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Overview

Kenneth R. Pugh is affiliated with Haskins Laboratories in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and neuroscience, with a focus on developmental and educational psychology as well as cognitive neuroscience. The work also covers areas within education, statistics and probability, and psychiatry and mental health.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Language Development and Disorders
  • Global Educational Policies and Reforms

Kenneth R. Pugh has contributed to multiple recent papers, some of which include:

  • "Individual differences in learning the regularities between orthography, phonology and semantics predict early reading skills" (2020, Journal of Memory and Language)
  • "Functional connectivity in the developing language network in 4-year-old children predicts future reading ability" (2020, Developmental Science)
  • "Thalamus is a common locus of reading, arithmetic, and IQ: Analysis of local intrinsic functional properties" (2020, Brain and Language)
  • "Diagnostic Associations of Processing Speed in a Transdiagnostic, Pediatric Sample" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Gray Matter Structure Is Associated with Reading Skill in Typically Developing Young Readers" (2020, Cerebral Cortex)

The scientist has frequent co-authors including:

  • Nicole Landi
  • Stephen J. Frost
  • Peter J. Molfese
  • Jay G. Rueckl
  • Fumiko Hoeft

Some of the regular venues for Kenneth R. Pugh's publications are:

  • NeuroImage
  • Neuropsychologia
  • Journal of Memory and Language
  • Developmental Science
  • Frontiers in Psychology

Kenneth R. Pugh has contributed to book publications, including a title published by UNESCO MGIEP eBooks: "Reimagining Education: The International Science and Evidence based Education Assessment" (2022).

Best Publications

  • Sex differences in the functional organization of the brain for language

    Bennett A. Shaywitz;Sally E. Shaywltz;Kenneth R. Pugh;Kenneth R. Pugh;R. Todd Constable

  • Disruption of posterior brain systems for reading in children with developmental dyslexia.

    Bennett A Shaywitz;Sally E Shaywitz;Kenneth R Pugh;Kenneth R Pugh;W.Einar Mencl;W.Einar Mencl

  • Functional disruption in the organization of the brain for reading in dyslexia

    S E Shaywitz;B A Shaywitz;K R Pugh;R K Fulbright

  • Development of left occipitotemporal systems for skilled reading in children after a phonologically- based intervention.

    Bennett A Shaywitz;Sally E Shaywitz;Benita A Blachman;Kenneth R Pugh;Kenneth R Pugh

  • Cerebral organization of component processes in reading

    Pugh Kr;Shaywitz Ba;Shaywitz Se;Constable Rt

  • Functional neuroimaging studies of reading and reading disability (developmental dyslexia)

    Kenneth R. Pugh;Kenneth R. Pugh;W. Einar Mencl;W. Einar Mencl;Annette R. Jenner;Annette R. Jenner;Leonard Katz;Leonard Katz

  • Persistence of dyslexia: the Connecticut Longitudinal Study at adolescence.

    Sally E. Shaywitz;Jack M. Fletcher;John M. Holahan;Abigail E. Shneider

  • Neurobiological studies of reading and reading disability.

    Kenneth R Pugh;Kenneth R Pugh;W.Einar Mencl;W.Einar Mencl;Annette R Jenner;Annette R Jenner;Leonard Katz;Leonard Katz

  • Neural systems for compensation and persistence: young adult outcome of childhood reading disability.

    Sally E Shaywitz;Bennett A Shaywitz;Robert K Fulbright;Pawel Skudlarski

  • An open resource for transdiagnostic research in pediatric mental health and learning disorders

    Lindsay M. Alexander;Jasmine Escalera;Lei Ai;Charissa Andreotti

  • The Angular Gyrus in Developmental Dyslexia: Task-Specific Differences in Functional Connectivity Within Posterior Cortex:

    Kenneth R. Pugh;Kenneth R. Pugh;W. Einar Mencl;W. Einar Mencl;Bennett A. Shaywitz;Sally E. Shaywitz

  • An Event-related Neuroimaging Study Distinguishing Form and Content in Sentence Processing

    W. Ni;R. T. Constable;W. E. Mencl;K. R. Pugh

  • Effect of Estrogen on Brain Activation Patterns in Postmenopausal Women During Working Memory Tasks

    S E Shaywitz;B A Shaywitz;K R Pugh;R K Fulbright

  • Effects of smoking and smoking abstinence on cognition in adolescent tobacco smokers

    Leslie K. Jacobsen;John H. Krystal;W. Einar Mencl;Michael Westerveld

  • Auditory selective attention: an fMRI investigation.

    Kenneth R. Pugh;Kenneth R. Pugh;Bennett A. Shaywitz;Sally E. Shaywitz;Robert K. Fulbright

  • Universal brain signature of proficient reading: Evidence from four contrasting languages

    Jay G. Rueckl;Jay G. Rueckl;Pedro M. Paz-Alonso;Peter J. Molfese;Peter J. Molfese;Wen Jui Kuo

  • The Neurobiological Basis of Skilled and Impaired Reading: Recent Findings and New Directions

    Rebecca Sandak;W. Einar Mencl;Stephen J. Frost;Kenneth R. Pugh

  • Nicotine effects on brain function and functional connectivity in schizophrenia.

    Leslie K Jacobsen;D.Cyril D'Souza;W.Einar Mencl;Kenneth R Pugh

  • Sentence complexity and input modality effects in sentence comprehension: an fMRI study

    R.Todd Constable;Kenneth R Pugh;Kenneth R Pugh;Ella Berroya;W.Einar Mencl;W.Einar Mencl

  • Predicting reading performance from neuroimaging profiles: The cerebral basis of phonological effects in printed word identification.

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Frequent Co-Authors

Robert K. Fulbright
Robert K. Fulbright Yale University
W. Einar Mencl
W. Einar Mencl Yale University
Leonard Katz
Leonard Katz Haskins Laboratories
Sally E. Shaywitz
Sally E. Shaywitz Yale University
R. Todd Constable
R. Todd Constable Yale University
Pawel Skudlarski
Pawel Skudlarski Yale University
Donald Shankweiler
Donald Shankweiler University of Connecticut
Fumiko Hoeft
Fumiko Hoeft University of Connecticut
Elena L. Grigorenko
Elena L. Grigorenko University of Houston
Michael Westerveld
Michael Westerveld AdventHealth Orlando

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