Conferences

CONFERENCES

Plenary Keynote

  1. Horowtz-Kraus, T. (August 24th-29th, 2025). Current Trends Panel, on “Digital Devices in Childhood and Education. EARLI meeting, Gratz, Austria,
  2. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (September 3-6th 2025). Dialogic book reading as a synchronizer between parents and children: Insights from neuroscience in Arabic and Hebrew speaking children. The Learning of Science Symposium, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (Flux), Dublin, Ireland,
  3. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (July 14th 2025). Critical millstones in child brain development and the important role of synchronization. Children and Screens annual conference, Washington DC, USA
  4. Horowitz-Kraus. T. (July 7th 2025). Joint and interactive storytelling as a scaffold for future reading fluency: neurobiological evidence from EEG and fMRI studies. The 17th Israeli Association for Literacy and Language annual meeting. Tel Aviv, Israel.
  5. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (June, 24th 2025). Brain-to-brain dialogue: The book, the story, and the storyteller as a metronome in Arabic, Hebrew, and English. Annual meeting of the Arab College of Education, Haifa, Israel (postponed due to the Arab-Israeli War).
  6. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (September 6th, 2024). Sensory integration and executive functions in Learning disabilities and Autism: scientific and Clinical implications. The annual Israeli Pediatric Dentistry conference, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
  7. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (April 18th, 2024). Cognitive and Sensory Integration in Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Pre-ISMRM conference, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Technion.
  8. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (June 5, 2023). Book exposure as a nutrition to the child’s brain. The brain doesn’t forget what the heart feels. Seminar Ha’Kibbutzim College of Education, Tel Aviv, Israel.
  9. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (April 14-16th, 2023). Can storytelling be used as a synchronizer between the parent and the child? National Association of Neonatal Therapists, Tucson, Arizona, USA
  10. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (April, 2023). Neurobiological Correlates for Screen exposure in children: evidence from functional MRI and EEG. Annual conference for diagnosticians for learning disabilities, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
  11. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February, 2023). The role of executive functions in reading fluency. Minimizing the literacy gaps in Israel. Ministry of Education, Jerusalem, Israel.
  12. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (September, 2021). Books are better than screens. John Lind Symposium: Making the Cultural Brain of the Child , Karolinska Institutet Nyheter, Stockholm, Sweden.
  13. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (June, 2021). The “Why” and “How” of storytelling to babies: neurobiological correlates of early shared/dialogic reading to babies and infants. Neuro-NICU, 2021 ONE conference, online meeting.
  14. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 2020). Nurturing the developing brain: parent-child interaction and stories listening in the first years of life. Neuro-NICU, 2020 ONE, Florida Orlando, US.
  15. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (November, 2017). Reading acquisition- books, screen and brain development. Keynote speaker at The Connected Brain of the Child Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden.
  16. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (April, 2016). The role of Executive functions in reading and reading remediation: evidence from EEG and fMRI. German research initiative on dyslexia and dyscalculia financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Munich, Germany.

Invited Talks (since 2017)

  1. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (May 27th 2025). The development of the reading network from birth: Recruitment of neurobiological systems supporting audiovisual and cognitive processing for fluent reading. Neurodevelopmental conference, Kupat Cholim Meuhedet, Tel Aviv, Israel.
  2. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 25th-27th, 2025). Storytelling as a facilitator for parent-child interaction: Brain synchronization and brain similarity in Hebrew and in Arabic from early childhood to adolescence. A talk at the ISCOP international conference, Acre, Israel (symposium organizer, title: Neural circuits supporting parent-child interaction: from allostasis and maternal contingent responsiveness to brain-to-brain synchronization and similarities using fMRI.
  3. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 25th, 2025). Brain-to-brain communication. Measuring parent-child interaction and the relations to the child’s future literacy skills. Adnacements at Early ages of development. Plenary Talk, Rabin Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
  4. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January 16th 2025). Physics Meets Biology: Using fMRI, MRS, DTI, and Cortical Thickness Analysis to Explore Reading Dysfluency and Neural Plasticity in Dyslexia. MR seminar, Weismann Institute, Israel.
  5. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (November 25, 2024). The critical period of child brain development. Israeli Education conference. Tel Aviv, Israel.
  6. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (September 27th-30th 2024). Executive functions and audiovisual integration: can stimulation of these components lead to reading fluency in children with reading difficulties? Findings from neuroimaging studies. Part of a pre-conference workshop: Developing a toolkit for the interaction between Executive Function (EF) and Learning Disabilities. Flux (Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Society), Baltimore, MD. Workshop organizer, chair and speaker.
  7. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (September 27th-30th 2024). Nature and Nurture Contributions to Variation in Learning: Insights from Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. Jacobs Foundation Science of Learning symposium. Flux (Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Society), Baltimore, MD. Chair and moderator.
  8. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (September 19th 2024). Executive Functions, Audio-Visual Integration and Reading Fluency in Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Grand Rounds, Kennedy Krieger and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
  9. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (July 1012th 2024). Stimulating neural circuits associated with executive functions while training reading in children with reading difficulties. IMBES, Leuven, Belgium
  10. Badarneh A, Horowitz-Kraus T. (June 30th, 2024). Greater brain-to-brain synchronization during storytelling in spoken vs literary Arabic: an EEG study. The Annual meeting of the Arabic Academy in Education. Haifa, Israel
  11. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (April, 2024). Sensory and Executive Functions Integration Underlie Reading Fluency. Annual conference for learning difficulties (AGDAL). Bar Ilan University, Israel.
  12. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (August 28th 2023). The importance of the 2000 first years of life. Language as a prompt for the future. The Municipality of Jerusalem and Ministry of Education. Jerusalem, Israel
  13. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (August, 2023). Synchronizing the a-synchronized brain: using an executive functions-based reading intervention to improve executive functions and reading fluency in children with reading difficulties. EARLI, SIG 22 symposium. Thessaloniki, Greece
  14. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (July, 2023). The neurobiological correlates for literacy exposure and reading acquisition. Elementary school teachers and professionals in Israel (Ministry of Education), orthodox arm, Binyaney HaUma, Jerusalem.
  15. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (June, 2023). The neurobiological correlates for books, literacy and screen exposure- are we progressing or regressing? A talk in the Science and Technology Committee on the topic of Literacy exposure, The Israeli Parliament (Knesset), Jerusalem.
  16. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (June, 2023). The neurobiology of reading remediation. The International Dyslexia Association board meeting- Maryland Branch, USA
  17. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (June, 2023). The critical 1000 years of live- a brain development perspective. The Ministry of Education, CEO office, Israel
  18. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (May, 2023). The neurobiology of reading. From research to practice, Ministry of Education, Language section. Israel
  19. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (April 18th, 2023). The neurobiology of reading, reading difficulties and reading interventions. Pratt County Library, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Webinar Recordings List – Maryland State Library Resource Center (slrc.info) The Neurobiology of Reading Difficulties and How Reading Interventions Can Help – YouTube
  20. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (December, 2022). Brain development in the first 1000 days of life. The National Council of Economy, Jerusalem, Israel.
  21. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (December, 2022). From Dialogic Reading- to Reading!. Literacy gaps reduction. Conference led by the Ministry of Education. Maale Hachamisha, Israel.
  22. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (December 14th 2022). Creating the infrastructure for reading development during the first three years of life. GrowHub conference, Tirat Hacarmel, Israel.
  23. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (July 5th 2022). Nurturing the child’s brain with books. Ministry of Education- orthodox preschool education. Binyaney HaUma, Jerusalem.
  24. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (June 12th-17th 2022). The involvement of EF in word reading and fluency during reading acquisition and remediation. The Dyslexia Foundation EXTRAORDINARY BRAIN SYMPOSIUM XVIII on Executive Functioning and Reading. Bermuda.
