Hoeft, F.
University of California San Francisco ( UCSF)
This presentation will address the importance of an integrated approach in understanding learning disabilities such as dyslexia: from genetics to brain networks, and from risk factors to protective factors. We will discuss the latest advances in the neuroscience of learning disabilities, with a particular emphasis on resilient dyslexics (i.e., those with good comprehension despite poor decoding) and the potential existence of stereotype threat in dyslexia (being at risk of confirming, as self-characteristic, a negative stereotype about one?s group). I will highlight the importance of promoting children?s cognitive and socio-emotional resilience including motivation, mindset, and grit - potentially developable traits that are necessary for children with learning disabilities to succeed.