Giada Guerra (@guerragiada1) profile picture

PhD student in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience at Birkbeck, University of London and at Maastricht University.

London, England
Joined September 2014
Photo by Giada Guerra (@guerragiada1)Photo by Giada Guerra (@guerragiada1)
Ever wondered what's happening when we're reading in a chatty room? We investigated whether and how background speech affects kids' reading. Even a non-engaging distraction reduced reading performance, with specific properties of speech disrupting different reading skills. 1/2
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2/2 Reading comprehension of kids with weaker inhibition seemed also more susceptible to impairments. More in our paper: dx.doi.org/10.1111/mbe.12264 Thank you to our participants and to @MLBonte, @JTijms, Fred Dick, Adam Tierney and Anniek Vaessen @INTERLEARN_EID
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Giada Guerra retweeted
Want to help us learn about babies' sleep? Take part in my fun study!! 🧠😴
Want to learn more about your baby's sleep? Do you have a baby between 4 and 5-months-old? Contact [email protected] to take part!!👶💤
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We've just finished testing our 100th participant! We're not done yet, but hey, isn't it a good reason to celebrate? For more information on the project, see: cbcd.bbk.ac.uk/research/inte… #interlearn #dyslexia #attention #eu
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And of course, if anybody in Amsterdam area wants to participate, we're now looking especially for typically developing children between 8 and 11 years old! Join us!
We are hiring! We have a PhD position available @rudolfberlinc in Amsterdam! On intervention dynamics and outcomes as a function of individual differences in neurocognitive network profiles of children with reading/math disabilities. Check it out here tinyurl.com/y5ju7acu #PhD
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Today I had the pleasure to contribute to the @DondersBAW @brainawareness presenting my @INTERLEARN_EID research and some more to brilliant students, ready soon to jump into the academic world. It has been such a rewarding experience! Thank you, @smcheerlen !
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Giada Guerra retweeted
“What reinforces the content of a photograph is the sense of rhythm – the relationship between shapes and values.” — Henri Cartier-Bresson #WednesdayWisdom bit.ly/2qB19zX
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Learning about vision develops in the first year of life at #brainplay in the imagination lab @ImaginationLdn . Make your own book about how you grow to see the world! With the wonderful @Laura_Kischkel #BrainAwarenessWeek