  25. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (April 27th 2022). The involvement of executive functions and reading acquisition and remediation. International Scientific Conference on Social Emotional learning to empower Students with Learning Disabilities and ADHD. Nitzan organization and Vytautas Magnus University .Lithuania, Lita
  26. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (April 26th, 2022). Nurturing the child’s brain with books. Ministry of Education mini-conference on preschool education. Tel Aviv, Israel
  27. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (September, 28-29th 2021). Neurobiological Correlates for Screen exposure in children: evidence from functional MRI and EEG. e-LADDA CON 21: Understanding Language and Literacy Development in the Digital Age, Seville, Spain.
  28. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March 24th 2021). Progressing or Regressing. Neurobiology of Screen vs Literacy Exposure pre and post COVID-19. “Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Educational and Developmental Perspectives” conference. Speaker and a panelist, Individual Development and Adaptive Learning (IDeA), Frankfurt, Germany.
  29. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March 11th, 2021). How does screen time affect kids’ brain development? Technion UK branch.
  30. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March 10th, 2021). Creating the infrastructure for reading during the 2000 first days of life. MaAgan program for at-risk preschool children, Ministry of Social Affairs and Ministry of Education, Israel.
  31. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March 10th, 2021). Creating the infrastructure for reading during the 2000 first days of life. MaAgan program for at-risk preschool children, Ministry of Social Affairs and Ministry of Education, Israel.
  32. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March 4th, 2021). The “How” “Who” and Why” in telling stories to premes. Neurology department, Assaf-Harofe hospital (Shamir Medical Center), Israel
  33. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March 1st, 2021). Digital vs physical books: past, present, and future. National Library, Israel. אולם קריאה | הספרייה הלאומית (nli.org.il)
  34. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 4th, 2021). How does screen time affect kids’ brain development? Technion Australia branch.
  35. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January 10th, 2021). The (not that) simple view of reading: The neurobiology of executive functions and reading difficulties. Biological Psychology seminar, Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
  36. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January 5th, 2021). Data acquisition, analysis, and statistics in Pediatric Neuroimaging. Weismann Institute, Israel
  37. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (September 9th 2020). Stimulating the child’s brain using storytelling and dialogic reading. Interacting Brains international al conference: Adult-child interaction from multiple perspectives. An on-line conference (organizer and chair). https://youtu.be/-YQKvpvNHls
  38. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (August 3rd, 2020). The critical role of executive functions in typical and atypical reading development: neurobiological evidence from MRI and EEG studies. Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (DDBP), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Ohio, USA https://youtu.be/JA1XYiaFAoE.
  39. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (July 27th, 2020). The critical 2000 days of brain development. “Talk to me” conference, Tel Aviv university
  40. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (July 9th, 2020). The “How’s” and “Who’s” in Storytelling: Scaffolding the Neural Networks for Reading in Preschoolers through Storytelling: Functional MRI, EEG and Eye Tracking Evidence. European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), SIG Child Development conference on Learning and Development in Early Childhood (conference shifted to an online format)
  41. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January 2020). Dialogic reading and brain development. The Israeli Organization for Pediatrics (Goshen), Leading Tipat-Chalav nurses, Ramat-Gan, Israel
  42. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (December 2019). Pediatric Neuroimaging; Opportunities and Challenges. MRI workshop Weismann Institute, Israel
  43. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (August, 2019). The Racing Game: Neural Circuits Related to Reading Exposure and Training vs Those Related to Screens in Children: Evidence from Neuroimaging Data. IDDRC Research Talk Series, Kennedy Krieger Institution, John’s Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  44. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (April, 2019). Genetic and environmental contributors for early child development. Accelerator for early child development (GROW-HUB). Intel, Haifa, Israel
  45. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March, 2019). Imaging the present and the future: What does the brain tell us about language development and future outcomes in children? NeuroNICU International Conference, Edmond and Lily Safra Children Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Israel
  46. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March, 2019). Nature and Nature: Environmental effects on Brain development. Brain and Art week, Safra Center for Brain Research (ELSC), Hebrew University and Cinematek, Jerusalem, Israel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA-Lu1_8Q78&list=PLYq7WW565SZht8l-PGW-yEQjiPAnBnVWG&index=6
  47. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 2019). Brain-environment interaction: Screen exposure in children- neurobiological correlates. Family care conference for therapists and professionals. Sheba (Tel-Hashomer), Israel
  48. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 2019). Reading Brains and Screen Brains: The neuroscience of reading and screen exposures in children. New-York University Colleague of Medicine (invited by Dr. Alan Mendelson, Director of Division of Child Development at NYU), NYC, USA.
  49. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 2019). Reading Brains and Screen Brains: The neuroscience of reading and screen exposures in children. Grand Round at State University of New York (SUNY) (invited by Dr. Harris Huberman, Director of Division of Child Development at SUNY), Brooklyn, NYC, USA
  50. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 2019). The effect of Mindfulness training on brain activation of preschool children. Brain-Body-Awareness conference. IDC, Herzeliya, Israel
  51. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (December 2018). Brain perspective on the pediatric brain in reading and language difficulties and gifted children. The Technion Presidential talk (HANASI), Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
  52. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 2018). Pediatric Neuroimaging: why and how? Pediatric Neurology Department, Assaf Harofe Hospital, Israel
  53. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 2018). Bypass surgery: training executive functions and reading abilities. Keynote speaker at Attention conference, IDC, Herzeliya, Israel
  54. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January 2018). Stimulating executive functions in children: neural correlates and behavioral outcomes. Developmental Psychopathology Conference7th international meeting of the Integrated Brain and Behaviour Research Center (IBBRC) Haifa, Israel
  55. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (September, 2017). The role of executive functions in language and reading development- Improving one affects the other. Guest speaker at Max Plank Institution, Germany (by Prof. Freiderici, A. Leipzig)

International and Professional Conferences

  1. Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus. (September 15-17th 2025). Engagementof Attention, EF, & Sensory Processing Networks During Parent Story-Listening: an fMRI study. A talk at the 1st Israeli Conference for Educational Research and a symposium chair, Acre, Israel
  2. Or Biton , Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus & Joseph Keshet. (September 17th 2025). Listening Beyond Words: Neural and Computational Perspectives on Non-Verbal Speech Processing. iSpeech international conference, Technion, Israel.
  3. Haj, M., and Horowitz-Kraus, T., (July 7th 2025). Changes in reading fluency along development. The 17th Israeli Association for Literacy and Language annual meeting. Tel Aviv, Israel.
  4. Horowitz-Kraus, T., Weisler J., Farah, R. (July 7th 2025). The effect of Dialogic reading intervention in daycares on caregivers literacy perception. The 17th Israeli Association for Literacy and Language annual meeting. Tel Aviv, Israel.
  5. Sarit Roizman, and Horowitz-Kraus, T. (July 7th 2025). Resting Under Stress: How War Stress Affects Brain Networks Supporting Executive Functions Networks in Children. The 17th Israeli Association for Literacy and Language annual meeting. Tel Aviv, Israel.
  6. Badarna, A., Horowitz-Kraus, T. (July 7th 2025). Greater brain synchronization in Literary vs Spoken Arabic in children. The 17th Israeli Association for Literacy and Language annual meeting. Tel Aviv, Israel.
  7. Horowitz-Kraus, T., & Roisman Sarit. (May 12-13, 2025). Stress under Rest: Neurobiological Correlates for Higher Alertness in Children Exposed to a Higher Level of War-Related Events. ISRAEL CENTER FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH ICAMH, Jerusalem, Israel
  8. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (April 7th-9th 2025). Dialogic book reading as a synchronizer between parents and children: Insights from neuroscience in Arabic and Hebrew speaking children. The World Literacy Summit. Oxford, UK.
  9. Badarneh A, Horowitz-Kraus Tzipi. (February 25th-27th 2025). Greater brain-to-brain synchronization during storytelling in spoken vs literary Arabic: an EEG study. Poster presentation, ISCOP, Acre, Israel.
