{"id":132,"date":"2022-08-29T13:57:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T13:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newejsafra.haifa.ac.il\/?page_id=132"},"modified":"2022-08-29T13:57:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T13:57:46","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/newejsafra.haifa.ac.il\/?page_id=132","title":{"rendered":"overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"132\" class=\"elementor elementor-132\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b4cd37 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b4cd37\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-00187c3\" data-id=\"00187c3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-192731e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"192731e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>overview<\/strong><\/h2><p>Our interdisciplinary, multi-lingual team is conducting fascinating studies, investigating the normal and abnormal learning processes, in both Hebrew and Arabic. Among our domains of\u00a0inquiry are:<\/p><p><strong>Literacy and numeracy skills development<\/strong>\u00a0in both healthy populations and individuals with learning difficulties; Subtypes of literacy and numeracy difficulties, including: Accuracy and rate deficits, developmental dyscalculia (DD), math anxiety.<\/p><p><strong>A comprehensive study of the Arabic language<\/strong>:<\/p><ul><li>Phonological and Morphological awareness and their role in early reading and spelling acquisition<\/li><li>The Diglossia Phenomenon in Arabic and its effect on literacy skills<\/li><li>Linguistic influence and meta-cognitive abilities of Arabic native speakers<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Attention and Memory<\/strong>: \u00a0The study of neurocognitive mechanisms underlying attention in humans, in both healthy populations and individuals with learning difficulties. We use a variety of techniques to study attention, including behavioral tasks and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) methods. We explore:<\/p><ul><li>Cognitive inconsistency in developmental dyscalculia<\/li><li>Improvement of arithmetic abilities and cognitive control, using brain stimulation and emotional stimuli.<\/li><li>\u2018Mind wandering tendency\u2019<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>An intensive study of Bilingualism:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Differences between individuals in language learning and processing, with a specific focus on second language.<\/li><li>Translation of knowledge on highly proficient bilingual performance towards the question of foreign language learning.<\/li><li>Interaction between the orthographic and phonological aspects of the different languages used by multilinguals in reading.<\/li><li>Multilingualism in the context of both spoken and signed languages.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>The influence of socio-Emotional aspects, literacy environment and instructional factors on learning abilities and academic success:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The effect of family involvement on student\u2019s achievements.<\/li><li>Teachers\u2019 transmission of values and its effect on value internalization and social behavior of students.<\/li><li>Social, emotional, and metacognitive risks and protective factors among typical and at-risk students (with ADHD and\/or LD, emotional disabilities, hearing or visual impairment)<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Intervention tools<\/strong>: Generating early identification tools and interventions for at-risk kindergarten and elementary-school children, both behavioral and brain-based.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>overview Our interdisciplinary, multi-lingual team is conducting fascinating studies, investigating the normal and abnormal learning processes, in both Hebrew and Arabic. 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