Educational Genetics | Neurodiversity | Intergenerational Transmission
🧬📖➗👨👩👧👦 #ERC-StG #VIDI 🤸acrobat
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=X2U5w7UAAAAJ&hl=nl&oi=ao
• Single dots = 1 condition
• Connected dots = ≥2
Learning difficulties co-occur ~4.5× more with each other, but only ~1.5× with ADHD.
🔗 osf.io/rvd9q/
3/5
• Single dots = 1 condition
• Connected dots = ≥2
Learning difficulties co-occur ~4.5× more with each other, but only ~1.5× with ADHD.
🔗 osf.io/rvd9q/
3/5
RI-CLPMs show:
• no cross-lagged effects with reading fluency or arithmetic
• consistent effects from ADHD to later reading comprehension
Shared risk factors explain most overlap—except for comprehension, where ADHD predicts slower growth.
🔗 osf.io/rvd9q/
2/5
RI-CLPMs show:
• no cross-lagged effects with reading fluency or arithmetic
• consistent effects from ADHD to later reading comprehension
Shared risk factors explain most overlap—except for comprehension, where ADHD predicts slower growth.
🔗 osf.io/rvd9q/
2/5
While ADHD affects reading comprehension over time, it does not drive reading fluency or arithmetic.
🔗 osf.io/rvd9q/
Led by @mpsyridou.bsky.social
1/5
While ADHD affects reading comprehension over time, it does not drive reading fluency or arithmetic.
🔗 osf.io/rvd9q/
Led by @mpsyridou.bsky.social
1/5
Grateful to the International #Dyslexia Association for recognising our work with the 2025 Early Career Award in Atlanta.
🧬 Full story by @vuamsterdam.bsky.social:
vu.nl/en/news/2025...
#DyslexiaCon25
Grateful to the International #Dyslexia Association for recognising our work with the 2025 Early Career Award in Atlanta.
🧬 Full story by @vuamsterdam.bsky.social:
vu.nl/en/news/2025...
#DyslexiaCon25
I’ll give my award talk on Fri 3:50pm
🎓 Decoding the Gene–Environment Interplay on Dyslexia
Grateful to all my collaborators and lab members— #TeamScience is all I do 💙
🔗 About the award files.constantcontact.com/e2798027001/...
I’ll give my award talk on Fri 3:50pm
🎓 Decoding the Gene–Environment Interplay on Dyslexia
Grateful to all my collaborators and lab members— #TeamScience is all I do 💙
🔗 About the award files.constantcontact.com/e2798027001/...
🖼️ writing retreat
Grateful to Kate Nation @kateewatkins.bsky.social Courtenay Norbury & @orbenamy.bsky.social for bringing us together
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🖼️ writing retreat
Grateful to Kate Nation @kateewatkins.bsky.social Courtenay Norbury & @orbenamy.bsky.social for bringing us together
🧵☝️ (end of thread)
That spark became a truly interdisciplinary review.
📖 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
🖼️ writing retreat, Wellcome Collection (London)
That spark became a truly interdisciplinary review.
📖 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
🖼️ writing retreat, Wellcome Collection (London)
By linking theory, evidence & practice, we learn which mechanisms drive change and how to make support effective in real settings.
📖 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
🖼️ theory↔research↔practice cycle
By @nickyjdawson.bsky.social
By linking theory, evidence & practice, we learn which mechanisms drive change and how to make support effective in real settings.
📖 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
🖼️ theory↔research↔practice cycle
By @nickyjdawson.bsky.social
Over time, memory reorganisation turns new knowledge into lasting vocabulary—showing why studying learning over time matters
📖 doi.org/10.31234/osf... @emljames.bsky.social
🖼️hippocampus→neocortex
Over time, memory reorganisation turns new knowledge into lasting vocabulary—showing why studying learning over time matters
📖 doi.org/10.31234/osf... @emljames.bsky.social
🖼️hippocampus→neocortex
Both cortical regions (like the superior temporal gyrus & inferior frontal gyrus) and deeper structures (like the striatum) contribute to learning.
🖼️ cortical & subcortical language networks
📖 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Both cortical regions (like the superior temporal gyrus & inferior frontal gyrus) and deeper structures (like the striatum) contribute to learning.
🖼️ cortical & subcortical language networks
📖 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Parents pass on both DNA & experiences. Their own traits shape the home & how they interact with children — creating gene–environment correlations.
🖼️ child ↔ parents ↔ broader context
Parents pass on both DNA & experiences. Their own traits shape the home & how they interact with children — creating gene–environment correlations.
🖼️ child ↔ parents ↔ broader context
A polygenic score sums thousands of tiny DNA effects to estimate genetic propensity, but it’s not destiny: environment & chance still matter.
🖼️ many small variants → one polygenic score
A polygenic score sums thousands of tiny DNA effects to estimate genetic propensity, but it’s not destiny: environment & chance still matter.