  10. Sarit Roizman, and Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus. (February 25th-27th 2025). Resting Under Stress: How War Stress Affects Brain Networks Supporting Executive Functions Networks in Children Poster presentation, ISCOP, Acre, Israel.
  11. Liana Magaliff, & Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus. (February 25th-27th 2025). Engagement of Attention, EF, and Sensory Processing Networks During Parent Story Listening: an fMRI study. Poster presentation, ISCOP, Acre, Israel.
  12. Farah, R. Horowitz-Kraus, T. Differentiating Reading Gains in Children with ADHA and Children with Reading Difficulties Using fMRI Data. A poster presentation at the ISFN. January 12th-14th 2025, Eilat, Israel
  13. Badaeneh, A., Horowitz-Kraus, T. Greater brain-to-brain synchronization during storytelling in spoken vs literary Arabic: an EEG study. A poster presentation at the ISFN. January 12th-14th 2025, Eilat, Israel
  14. Roizman, S., Wenger-Mlynarz, N., Horowitz-Kraus, T. Resting Under Stress: How War Stress Affects Brain Networks Supporting Executive Functions Networks in Children. A poster presentation at the ISFN. January 12th-14th 2025, Eilat, Israel
  15. Magaliff, T., Horowitz-Kraus, T. Engagement of Attention, EF, & Sensory Processing Networks During Parent Story-Listening: an fMRI study. A poster presentation at the ISFN. January 12th-14th 2025, Eilat, Israel
  16. Horowitz-Kraus, T. Does AI provide new information or validate existing findings? Current and future directions in characterizing cognitive profiles and response to intervention in children. ISFN. January 12th-14th 2025, Eilat, Israel
  17. Horowitz-Kraus, T. The plasticity and stability of brain networks in children with dyslexia. Biology teachers’ annual meeting. December 29th Israel
  18. Horowitz-Kraus, T. The Role Of Executive Functions In Reading Fluency Among Children With Dyslexia. Oral talk, the European Dyslexia Association, October 18th-20th 2024, Athens, Greece.
  19. DeRonda, A., Fotang, J., Alessi, N., Mostofsky, S. H., Rosch, K. S., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (2024). Unlocking the neural basis for reading fluency in neurodevelopmental disorders: The role of sensory integration and executive functions in reading fluency. Poster Presentation at the annual meeting of The Flux Society Congress, Baltimore, Maryland, Sept 28-30, 2024.
  20. Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus, Jenny Fotang, Deronda, Alyssa, Jenna Kaminski, Ramona Sanghvi, Keri Rosch. (September 27th-30th 2024). Differential effect of visual rhythmic reading training with and without executive functions warm-up on reading fluency in children with reading difficulties with and without attention difficulties. Flux (Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Society), Baltimore, MD.
  21. Badarneh A., Horowitz-Kraus T. (September 27th-30th 2024). Greater brain-to-brain synchronization during storytelling in spoken vs literary Arabic: an EEG study. Flux (Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Society), Baltimore, MD.
  22. Carmel Gashri, Ronen Talmon, Roni Donin, Ron Naour, Shany Zamir, Ori Zehngut, Yair Moshe, Nimrod Peled, Arielle Fisher, Ágoston, Dorottya, Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus. Mother-child interaction in a multimodal environment: Fusing hyperscanning-EEG data, motion and eye movement using diffusion maps. Flux (Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Society), Baltimore, MD.
  23. Ramona Sanghvi, Masa Khashab, Keri Rosch, Sanad Ghanaiem, Rola Farah, and Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus. (September 27th-30th 2024). Improving reading fluency via the utilization of executive functions networks in children with ADHD and dyslexia: an fMRI study Flux (Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Society), Baltimore, MD.
  24. Alyssa DeRonda, M.S., Jenny Fotang, M.A., Natalie Alessi, M.S., Keri S. Rosch, Ph.D., Stewart Mostofsky, and Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus. (April 16th 2024). Unlocking the neural basis for reading fluency in neurodevelopmental disorders: The role of sensory integration and executive functions in reading fluency. Goldstein Research event, Kennedy Krieger Institute, MD, USA. Best Poster Award.
  25. Ramona Sanghvi, Keri Rosch, Masa Khashab, Sanad Ghanaiem, Rola Farah, Jenny Fotang, and Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus. (April 16th 2024). Improving reading fluency via the utilization of executive functions networks in children with ADHD and dyslexia: an fMRI study. Goldstein Research event, Kennedy Krieger Institute, MD, USA.
  26. Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus, Masa Khashab, Sanad Ghanaiem, Rola Farah, Jenny Fotang, and Keri Rosch. (November 15th 2023). Differentiating Reading Gains in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Children with Reading Difficulties Using fMRI Data. Society of Neuroscience. Washington DC, USA
  27.  Kraus, D., Meri, R., Farah, R., Cohen-Vig, L., Shapira, M., Horowitz Kraus, T. (December 6-10, 2024). Reading and Executive Functioning Among Children with Self-limited Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (SeLECTS) – An fMRI Study. American Epilepsy Society, LA, USA.
  28. Rosch KS, Batschelett M, Plotkin D, Crocetti D, Jacobson L, Horowitz-Kraus T, Simmonds D, and Mostofsky SH. Sex-based dissociations of brain and behavioral measures of cognitive, motor, and emotional control in relation to externalizing and internalizing psychopathology across development. Flux 2023 Congress in Santa Rosa, California, September 6-9, 2023.
  29. Raya Meri, Dror Kraus, Mika Shapira, Rola Farah and Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus. Neurobiological correlates for reading and executive function abilities in children with Rolandic Epilepsy. Flux 2023 Congress in Santa Rosa, California, September 6-9, 2023.
  30. Meri, R, Horowitz-Kraus, T. (July 11th-13th, 2023). The Role of Executive Functions in Reading and Narrative Comprehension in Children with Dyslexia and in Children with Typical Language Development. Poster presentation, CRCNS 2023, Tel Aviv, Israel
  31. Taran, N., Horowitz-Kraus, T. (July 11th-13th, 2023). Distinct connectivity patterns between cognitive and sensory brain networks characterize dyslexia: machine learning applied to resting-state fMRI. Poster presentation, CRCNS 2023, Tel Aviv, Israel
  32. Gashri, C., Horowitz-Kraus, T. (July 11th-13th, 2023). Parent-child interaction vs. synchronization: Understanding the bigger picture from a hyperscanning and joint attention point of view. Poster presentation, CRCNS 2023, Tel Aviv, Israel
  33. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (July 11th-13th, 2023). From ERPs to blubs to networks: cognitive control markers for literacy exposure and reading remediation in a pediatric population. Oral talk, CRCNS 2023, Tel Aviv, Israel
  34. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (June 8th 2023). Neurobiological evidence for the role of executive functions in reading fluency among children with dyslexia. 2nd Annual Gary W. Goldstein, MD Research Symposium (selected talk). MD, Baltimore, USA.
  35. Gashri, C., Horowitz-Kraus, T. Parent-child interaction vs. synchronization: understanding the bigger picture from a hyperscanning and joint attention point of viewing. Israeli Society for Cognitive Psychology, February 14th-16th, 2023. Acre, Israel.
  36. Appel, M., Hasin, D., Farah, R., Meri, R., Horowitz-Kraus, T. Greater utilization of executive functions networks when listening to stories with visual stimulation in children with lower reading abilities. Israeli Society for Cognitive Psychology, February 14th-16th, 2023. Acre, Israel.
  37. Farah, R., Rosch, K., Fotang, J., Mostofsky, S., Schlaggar, B., Pekar, J., DiFrancesco, M., Horowitz-Kraus, T. Accelerated, but not still, text is associated with stronger functional connectivity of visual and auditory networks with cognitive control networks in both dyslexic and typical readers. Israeli Society for Cognitive Psychology, February 14th-16th, 2023. Acre, Israel.
