Emma works as a PhD student in the NWO project "Language impairment in the 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: a model for SLI?" (2018) supervised by prof. dr. Frank Wijnen and prof. dr. Ellen Gerrits. This project aims to describe the linguistic development of children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome in relation to their the cognitive development as compared to children with a developmental language disorder (SLI/DLD), and typically developing children.
Her PhD project will focus on the relations between language development on the one hand and procedural learning and executive functions (sustained attention, selective attention/inhibition, and working memory) on the other hand in both children with 22q11DS and DLD.
For a detailed overview of the project see the project website below:
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