Shauni Van Herck

PhD researcher | @ExpORL_KULeuven | BrainSTORM lab | interested in the neurophysiology of reading, neurocognitive impact of preventive interventions 🧠

[Shauni Van Herck @s_vanherck]

@axellecalcus @ULBruxelles @ExpORL_KULeuven Thank you so much again for being part of my jury! It was so nice meeting you, and receiving your valuable input on my work!

[Shauni Van Herck @s_vanherck]

So excited to share this news 🤩 a big thank you to everyone who made this possible, from my colleagues, to my amazing supervisors and jury members, to my friends and family. I would not be here without you all 🙏🏻

[ExpORL KU Leuven @ExpORL_KULeuven]

Congratulations Dr. @s_vanherck ! 👩‍🎓 Yesterday, Shauni successfully defended her #PhD about auditory temporal processing in pre-readers at risk for #dyslexia. Great teamwork with supervisors Jan Wouters, @polortho and @VandermostenM 🙌

[Shauni Van Herck @s_vanherck]

This paper holds a special place in my heart since it was first submitted only days before my son was born. Couldn't be happier that it is now out there ☺️

[Shauni Van Herck @s_vanherck]

Starting the year with a new publication of our longitudinal #dyslexia study!
https://t.co/Yzo7XSRcMN
We showed that dyslexia is characterized by atypical hemispheric specialization at syllable and phoneme rates even at pre-reading age, indicating a potential causal mechanism.

[Shauni Van Herck @s_vanherck]

This work was only possible thanks to the help of my amazing co-authors: @ec_maria, Femke Vanden Bempt, Toivo Glatz, @polortho, @VandermostenM and Jan Wouters.

[Pieter Huycke @PieterHuycke]

Check out our new paper published in @JCgntn:
https://t.co/YAGJptk9LW

Using computational modelling, we showed that learning is essential for adaptive behavior, and that learned knowledge can be protected from forgetting via neural synchronization

[Shauni Van Herck @s_vanherck]

My research internship 4 years ago under supervision of @judith_goris and @sebraem sparked my interest in research. So happy to have contributed to this work and see it published now, and still grateful for all the opportunities I got while working on this project🧠

[Judith Goris @judith_goris]

Our new paper is out!✨
We found reduced influence of first impressions in early sensory processing in autism, in line with faster model updating🧠
With @sebraem @s_vanherck Jonas Simoens @DrEDeschrijver @JRWiersema @tremodian Marcel Brass & Juanita Todd🙏
https://t.co/eeAcXQkRbt

[Shauni Van Herck @s_vanherck]

First real life poster presentation since 2019 and excited about it! Come check out my poster C68 at #CNS2022

[Klara Schevenels @KSchevenels]

Bruce Willis heeft afasie. Maar wat is dat eigenlijk? En hoe kunnen de🧠onze vragen helpen beantwoorden?

In mijn EOS-blog (danku @SciMingo & @eos_wetenschap) geef ik een kijkje achter de schermen van ons onderzoeksteam! 👉https://t.co/7CA4gDbpQH

@FWOVlaanderen @ExpORL_KULeuven

[Pieter Huycke @PieterHuycke]

In this preprint (https://t.co/ZXGJJu4cmB), we investigated computationally how behavioral and neural metrics are modulated by two types of binding: learning and synchronization.

Learning was essential for behavioral improvement, and synchronization boosted performance.

[Shauni Van Herck @s_vanherck]

@ec_maria I feel you 🧠

[Klara Schevenels @KSchevenels]

Paper alert! Do aging adults show a decline in their ability to extract patterns from our rich environment - a skill we all use to acquire a new language? And how can we better measure this skill in patient populations? Get your free copy now: https://t.co/ilDktrZXju

[Shauni Van Herck @s_vanherck]

Thanks to the amazing #DYSCO research team and other collaborators: Femke Vanden Bempt, @ec_maria, @JolijnVDA, Toivo Glatz, Benjamin Dieudonné, @VandermostenM @polortho, & Jan Wouters.

[Shauni Van Herck @s_vanherck]

Really happy to share my first 1st author paper with you: https://t.co/6Zm5mKWpiN
We showed that an enhanced speech envelope training increases rise time sensitivity in pre-readers at risk for #dyslexia before the onset of reading instruction!

[Shauni Van Herck @s_vanherck]

This is the first investigation of speech envelope enhancement as an intervention strategy for dyslexia. It allows us to improve sensitivity to a marker that has often been associated with (the development of) dyslexia, at a crucial period in development.

[Shauni Van Herck @s_vanherck]

The 1st paper of our #dysco intervention study in children at risk for #dyslexia by Femke Vanden Bempt is out! Our results showed that GraphoGame Flemish provided a head start on early literacy skills in at risk children 📝 (@ec_maria @JolijnVDA @VandermostenM @polortho)

[Frontiers - Psychology @FrontPsychol]

New Research: Digital Game-Based Phonics Instruction Promotes Print Knowledge in Pre-Readers at Cognitive Risk for Dyslexia https://t.co/0BPg85hJkk #Psychology #Psych

[KU Leuven @KU_Leuven]

Een jarenlange studie @ExpORL_KULeuven onderstreept het belang van een vroege interventie bij leesproblemen zoals dyslexie 🧠📖 https://t.co/fTgmin4ee8

[Bert De Smedt @Bert_De_Smedt]

Het lab op facebook! https://t.co/YpsafADrfT ... en we zijn nog steeds op zoek naar gezinnen met kinderen die geboren zijn tussen oktober 2015 en maart 2016 die graag willen deelnemen aan hersenonderzoek. Sharing is caring!

[Shauni Van Herck @s_vanherck]

Check out my soon to be husband's first paper in which they showed that alpha and theta frequency oscillations, although both involved in learning, operate on distinct timescales in @EJNeuroscience 🧠

[Pieter Huycke @PieterHuycke]

Excited to share my first paper🧠accepted and available in @EJNeuroscience
DOI: https://t.co/vJdfz3Irdx

A big thank you to co-authors @PieterVerbeke4, Nico Böhler and Tom Verguts 😃🤝