  38. Taran, N., Gatenyo, R., Hadjadj, E., and Horowitz-Kraus, Machine learning-based detection of dyslexia from resting-state fmri functional connectivity data. Israeli Society for Cognitive Psychology, February 14th-16th, 2023. Acre, Israel.
  39. Kraus, D., Meri, R., Horowitz-Kraus, T. Reading difficulties among children with self-limited (“Rolandic”) epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes: an fMRI Study. The Leagues for Epilepsy, February, 8th, 2023). Herzeliya, Israel.
  40. Rosch KS, BatschelettM, Crocetti D, Horowitz-Kraus T, and Mostofsky  (January 2023). Examination of ADHD-related sex differences in cognitive, emotional, and motor control and fronto-subcortical structural connectivity across development. Abstract accepted for presentation at the 2023 ISRCAP, June 21st – 24th. London, England,
  41. Horowitz-Kraus, T. How different are you from your parents? Parent-child interaction and brain synchronization during storytelling. Oral talk (social neuroscience symposium). Israel Society for Neuroscience, December 4-6th, 2022. Eilat, Israel.
  42. Farah, R., Dudley, J., Rosch, K., Hutton, J., Horowitz-Kraus, T. Reduced Cortical Thickness and Sulci Depth in Parts of the Cingulo-Opercular Networks are Related to Lower Word Reading and Reading Fluency Abilities in Children with Dyslexia. Poster presentation, Israel Society for Neuroscience, December 4-6th, 2022. Eilat, Israel.
  43. Farah, R., Rosch, K., Fotang, J., Mostofsky, S., Schlaggar, B., Pekar, J., DiFrancesco., M., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. Accelerated, but not still text, is associated with greater synchronization of the visual and auditory networks and cognitive control networks in children with dyslexia and typical readers. Poster presentation, Israel Society for Neuroscience, December 4-6th, 2022. Eilat, Israel.
  44. Gashri, C., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. Parent-child interaction vs. synchronization: Understanding the bigger picture from a hyperscanning and joint attention point of view. Poster presentation. Israel Society for Neuroscience, December 4-6th, 2022. Eilat, Israel.
  45. Horowitz-Kraus, T. Environmental effects on crafting the future reading network: Neurobiological correlates for literacy and screen exposure in children. Poster presentation, FIT’NG Conference, September 5-6, 2022, at the Sorbonne University in Paris, France.
  46. Fraha, R., Horowitz-Kraus, T. Increased Cortical Thickness in Regions Supporting Executive Functions Predicts Reading Comprehension in Children with Music Experience. Poster presentation, FIT’NG Conference, September 5-6, 2022, at the Sorbonne University in Paris, France
  47. Habouba, N., Horowitz-Kraus, T. Parent-Child Relationship is Associated with Unique Neural Synchrony While Listening to Stories: An fMRI Study. Poster presentation, Flux 2022 Congress, September 6-9, 2022 at the Sorbonne University in Paris, France.
  48. Taran, N., Horowitz-Kraus, T. Visual training of executive functions in dyslexia: fMRI evidence for neural plasticity in the dorsal attention and cingulo-opercular networks. Poster presentation, Flux 2022 Congress, September 6-9, 2022 at the Sorbonne University in Paris, France.
  49. Meri, R., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. Language first, cognition later: Different trajectories of sub-components of the future-reading network in processing narratives from kindergarten to adolescence. Flux 2022 Congress, September 6-9, 2022 at the Sorbonne University in Paris, France
  50. Horowitz-Kraus,, Farah, R., Heyd-Metzuyanim, E., Zivan, M., Habuba, N., Gashri, C. Different recruitment of neural circuits associated with executive functions and attention during screen-based vs face-to-face learning in children: EEG and fMRI studies. The 7th Israeli Conference for Learning Sciences, Be’er-Sheva, Israel. July 25th 2022
  51. Horowitz-Kraus, T. The Critical Period for Brain Development. TAUB Center Annual Conference. Mishkenot Shaananim, Jerusalem. A talk and discussant. July 20th 2022
  52. Horowitz-Kraus, T. What we know and don’t know about storytelling from birth to late childhood. One Synapse monthly conference. Online meeting
  53. Meri, M., Holland, S. K., Farah, F., Rohana, T., Haj, N., Horowitz-Kraus, T. Language first, cognition later: Different trajectories of sub-components of the future-reading network in processing narratives from kindergarten to adolescence. Cognitive Neuroscience Society, April 21-24th
  54. Farah, R., Rosch, K., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. Executive functions as moderators for reading improvement in children: an fMRI study using the N-Back task. Cognitive Neuroscience Society, accepted for poster presentation, withdrawn. April 21-24th 2022
  55. Donia Abo-elhija and Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus. Less in more? Decreased reliance on neural circuits supporting executive functions while performing a cognitive task in Arabic vs Hebrew speakers: An FNIRS study. ISCOP, February 16-17 2022.
  56. Nir Habouba, Raya Meri, Alan Apter, Dror Kraus, Tamar Steinberg, Radhakrishnan Rupa, Daniel Barazzani, Rola Farah, and Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus. Parent-Child Attachment is Associated with Unique Neural Synchrony While Listening to Stories: An fMRI Study. ISCOP, February 16-17 2022.
  57. Taran, N., Farah, R., and Horowitz-Kraus, T. Higher short and long term fluent reading abilities following an executive-functions based reading intervention are moderated via executive functions improvement in children with dyslexia ISCOP, February 16-17 2022.
  58. Raya Meri, Scott K. Holland, Rola Farah, Tamara Rohana, Narmeen Haj, and Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus. The Future-Reading Network is Involved in Processing Narratives from Pre-Reading Age Which Later Contributes to Proficient Future Reading Abilities. ISCOP, February 16-17 2022.
  59. Ilana Shlomov, Leen Ileimi, Rola Farah, and Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus. The right to be wrong: semantic information transfer between the right and left hemispheres through the temporal parts of the corpus callosum is related to correct and erroneous word reading in children: an EEG-DTI study ISCOP, February 16-17 2022.
  60. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February, 2022). The involvement of executive functions in reading acquisition and remediation. Part of a symposium: Researching Dyslexia from multiple linguistic and non-linguistic perspectives: neurobiological and neuropsychological evidence (symposium chair and speaker). ISCOP, February 16-17 2022.
  61. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (November, 2021). The (not that) simple-view of reading: The neurobiology of executive function and dyslexia. International Dyslexia Association (IDA) Annual Reading, Literacy & Learning Conference. Online meeting. Oral presentation
  62. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (November, 10th, 2021). Learning in COVID-19 era: Is reading from a screen similar to reading from a printed paper? An electroencephalograph study. COVID Generation (COVGEN) Research Summit, in conjunction with the ISDP 2021 Hybrid Meeting, Chicago, USA. Oral presentation.
  63. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (October 16th, 2021). How much screen-based literacy and reading exposure is beneficial? Neurobiological perspective. European Dyslexia Association conference, Online meeting, Oral presentation.
