Selten, I.S., Boerma, T.D., Everaert, E., VanSteensel, M.J., Vorstman, J., Wijnen, F. (2021). Narrative comprehension and production abilities in children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2021.104109.

Geambașu, A., Spit, S., van Renswoude, D., Blom, E., Fikkert, P., Hunnius, S., Junge, C., Verhagen, J., Visser, I., Wijnen, F. & Levelt, C.C. (in press). Robustness of the rule learning effect in seven-month-old infants: A close, multi-center replication of Marcus et al. (1999). Developmental Science https://doi-org.proxy.library.uu.nl/10.1111/desc.13244 

Radulescu, S., Kotsolakou, A. , Wijnen, F., Avrutin, S., & Grama, I. (2021). Fast But Not Furious. When Sped Up Bit Rate of Information Drives Rule Induction. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.661785  

On November 12 2021, Silvia Radulescu successfully defended her dissertation “An Entropy and Noisy-Channel Model for Rule Induction” and was awarded a Cum Laude distinction. Promotors: Sergey Avrutin & Frank Wijnen. The dissertation can be downloaded here: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/406788

VanSteensel, M., Selten, I.S., Charbonnier, L., Berezutskaya, J., Raemaekers, M.A.H., Ramsey, N.F., Wijnen, F. (2021). Reduced brain activation during language processing in children with developmental language disorder and children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. Neuropsychologia. Available online 28 May 2021.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.107907  

On September 3rd 2021, Maartje de Klerk successfully defended her dissertation “Vowels in development. Speech sound perception in Dutch infants with and without a family risk of dyslexia”. Promotors: Frank Wijnen & Elise de Bree. Committee members: Claartje Levelt (Leiden); Judith Rispens (Amsterdam); Ellen Gerrits; Caroline Junge; René Kager, Elma Blom. The dissertation can be…

Tribushinina, E., Berg, Z. O. T., & Karman, S. (2021). Facilitating positive L1 transfer through explicit spelling instruction for EFL learners with dyslexia: an intervention study. Language Awareness, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658416.2021.1949332

Emma Everaert (UiL OTS) and Iris Shelten (UiL OTS) will present their research at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison (SRCLD) on June 3rd and 4th. The conference will be held virtually. Emma Everaert will present a poster titled: Same or different? Language skills of children with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome and…

Dr. Tessel Boerma will give a talk at the WAP (Werkverband Amsterdamse Psycholinguïsten) on the language skills of children with the 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. The event will take place on Friday May 28 at 15.30-16.15, online (via Zoom). More information can be found here (in Dutch).

Everaert, E., Boerma, T., Selten, I., Vorstman, J., & Wijnen, F. (2021). Learning from atypical development: A systematic review of executive functioning in children and adolescents with the 22q11. 2 deletion syndrome. Developmental Review, 60, 100962. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2021.100962