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Maureen W. Lovett

Maureen W. Lovett

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Psychology

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37
Citations
7629
World Ranking
9097
National Ranking
614

Overview

Maureen W. Lovett is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of psychology, genetics, and educational development. Their research primarily covers developmental and educational psychology, genetics, and cognitive neuroscience, with a focus on topics related to reading and literacy development, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, and language development and disorders.

The scientist's publication record includes work in a variety of recognized journals and venues. Some frequent publication outlets are Nature Genetics, Journal of Educational Psychology, Journal of Learning Disabilities, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Maureen W. Lovett include:

  • Discovery of 42 genome-wide significant loci associated with dyslexia, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Genome-wide analyses of individual differences in quantitatively assessed reading- and language-related skills in up to 34,000 people, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Genome-wide association study of word reading: Overlap with risk genes for neurodevelopmental disorders, 2020, Genes Brain & Behavior
  • Effective intervention for adolescents with reading disabilities: Combining reading and motivational remediation to improve outcomes, 2020, Journal of Educational Psychology
  • Language Difficulties in School-Age Children With Developmental Dyslexia, 2021, Journal of Learning Disabilities

The following co-authors have frequently collaborated with Maureen W. Lovett:

  • Cathy L. Barr
  • Sharon Guger
  • Elizabeth Kerr
  • Karen Wigg
  • Kaitlyn M. Price

The key research topics explored in their work include:

  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Language Development and Disorders
  • Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research

Main fields of study in which Maureen W. Lovett has significant research output are psychology and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Subfields include developmental and educational psychology, genetics, cognitive neuroscience, statistics and probability, and education.

Best Publications

  • Remediating the Core Deficits of Developmental Reading Disability A Double-Deficit Perspective

    Maureen W. Lovett;Karen A. Steinbach;Jan C. Frijters

  • Measuring socioeconomic status: Reliability and preliminary validity for different approaches.

    Paul T. Cirino;Christopher E. Chin;Rose A. Sevcik;Maryanne Wolf

  • The second deficit: An investigation of the independence of phonological and naming-speed deficits in developmental dyslexia

    Maryanne Wolf;Alyssa Goldberg O'Rourke;Calvin Gidney;Maureen Lovett

  • Treating the Core Deficits of Developmental Dyslexia: Evidence of Transfer of Learning after Phonologically- and Strategy-Based Reading Training Programs.

    Maureen W. Lovett;Susan L. Borden;Teresa DeLuca;Léa Lacerenza

  • Components of effective remediation for developmental reading disabilities: Combining phonological and strategy-based instruction to improve outcomes.

    Maureen W. Lovett;Léa Lacerenza;Susan L. Borden;Jan C. Frijters

  • The Relationship Among Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary, Listening Comprehension, Pre-Reading Skills, Word Identification Skills, and Reading Comprehension by Children With Reading Disabilities

    Justin C. Wise;Rose A. Sevcik;Robin D. Morris;Maureen W. Lovett

  • A developmental approach to reading disability: accuracy and speed criteria of normal and deficient reading skill.

    Maureen W. Lovett

  • Reading fluency: the whole is more than the parts.

    Tami Katzir;Youngsuk Kim;Maryanne Wolf;Beth O’Brien

  • Early intervention for children at risk for reading disabilities: The impact of grade at intervention and individual differences on intervention outcomes.

    Maureen W. Lovett;Jan C. Frijters;Maryanne Wolf;Karen A. Steinbach

  • Putting Struggling Readers on the PHAST Track A Program to Integrate Phonological and Strategy-Based Remedial Reading Instruction and Maximize Outcomes

    Maureen W. Lovett;Léa Lacerenza;Susan L. Borden

  • Multiple-Component Remediation for Developmental Reading Disabilities IQ, Socioeconomic Status, and Race as Factors in Remedial Outcome

    Robin D. Morris;Maureen W. Lovett;Maryanne Wolf;Rose A. Sevcik

  • Training the word recognition skills of reading disabled children : treatment and transfer effects

    Maureen W. Lovett;Patricia M. Warren-Chaplin;Marilyn J. Ransby;Susan L. Borden

  • The Effectiveness of Remedial Programs for Reading Disabled Children of Different Ages: Does the Benefit Decrease for Older Children?.

    Maureen W. Lovett;Karen A. Steinbach

  • Support for EKN1 as the susceptibility locus for dyslexia on 15q21.

    K G Wigg;J M Couto;Y Feng;B Anderson

  • Interventions for Reading Difficulties A Comparison of Response to Intervention by ELL and EFL Struggling Readers

    Maureen W. Lovett;Maria De Palma;Jan Frijters;Karen Steinbach

  • Genome-wide analyses of individual differences in quantitatively assessed reading- and language-related skills in up to 34,000 people

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  • The Relationship between Different Measures of Oral Reading Fluency and Reading Comprehension in Second-Grade Students Who Evidence Different Oral Reading Fluency Difficulties.

    Justin C. Wise;Rose A. Sevcik;Robin D. Morris;Maureen W. Lovett

  • Can Dyslexia Be Treated? Treatment-Specific and Generalized Treatment Effects in Dyslexic Children's Response to Remediation

    Maureen W. Lovett;Maureen W. Lovett;Marilyn J. Ransby;Noreen Hardwick;Marie S. Johns

  • A developmental perspective on reading dysfunction: accuracy and rate criteria in the subtyping of dyslexic children.

    Maureen W Lovett

  • The Varieties of Pathways to Dysfluent Reading Comparing Subtypes of Children With Dyslexia at Letter, Word, and Connected Text Levels of Reading

    Tami Katzir;Young-Suk Kim;Maryanne Wolf;Robin Morris

  • Evaluating the Efficacy of Remediation for Struggling Readers in High School

    Maureen W. Lovett;Léa Lacerenza;Maria De Palma;Jan C. Frijters

Frequent Co-Authors

Maryanne Wolf
Maryanne Wolf Tufts University
Robin G. Morris
Robin G. Morris King's College London
Cathy L. Barr
Cathy L. Barr University Health Network
Rose A. Sevcik
Rose A. Sevcik Georgia State University
E. Mark Mahone
E. Mark Mahone Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Paul T. Cirino
Paul T. Cirino University of Houston
Erik G. Willcutt
Erik G. Willcutt University of Colorado Boulder
Rosemary Tannock
Rosemary Tannock University of Toronto
Simon E. Fisher
Simon E. Fisher Max Planck Society
Richard K. Olson
Richard K. Olson University of Colorado Boulder

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