  64. Horowitz-Kraus, T. The (not that) simple-view of reading: The neurobiology of executive-function and dyslexia. (October 5-8th 2021). Society for Neurobiology of Language, Slam-slide presentation
  65. Shlomov, I., Levit-Binnun, N., Horowitz-Kraus, T. (Sep 17-20th 2021). Mindfulness Training is related to Improved Executive Functions in Preschool Children: An EEG Study. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (FLUX), Poster presentation
  66. Halphin, V., Michaeli, T., Horowitz-Kraus, T. (Sep 17-20th 2021). Creating different cognitive and neurobiological profiles in typically developing children using a nonparametric approach: an fMRI study. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (FLUX), Poster presentation
  67. Taran, N., Farah, R., Horowitz-Kraus, T. (Sep 17-20th 2021). Fluent reading is associated with increased functional connectivity within ventral and dorsal attention networks in children with dyslexia. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (FLUX), Poster presentation
  68. Shlomov, I., Bar, S., Meri, R., Farah, R., Zivan, M., Glukhovsky, N., Halphin, V., Levitt-Binnun, N., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (July 6-8th 2021). Mindfulness Training is related to Improved Executive Functions in Preschool Children: An EEG Study. The International Conference on Mindfulness, Denmark, oral presentation
  69. Mark, N., Farah, R., and Horowitz-Kraus, T. (July 5th, 2021). Parental reading ability predicts the child’s reading ability, mediated by the child’s executive functions. The Israeli Association for Literacy and Language (Script), poster presentation
  70. Donia Abo-elhija, Rola Farah, and Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus. (July 5th, 2021). Stroop performance is related to reading profiles in Hebrew-speaking individuals with dyslexia and typical readers. The Israeli Association for Literacy and Language (Script), poster presentation
  71. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (July 5th, 2021). Can we plant the seeds for reading by telling stories to young children: evidence from neuroimaging data. The Israeli Association for Literacy and Language (Script), Oral talk
  72. Horowitz-Kraus, T., Farah, R., Petersen, S., Dworetsy, Shclaggar, B. L. (June 20-23rd, 2021). An executive-functions-based training engages the somatomotor and auditory networks in dyslexia. Organization of Human Brain Mapping, online conference.
  73. Farah, R., Greenwood, P., Dudley, J., Hutton, J., Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March 13-16th 2021). Maternal depression is associated with alterations in reading-related neuronal circuitry among preschool children. Cognitive Neuroscience Society conference, online meeting.
  74. Taran,, Farah, R., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March 13-16th 2021). Fluent reading is associated with increased functional connectivity within ventral and dorsal attention networks in children with dyslexia. Cognitive Neuroscience Society conference, online meeting.
  75. Paige Greenwood, Elisha Scott, Jon Dudley, John Hutton, Mark DiFrancesco, and Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus. (March 13-16th 2021). Maternal education and narrative comprehension in children with dyslexia. Cognitive Neuroscience Society conference, online meeting.
  76. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March 1-2nd, 2021). Using Neuroimaging in Pediatric Population: Neural Circuits Related to Reading Exposure and Training vs Those Related to Screens in Children. Israeli society for Child Development. Virtual conference.
  77. Niv, L., Zivan, M., Farah, R., Apter, A., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 22-24th, 2021). The Neurobiological Association between Executive Functions Abilities, Home Literacy Environment and Screen-Time in Preschoolers: An ERP Study. Israeli Society for Cognitive Psychology (ISCOP), Virtual conference.
  78. Zivan, M., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 22-24th, 2021). Distraction by phone is related to reduced mother-child brain-to-brain synchrony during joint storytelling interaction- An EEG hyperscanning study.  Israeli Society for Cognitive Psychology (ISCOP), Virtual conference.
  79. Meri, R., Hutton, J., Farah, R., DiFrancesco, M., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 22-24th, 2021). Is it all Bad? Sub-Components of Screen Use and their Corresponding Neurobiological Constructs in 8–12-year-old healthy developing children. Israeli Society for Cognitive Psychology (ISCOP), Virtual conference.
  80. Taran, N., Farah, R., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 22-24th, 2021). Fluent reading is associated with functional connectivity of the ventral and dorsal attention networks in children with dyslexia. Israeli Society for Cognitive Psychology (ISCOP), Virtual conference.
  81. Abo elhija, D., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 22-24th, 2021). Sub-profiles of Stroop performance is related to reading profiles in Hebrew-speaking individuals with dyslexia and typical readers. Israeli Society for Cognitive Psychology (ISCOP), Virtual conference.
  82. Farah, F., Ozernov-Palchik, O., Gabrieli, J., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 22-24th 2021). Musical training and better reading in children are associated with decreased involvement of cognitive control networks. Israeli Society for Neuroscience. Virtual conference
  83. Horowitz-Kraus, T., Brunst, K., Cecil, K. (February 22-24th 2021). Greater Reading Gain Following Intervention is associated with decreased Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Derived Glutamate-Glutamine Concentrations in Children. Israeli Society for Cognitive Psychology (ISCOP), Virtual conference.
  84. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 1st-2nd 2021). Creating the neurobiological scaffold for reading in preschool children. Israeli Society for Neuroscience. Session chair and organizer and presenter. Virtual conference
  85. Abo elhija D., Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 1st-2nd 2021). Sub-profiles of Stroop performance is related to reading profiles. Israeli Society for Neuroscience. Virtual conference.
  86. Niv, L., Zivan, M., Farah, R., Apter, A., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 1st-2nd 2021). Executive Functions Abilities in Preschoolers are Negatively Related to Screen-Time and Positively Related to Home Literacy Environment: An EEG Study. Israeli Society for Neuroscience. Virtual conference.
  87. Horowitz-Kraus, T., Farah, R., Dworetsky, A., Coalson, R., Petersen, S., Schlaggar, B. (January 11th-13th 2021). Synching the systems: executive-functions-based training is related to a greater synchronization between the somatomotor and auditory networks in dyslexia. Society for Neuroscience (SFN), Virtual event.
  88. Greenwood, P., Scott, E., Dudley, J., Hutton, J., DiFrancesco, M., Farah R., Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January 11th-13th 2021). The role of maternal education on executive functions and attention system networks for school-age children. Society for Neuroscience (SFN), Virtual event.
  89. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (December 2nd, 2020). Neurobiological Correlates For Screen Exposure In Children: Distracting or Constructing? International ADHD conference, Israel (chair and speaker).
  90. Shlomov, I., Bar, S., Meri, R., Farah, R., Zivan, M., Glukhovsky, N., Halphin, V., Levit-Binnun, N., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. )November 5-8th (2020 Mindfulness Training is related to Improved Executive Functions in Preschool Children: An EEG Study. Mind and life contemplative Research Conference Online (CRC 2020). An on-line conference
  91. Zivan, M., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (September 9th 2020). Mother-child neural synchrony during joint storytelling – an EEG hyperscanning study. Interacting Brains international al conference: Adult-child interaction from multiple perspectives. An on-line conference
  92. Glukhovsky, N, Farah, R., Horowitz-Kraus, T. (September 9 –12, 2020). The Relations between Reading and Executive Functions Challenges in Children with Developmental Dyslexia: a Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (Flux) Virtual Congress
  93. Horowitz-Kraus, T., DiFrancesco, M., Greenwood, P., Hutton, J., Dudley, J., & Farah, J. (September 9 –12, 2020). Longer screen vs. reading time is related to greater functional connections between the salience network and cognitive control regions in children with reading difficulties. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (Flux) Virtual Congress. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pk87KSeoqY
  94. Horowitz-Kraus, T., DiFrancesco, M., Greenwood, P., Scott, E., Hutton, J., Dudley, J., Farah, R. (June 24-26th, 2020). Longer screen time and functional connectivity in children with Organization of Human Brain Mapping, Canada (conference shifted to an online format).
