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KU Leuven is an autonomous university. It was founded in 1425. It was born of and has grown within the Catholic tradition.
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Visit the employer pageThis position allows you to obtain a PhD in the field of mathematical cognition in the research group of Bert De Smedt http://ppw.kuleuven.be/home/english/research/pserg/desmedt, with a focus on the development of academic achievement and educational neuroscience.
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Potential topics for the PhD are: neurocognitive predictors of individual differences in mathematical cognition; neurocognitive overlap between math and reading; characteristics of dyscalculia, the impact of math on general cognitive abilities; multilingualism and math; meta-analyses in math cognition. It is also possible to propose an own thesis topic in the broad field of math cognition.
For more information please contact Prof. dr. Bert De Smedt, tel.: +32 16 32 57 05, mail: bert.desmedt@kuleuven.be.
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KU Leuven is an autonomous university. It was founded in 1425. It was born of and has grown within the Catholic tradition.
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