and reading skill – Kubota (2018), Dev Cogn NeurosciHuber, E., Henriques, N.R., Owen, J.P., Rokem, A., Yeatman J.D. (2019). Applying biophysical models to understand the role of white matter in cognitive development. Dev Cogn Neurosci. Diffusion MRI (dMRI)…
Read more about Modeling white matter and cognitive development – Huber, 2019, Dev Cogn NeurosciPostdoc Position in the Yeatman Lab – Neurobiology of Reading and Dyslexia The Yeatman Lab has an opening for a postdoc with exceptional computational skills and an interest in the…
Read more about Postdoc position – Neurobiology of reading and dyslexia