  95. Horowitz-Kraus, T., Brunst, K., Cecil, K. (11-15th July 2020). Greater Reading Gain Following Intervention is associated with decreased Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Derived Glutamate-Glutamine Concentrations in Children. Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) (conference shifted to an online format)
  96. Meri, R., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (July 2020). Training executive functions to improve reading in children with reading difficulties: an fMRI study. Scientific Studies of Reading, Newport Beach, California, USA (accepted for an oral presentation, canceled due to COVID)
  97. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March, 2020). Neurobiological Correlates for Environmental Factors Contributing to Future Reading Abilities. Cognitive Neuroscience Society conference, Boston, USA (part of the symposium: Moving from a deficit-oriented to a preventive model in education: Examining neural, cognitive, and environmental correlates for typical and atypical reading development in early childhood). Symposium organizer and chair (conference shifted to an online format, 2-5th May 2020)
  98. Farah, R., Ozernov-Palchik, O., Gabrieli, J., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March, 2020). Decreased engagement of cognitive control networks is associated with greater music and better reading in children. Cognitive Neuroscience Society conference, Boston, USA (conference shifted to an online format, 2-5th May 2020)
  99. Meisler, M, Ozernov-Palchik, O., Farah, R., Beach, S., Horowitz-Kraus., T., Gabrieli, J. (March, 2020). Musical Training is Associated with Better Reading and Differences in Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Adults. Decreased engagement of cognitive control networks is associated with greater music and better reading in children. Cognitive Neuroscience Society conference, Boston, USA (conference shifted to the online format, 2-5th May 2020)
  100. Greenwood, P., Scott, E., Dudley, J., Hutton, J., DiFrancesco, M., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March 2020). Higher maternal education is related to greater executive functions and decreased functional connectivity between cognitive control networks and reading-related regions in children with reading difficulties: an fMRI study. Decreased engagement of cognitive control networks is associated with greater music and better reading in children. Cognitive Neuroscience Society conference, Boston, USA (conference shifted to an online format, 2-5th May 2020)
  101. Glukhovsky, N., Farah, R., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 2020). White Matter Patterns Related to Reading and Executive Function Deficits in Children with Developmental Dyslexia: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study. Israel Society of Medical and Biomedical Engineering (ISMBE), February 25th-26th, Haifa, Israel
  102. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 2020). Neurobiology of the Relations between Executive Functions and Screen Exposure in Children. Israel Society of Cognitive Psychology Conference, Akko, Israel (Symposium Organizer and Chair)
  103. Shlomov, I., Bar, , Meri, R., Farah, R., Zivan, M., Glukhovsky, N., Halphin, V., Levitt-Binnun, N., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 2020). Mindfulness Training is related to Improved Executive Functions in Preschool Children: An EEG Study. Israel Society of Cognitive Psychology Conference, Akko, Israel
  104. Farah, R., Shchupak, G., Holland, S. K., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 2020). Shorter path length in dorsal attention network while listening to stories in children pre-screen era: a functional connectivity study in the range of 15 years. Israel Society of Cognitive Psychology Conference, Akko, Israel
  105. Meiri, R., Farah, R., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 2020). Children with dyslexia utilize both top-down and bottom-up networks equally contextual and isolated words reading. Israel Society of Cognitive Psychology Conference, Akko, Israel
  106. Zivan, M., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 2020). Parent-child Joint Reading is Related to Higher Fixations on Print in Preschoolers. Israel Society of Cognitive Psychology Conference, Akko, Israel
  107. Hutton, J., Dudley, J., Horowitz-Kraus, T., DeWitt, T., Holland, S. K. (May 2-5, 2020, accepted for presentation). Associations Between Screen Time and Lower Literacy Skills and Cortical Thickness in Preschool-Aged Children”, has been accepted for the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2020 Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
  108. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January, 5th-7th, 2020). Neurobiology of the Relations between Executive Functions and Screen Exposure in Children. Israeli Society for Neuroscience (ISFN). Eilat, Israel
  109. Shlomov, I., Bar, S., Meri, R., Farah, F., Zivan, M., Glukhovsky, N., Halphin, V., Levitt-Binnun, N., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January, 5th-7th, 2020). Mindfulness Training is related to Improved Executive Functions in Preschool Children: An EEG Study. Israeli Society for Neuroscience (ISFN). Eilat, Israel
  110. Meri, R., Farah, R., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January, 5th-7th, 2020). The role of Executive functions in reading comprehension in children with dyslexia: an fMRI study. Israeli Society for Neuroscience (ISFN). Eilat, Israel
  111. Glukhovsky, N., Farah, R., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January, 5th-7th, 2020). The Relations between Reading and Executive Functions Challenges in Children with Developmental Dyslexia: a Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study. Israeli Society for Neuroscience (ISFN). Eilat, Israel
  112. Zivan, M., Bar, S., Meri, M., Shlomov, I., Glukhovsky, N., Halphin, V., Farah, R., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January, 5th-7th, 2020). Parent-child joint reading is related to higher fixations on the print in preschool children. . Israeli Society for Neuroscience (ISFN). Eilat, Israel
  113. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (November 8th 2019). Training executive functions to improve reading skills in children with dyslexia. An invited talk in a symposium titled “Can We Improve on Reading Intervention After All These Years: We Say Yes!”. International Dyslexia Association, Portland, Oregon, USA
  114. Greenwood, P., Hutton, J., DiFrancesco, M., Dudley, J., Vannest, J., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (October 19th, 2019). Relations between Socioeconomic status and reading abilities in children with dyslexia and typical readers. Society for Neuroscience (SFN), Chicago, IL, USA
  115. Farah, R., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (August 30th, 2019). Cognitive control networks are functionally and structurally connected during narrative comprehension from infancy to 9 years. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience conference (FLUX), New-York City, USA
  116. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (August 30th, 2019). Executive functions in reading: impairment and plasticity in children with and without dyslexia (Selected for a flash talk). Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience conference (FLUX), New-York City, USA
  117. Meri, R., Horowitz-Kraus, T. (July 9th, 2019). The role of Executive functions in reading comprehension in children with dyslexia: an fMRI study. Literacy and Language National Conference, Kiryat Malachi, Israel
  118. Greenwood, P., Hutton, J., Dudley, J., Vannest, J., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (October, 21st, 2019). Relations between Socioeconomic status and reading abilities in children with dyslexia and typical readers. Accepted for presentation, Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, Illinois, USA
  119. Farah, R., Coalson, B, Schlaggar, B., Petersen, S., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (June 10th, 2019). Children Use Regions in the Visual Processing and Executive Function Networks during a Subsequent Memory Reading Task. Organization of Human Brain Mapping, Rome, Italy
  120. Zivan, M., Bar, S., Farah, F., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (June 10th, 2019).The Environmental Enemy: Screen exposure related to increased theta/beta and theta/gamma-band ratios in preschool-age children. Organization of Human Brain Mapping, Rome, Italy
  121. Hutton, S. J., Dudley, J., Horowitz-Kraus, T., DeWitt, , Holland, S. K. (April 2019). Negative Correlations Between Screen-Based Media Use and Structural Brain Development, Language and Literacy Skills, and Home Cognitive Environment in Preschool-age Children. Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting, April 27-30, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  122. Glukhovksy, N., Farah, R., Horowitz-Kraus, T. (May 27th, 2019). White Matter Patterns Related to Math vs. Reading Challenges in Children with Developmental Dyslexia. 1st Israeli Human Neuroimaging Conference, Hebrew University, May 27th, Jerusalem, Israel
  123. Farah, R., Horowitz-Kraus, T. (May 27th 2019). Maternal reading ability and diffusion properties of white matter tracts in pre-school age children. 1st Israeli Human Neuroimaging Conference, Hebrew University, May 27th, Jerusalem, Israel
  124. Meri, R., Horowitz-Kraus, T. (May 27th, 2019). The role of Executive functions in reading comprehension in children with dyslexia: an fMRI study. 1st Israeli Human Neuroimaging Conference, Hebrew University, May 27th, Jerusalem, Israel
  125. Zivan, M., Bar, S, Jing, X., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (May 27th, 2019). The relations between screen-exposure and altered attentional brain activation in preschool children. 1st Israeli Human Neuroimaging Conference, Hebrew University, May 27th, Jerusalem, Israel
  126. Shlomov, I., Levitt-Binnun, N., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (May 27th 2019). Mindfulness Training is related to Improved Executive Functions in Preschool Children: An EEG Study. 1st Israeli Human Neuroimaging Conference, Hebrew University, May 27th, Jerusalem, Israel
  127. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (May 27th, 2019). Screen Brains: The Relationship between Executive Functions Abilities and Screen Exposure in Children, Session of Brain Development. 1st Israeli Human Neuroimaging Conference, Hebrew University, May 27th, Jerusalem, Israel. Chair and organizer
  128. Farah, R., Tzafrir, H., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March, 2019). Association between maternal reading ability and fluency and child diffusion properties of language white matter tracts in pre-school age children. Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS), March 24th-27th, San Francisco, CA, USA
  129. Horowitz-Kraus, T., & Nachshon, O. (March, 2019). Increased functional connectivity of the right amygdala can interfere with reading and affect emotional state and cognitive control. Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS), March 24th-27th, San Francisco, CA, USA
  130. Twait, E., Radbogin, I., Levit-Binnun, , & Horowitz Kraus, T. (March, 2019). Probing Behavioral and Neurophysiological Effects of a Mindfulness Training on Executive Function and Social Cognition in Preschoolers. Israeli Society for Biological Psychiatry, Annual Meeting, March 13-14th, Kfar-Blum, Israel
  131. Hutton, S. J., Dudley, J., Horowitz-Kraus, T., DeWitt, , Holland, S. K. (April 2019). Correlation Between Home Reading Environment and Structural Brain Development in Preschool-age Children. Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting, April 27-30, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  132. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 2019). Learning about the developing brain in the eyes of the MR scanner: Functional and structural connectivity in young children. Israel Society of Medical and Biomedical Engineering (ISMBE), February 25th-26th, Haifa, Israel.
