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Overview

Ludo Verhoeven is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands. Their research mainly intersects the fields of psychology, with a primary focus on developmental and educational psychology. Their scholarly work encompasses cognitive neuroscience, education, statistics and probability, and linguistics and language.

The main topics covered by Verhoeven's research include:

  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Language Development and Disorders
  • Cognitive and Developmental Aspects of Mathematical Skills
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Second Language Acquisition and Learning
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Multilingual Education and Policy

Verhoeven's publication record includes work in several frequent journals and venues, such as:

  • Learning and Individual Differences
  • Annals of Dyslexia
  • Journal of Research in Reading
  • Reading and Writing
  • Scientific Studies of Reading

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on reading and literacy development, including:

  • "Universals in Learning to Read Across Languages and Writing Systems," 2021, Scientific Studies of Reading
  • "Computer-supported early literacy intervention effects in preschool and kindergarten: A meta-analysis," 2020, Educational Research Review

In addition to their own works, Verhoeven has collaborated frequently with other researchers in the field. Notable coauthors include:

  • Eliane Segers
  • Harry Knoors
  • Tijs Kleemans
  • Elise de Bree
  • Marco van de Ven

Best Publications

  • Language proficiency and reading ability in first- and second-language learners

    Mienke Droop;Ludo Verhoeven

  • Prediction of the development of reading comprehension: A longitudinal study.

    Ludo Verhoeven;Jan van Leeuwe

  • Transfer in Bilingual Development: The Linguistic Interdependence Hypothesis Revisited

    Ludo T Verhoeven

  • Components in Early Second Language Reading and Spelling

    Ludo Verhoeven

  • Cross-linguistic perspectives on the development of text-production abilities: Speech and writing

    Ruth Aronson Berman;Ludo Th Verhoeven

  • Vocabulary Growth and Reading Development across the Elementary School Years.

    Ludo Verhoeven;Jan van Leeuwe;Anne Vermeer

  • Acquisition of reading in a second language

    Ludo T. Verhoeven

  • Child and Home Predictors of Early Numeracy Skills in Kindergarten.

    Tijs Kleemans;Marieke Peeters;Eliane Segers;Ludo Verhoeven

  • The relationship between the reading and signing skills of deaf children in bilingual education programs

    Daan Hermans;Harry Knoors;Ellen Ormel;Ludo Verhoeven

  • Relating Events in Narrative, Volume 2 : Typological and Contextual Perspectives

    Sven Strömqvist;Ludo Verhoeven

  • Predictors of reading and spelling abilities in first and second language learners

    Wilma Jongejan;Ludo Verhoeven;Linda S. Siegel

  • Background Knowledge, Linguistic Complexity, and Second-Language Reading Comprehension:

    Mienke Droop;Ludo Verhoeven

  • Advances in Text Comprehension: Model, Process and Development

    Ludo Verhoeven;Charles Perfetti

  • The simple view of second language reading throughout the primary grades

    Ludo Verhoeven;Jan van Leeuwe

  • Early bilingualism, language transfer, and phonological awareness

    L.T.W. Verhoeven

  • Pragmatic language impairment and associated behavioural problems

    Mieke P. Ketelaars;Juliane Cuperus;Kino Jansonius;Ludo Verhoeven

  • Relating events in narrative : typological and contextual perspectives

    S. Strömqvist;L.T.W. Verhoeven;A. Aksu-Koç

  • Multimedia support of early literacy learning

    Eliane Segers;Ludo Verhoeven

  • Behaviour problems in children with language impairment.

    John van Daal;Ludo Verhoeven;Hans van Balkom

  • Long‐term effects of computer training of phonological awareness in kindergarten

    Eliane Segers;Ludo Verhoeven

  • Precursors of functional literacy

    Ludo Th Verhoeven;Carsten Elbro;Pieter Reitsma

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles A. Perfetti
Charles A. Perfetti University of Pittsburgh
James M. McQueen
James M. McQueen Radboud University
Janet G. van Hell
Janet G. van Hell Pennsylvania State University
Kenneth R. Pugh
Kenneth R. Pugh Haskins Laboratories
Peter F. de Jong
Peter F. de Jong University of Amsterdam
Marinus Voeten
Marinus Voeten Radboud University
Antonius H. N. Cillessen
Antonius H. N. Cillessen Radboud University
Peter Hagoort
Peter Hagoort Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Holger Mitterer
Holger Mitterer University of Malta
Bert Steenbergen
Bert Steenbergen Radboud University

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