🖼️ many small variants → one polygenic score
Conditions like dyslexia or developmental language disorder (DLD) reflect the lower end of normal variation in these skills, not distinct categories
🖼️ continuous distribution of ability, with cut-offs shown
Conditions like dyslexia or developmental language disorder (DLD) reflect the lower end of normal variation in these skills, not distinct categories
🖼️ continuous distribution of ability, with cut-offs shown
🧠Our new review links genetics, neuroscience, psychology & education to show why some children find language or reading easier.
📖 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
🖼️genes→brain→cognition→behaviour 🧵👇
🧠Our new review links genetics, neuroscience, psychology & education to show why some children find language or reading easier.
📖 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
🖼️genes→brain→cognition→behaviour 🧵👇
invited talk in London
collaborations at Psychiatry & Psychology
Neurodiversity conference
training with Oxford Acrobatics 🤸♀️
and catching up with mentors & icons @deevybee.bsky.social & Maggie Snowling
📸 Staying at a College never loses its magic!
#OHbrcNDconference
invited talk in London
collaborations at Psychiatry & Psychology
Neurodiversity conference
training with Oxford Acrobatics 🤸♀️
and catching up with mentors & icons @deevybee.bsky.social & Maggie Snowling
📸 Staying at a College never loses its magic!
#OHbrcNDconference
👉 ADHD, dyslexia & dyscalculia co-occur due to genetic risks
👉 ADHD runs in families mostly via genetic transmission:
👉 Educational achievement runs in families because genetics dominate, though parents and relatives still matter
🔗 Links 👇
👉 ADHD, dyslexia & dyscalculia co-occur due to genetic risks
👉 ADHD runs in families mostly via genetic transmission:
👉 Educational achievement runs in families because genetics dominate, though parents and relatives still matter
🔗 Links 👇
This is part of a Netherlands-wide action today. Who at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social will join me today at noon on the VU campus?
#wijwerkenhiernietaanmee
🔗 wijwerkenhiernietaanmee.nl/en
This is part of a Netherlands-wide action today. Who at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social will join me today at noon on the VU campus?
#wijwerkenhiernietaanmee
🔗 wijwerkenhiernietaanmee.nl/en
Takk, Norge, for språket og samtalene!
#LanguageLearning #LifelongLearning #AcademicLife #Duolingo #MovingAbroad #Norskprøve #UiO #VisitingProfessor
Takk, Norge, for språket og samtalene!
#LanguageLearning #LifelongLearning #AcademicLife #Duolingo #MovingAbroad #Norskprøve #UiO #VisitingProfessor
📍 Then: Netherlands, 2021
📍 Now: Norway, 2025
Same #yoga pose ⬇️🐶, same cuddly chaos.
#AcademicParent #AcademicMom #WorkLifeBalance #AcroYoga
📍 Then: Netherlands, 2021
📍 Now: Norway, 2025
Same #yoga pose ⬇️🐶, same cuddly chaos.
#AcademicParent #AcademicMom #WorkLifeBalance #AcroYoga
My first grader is basically doing my job!
This is the final page of his rainforest report. Just like me, he’s learning that knowledge builds on what others have discovered before.
@academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicmom
My first grader is basically doing my job!
This is the final page of his rainforest report. Just like me, he’s learning that knowledge builds on what others have discovered before.
@academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicmom
📷 brilliant friends in child development & (epi)genetics: @laraffington.bsky.social @rosacheesman.bsky.social @marghmalanchini.bsky.social
🔗 Apply: jacobsfoundation.org/activity/jac...
📷 brilliant friends in child development & (epi)genetics: @laraffington.bsky.social @rosacheesman.bsky.social @marghmalanchini.bsky.social
🔗 Apply: jacobsfoundation.org/activity/jac...
Here’s a slide I often show in talks
doi.org/10.1037/a002...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ed... @carorowland.bsky.social
Here’s a slide I often show in talks
doi.org/10.1037/a002...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ed... @carorowland.bsky.social
✔️ Structure your paragraph by starting with a topic sentence.
✔️ Avoid nominalisations (put actors in the subject and their actions in the verb).
✔️ Put material you want to emphasise at the end of the sentence.
from Kail: uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/sc...
✔️ Structure your paragraph by starting with a topic sentence.
✔️ Avoid nominalisations (put actors in the subject and their actions in the verb).
✔️ Put material you want to emphasise at the end of the sentence.
from Kail: uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/sc...
✍️ how to get yourself to write (Sarnecka: osf.io/n8pc3/)
🧠 how to write clearly (Kail: uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/sc...)
See 🔽 for some writing tools!
✍️ how to get yourself to write (Sarnecka: osf.io/n8pc3/)
🧠 how to write clearly (Kail: uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/sc...)
See 🔽 for some writing tools!
So lovely to be back in my postdoc town for the week. If you're around and would like to connect — especially if you're an early career researcher — I'd love to meet you!
So lovely to be back in my postdoc town for the week. If you're around and would like to connect — especially if you're an early career researcher — I'd love to meet you!