  133. Twait, E., Farah, R., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January 2019). Altered functional connectivity of cognitive control networks in children with reading difficulties: an fMRI study. Israeli Society for Neuroscience, Eilat, Israel
  134. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 2019). Who’s in control? Neural circuits related to Executive functions in babies and children and their interaction with language and reading networks. Israel Society of Cognitive Psychology Conference, Akko, Israel (Symposium Organizer and Chair)
  135. Twait, E, Radbogin, I., Levit-Binnun N., Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January, 2019). Probing Behavioral and Neurophysiological Effects of a Mindfulness Training on Executive Function and Social Cognition in Preschoolers. Israeli Society for Neuroscience, Eilat, Israel
  136. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January 2019). The composer: Sub-components of executive control and their relationship to language and reading development in children. Israeli Society for Neuroscience, Eilat, Israel (Symposium Organizer and Chair)
  137. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January 2019). Reading Development in Children: Imaging Reading Before and After it is Acquired. The Israeli Society for Child Development, Israel Convention Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
  138. Farah, R., Zafrir, H., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January 2019). Diffusion properties of white matter tracts related to language and cognitive ability from infancy to early childhood. Israeli Society for Neuroscience, Eilat, Israel (Work was selected as one of the top 30 abstracts for a blitz)
  139. Zivan, Z., Bar, S., Farah, R., Hutton, J., Shalev Mevorach, L., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January 2019). Screen exposure is related to decreased attention abilities among pre-school children: EEG and behavioral studies. Israeli Society for Neuroscience, Eilat, Israel
  140. Twait, E., Farah., R., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (October 2018). The engagement of cognitive control networks during stories listening from infancy to 9 years: an fMRI study. Social Neuroscience International Conference, Interdisciplinary Center Herzeliya
  141. Zivan, , Farah, R., Twait, E., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (October 2018). The Effect of Dialogic Reading on Cognitive Control Abilities in Preschool Children: An EEG study. Social Neuroscience International Conference, Interdisciplinary Center Herzeliya
  142. Bar, S., Zivan, , Farah, R., & Horowitz-Kraus, T., (October 2018). Dialogic Reading Intervention Promotes Social-cognition Abilities in Preschool Children: An Eye-Tracking Study. Social Neuroscience International Conference, Interdisciplinary Center Herzeliya
  143. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (October 2018). Neuroplasticity in developmental disorders: the specific case of dyslexia. Next-Generation Therapeutics and Technological Approaches for Treatment of Neurodevelopmental and Rare Diseases in Children International Conference. Tel Aviv University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM1rymlug2o
  144. Merder, S., Wade, S., Horowitz-Kraus, T., Fujiwara, H., Modi, M., Vannest, J. Deficits in Adolescents with Epilepsy: A Resting-State fMRI Connectivity Study). Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference (SPPAC). It Will be presented in April 2019 in New Orleans
  145. Merder, S., Wade, S., Horowitz-Kraus, T., Fujiwara, H., Modi, M., Vannest, J. (November, 2018). Cortical Thickness Biomarkers for Executive Functioning in Adolescents with Epilepsy. ASHA Convention, Boston, Massachusetts
  146. Merder, S., Fujiwara, H., Wade, S., Modi, M., Horowitz-Kraus, T., & Vannest, J. (February, 2018). Cortical thickness biomarkers for executive functioning in adolescents with epilepsy. Ohio Speech and Language Pathology (OSHLA). Ohio, USA
  147. Farah, R., Twait, E., Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 2018). Stimulating executive functions in children: neural correlates and behavioral outcomes. Stability and Plasticity of Neural Circuits, Sagol Center for Neuroscience, Tel-Aviv University
  148. Twait, E., Farah, R., Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 2018). Decreased functional connectivity between networks related to cognitive control and visual and language processing during narrative comprehension in children with reading difficulties: an fMRI study. Stability and Plasticity of Neural Circuits, Sagol Center for Neuroscience, Tel-Aviv University
  149. Hutton, J. S., Lin, L., Kerr, A., Horowitz-Kraus, T., DeWitt, T., Justice, L. (May 2018). The Reading House: Design and Validation of a Children’s Book for Emergent Literacy Screening and Guidance in 3-4-Year-Old Children. (Platform). Pediatric Academic Societies, Toronto, CA
  150. Hutton, J. S., Xu, Y., DeWitt, T., Horowitz-Kraus, T., Ittenbach, R. F. (May, 2018). Assessment of Screen-Based Media Use in Children: Development and Psychometric Refinement of the ScreenQ. Pediatric Academic Societies, Toronto, CA
  151. Hutton, S. J., Dudley, J., Horowitz-Kraus, T., DeWitt, , Holland, S. K. (May 2018). Goldilocks Effect? Illustrated Story Format Seems “Just Right” and Animation “Too Hot” for Integration of Functional Brain Networks in Preschool-Age Children. (Platform). Pediatric Academic Societies, Toronto, CA
  152. Farah, R., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 2018). Utilization of Functional MRI, EEG, and Eye Tracking to Assess the Effect of Computerized Training in Children. Israel Society of Biomedical Engineering, Haifa, Israel
  153. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March, 2018). Alterations in neural circuits supporting executive functions in children with reading difficulties. Selected for a Blitz presentation. Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, USA
  154. Farah, R., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March, 2018). Functional and structural connectivity of cognitive control networks during narrative comprehension from birth to 9 years. Selected for a Blitz presentation. Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, USA
  155. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March, 2018). Alterations in neural circuits supporting executive functions in children with reading difficulties. Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, USA
  156. Farah, R., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March, 2018). Functional and structural connectivity of cognitive control networks during narrative comprehension from birth to 9 years. Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, USA
  157. Kraus, D., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January 2018). The role of neural circuits related to cognitive control in reading among children with epilepsy: an fMRI study. Annual Conference of the Israel League Against Epilepsy, Herzliya, Israel
  158. Farah, R., Zivan, M., Shamir, N., Bar, S., Twait, E., Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 2018). Neural correlates for intrinsic and environmental factors contributing for language and reading development: an fMRI and EEG studies, Israel Society of Cognitive Psychology Conference, Akko, Israel
  159. Farah, R., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (December 2017). The role of cognitive control networks in narrative comprehension from birth to 9 years: a developmental task-based functional connectivity study. Selected for a Blitz poster oral presentation. Israeli Society for Neuroscience, Eilat, Israel
  160. Shamir, N., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (December 2017). Dialogic reading intervention is related to improved executive functions in preschool children: An EEG Study. Israeli Society for Neuroscience, Eilat, Israel
  161. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (May 2017). The Circle of Life: Training executive functions in adults, children, and preschoolers, and back. Cognitive Improvement: Approaches, Mechanisms and Applications conference, Gonda Interdisciplinary Center for Brain Research, Israel
  162. Farah, R., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (May 2017). Increased involvement of cognitive control networks in narrative comprehension from birth to 9 years: a developmental task-based functional connectivity study. Cognitive Improvement: Approaches, Mechanisms and Applications conference, Gonda Interdisciplinary Center for Brain Research, Israel
  163. Hutton, J., Horowitz-Kraus, T., Philean, K. J., & Holland, S. K. (May 2017). Differences in Functional Brain Network Connectivity in Preschool-age Children Processing Stories in Audio, Illustrated and Animated Format. Pediatric Academic Societies, San Francisco, USA
  164. Hutton, J., Horowitz-Kraus, T., Philean, K. J., & Holland, S. K. (June 2017). Differences in Functional Brain Network Connectivity in Preschool-age Children Processing Stories in Audio, Illustrated and Animated Format. Human Brain Mapping, Vancouver, Canada
  165. Horowitz-Kraus, T., & Hutton, J. (June 2017). More screen time correlates with decreased functional connectivity in reading-related brain regions during rest in children. Human Brain Mapping, Vancouver, Canada
  166. Horowitz-Kraus, T., Hutton, J., Philean, K. J., & Holland, S. K. (March 2017). Better maternal reading fluency is related to stronger functional connectivity in future reading networks in preschool children. Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, USA
  167. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (December 2016). Conducting the Orchestra: Importance of executive functions in diagnosing, treating, and preventing reading difficulties in children – evidence from fMRI and EEG. Israel Society for Neuroscience, Eilat, Israel
  168. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (December 2016). Neuroimaging in children: The case of language and reading development. Grand-round. Schneider’s Children Hospital Medical Center, Petach-Tiqua, Israel
  169. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (September, 2016). Talking Heads: Language and reading development: The advantages of using neuroimaging in children. The Israeli Pediatric Neurology Conference, Schneider’s Hospital, Israel
  170. Keelor, J., Creaghead, N., Silbert, N., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (November 2016). Text-to-speech technology: Impact on reading comprehension for students with dyslexia. ASHA Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA, USA
  171. Keelor, J., Creaghead, N., Silbert, N., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (November 2016). Text-to-speech technology: Correlation with reading profiles of students with dyslexia. ASHA Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA, USA
  172. Hutton, J., Kejean, P., Horowitz-Kraus, T., DeWitt, T., & Holland, S. K. (May, 2016). Maternal engagement during shared reading increases brain activation in at-risk preschool children listening to stories. Breaking Platform at the Pediatric Academic Societies, Baltimore, MD, USA
  173. Horowitz-Kraus, T., Hershey, A., Kay, B., Vannest J, & DiFrancesco, M. (June 2016). Children with reading difficulties respond to reading training differently when also having ADHD. Accepted for presentation at the Human Brain Mapping Conference, Geneva, Switzerland
  174. Horowitz-Kraus, T., Kiefer, A., & Dorrmann, D. (June 2016). Eye-movements and Decreased connectivity in cognitive-control regions during rest in children. Human Brain Mapping Conference, Geneva, Switzerland
  175. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (May 2016). Executive functions in dyslexia. IWORDD – International Workshop on Reading and Developmental Dyslexia. Bilbao, Spain
  176. Keelor, J., Creaghead, N., Horowitz-Kraus, T., & Silbert, N. (March 2016). Text-to-speech technology: Impact on reading fluency and comprehension for students with dyslexia. Ohio Speech-Language and Hearing Association, Cincinnati, OH, USA
  177. Horowitz-Kraus, T., Vannest, J., Dorrmann, D., DiFrancesco, M. (March 2016). Altered neural circuits during narrative comprehension in children with reading difficulties: An fMRI Study. Cognitive Neuroscience Society, New York, NY, USA
  178. Horowitz-Kraus, T., & Toro-Serey, C. (June 2015). Reading-related neural-circuits disruption in children with dyslexia at a familial-risk for dyslexia The Human Brain Mapping Organization meeting, June 13-18, Hawaii, USA
  179. Horowitz-Kraus, T., Toro-Serey, C., & Holland, S. K. (June 2015). Decreased rsfcMRI in the frontoparietal network in children with emotional disorders. The Human Brain Mapping Organization meeting, June 13-18, Hawaii, USA
  180. Horowitz-Kraus, T., Vannest, J., DeWitt, T., Hutton, J., & Holland, S. K. (April, 2015). Role of executive function for narrative comprehension at Age 3: An fMRI Study. Pediatric Academic Societies meeting, April 28-31, San Diego, CA, USA
  181. Hutton, J., Horowitz-Kraus, T., DeWitt, T., & Holland, S. K. (April 2015). Greater parent-child reading increases activation of reading-associated brain networks in 3-5-year-old children: an fMRI study. Platform presentation in the Pediatric Academic Societies meeting, April 28-31, San Diego, CA, USA
  182. Horowitz-Kraus, T., DiFrancesco, M., Toro-Serey, C., & Holland, S. K. (March 2015). Increased functional connectivity in the cingulo-opercular network during rest in children with dyslexia following the intervention. Cognitive Neuroscience Society, March 28-31, San Francisco, CA, USA
  183. Kraus, D., Arya, R., Tenney, J., Greiner, H., Leach, J., Toro-Serey, C., Vannest, J., & Horowitz- Kraus, (December 2014). Reading and language lateralization in pediatric temporal lobe epilepsy: An fMRI study, American Epilepsy Society, December 5 – 9, Seattle, WA, USA
  184. Horowitz-Kraus, T., Holland, S. K., Kowatch, R.A., Versace, A., & Philips, M. (October 2014). Reading ability and supporting white matter connectivity in the brain is influenced more by mood than behavioral dimensions adolescents, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, San Diego, CA, USA
  185. Horowitz-Kraus, T., Kay, B., Wang, Y., & Holland, S. K. (October 2014). Increased correlation between orthographic and frontal functional connectivity following accelerated reading intervention in children with dyslexia during rest. Child Neurology Society meeting, Columbus, OH, USA
  186. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (July 2014). The role of executive functions and the anterior cingulate cortex in reading difficulties. The Petersen & Schlaggar Laboratories, the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO, USA
  187. Horowitz-Kraus, T., Vannest, J. J., DeWitt, T., & Holland, S. K. How does the brain get ready to read: an fMRI study. (May 2014). Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS), Vancouver, BC, Canada
  188. Horowitz-Kraus, T., Grainger, M., DiFrancesco, M., & Holland, S. K. (March 2014). DTI and fMRI evidence supporting the reliance of Reading comprehension on basic language network: DTI and fMRI study. New Horizons in Human Brain Imaging: A Focus on Neuroimaging of Brain Development, Hawaii, USA
  189. Hershey, A., Kay, B., Holland, S. K., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (August 2014). Same intervention, different compensation: Increased functional connectivity between visual and visual attention networks in dyslexics and between visual and Executive-functions networks in children with ADHD and dyslexia following reading training. The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Conference, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
  190. Shah, P., Cicchino, N., Holland, S. K., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (April, 2014). The differential engagement of executive functions in word and contextual reading after reading training in children with dyslexia: An fMRI Study. The Honors Program Conference, University of Cincinnati, OH, USA
  191. Tepe, R., Cicchino, N., Breznitz, Z., Holland, S. K., & Horowitz- Kraus, T. (May 2013). Training changes brain patterns in a reading comprehension task in children with dyslexia: an fMRI study. The Honors Program Conference, University of Cincinnati, OH, USA
  192. Tepe, R., Cicchino, N., Breznitz, Z., Holland, S. K., & Horowitz- Kraus, T. (August 2013). Training changes brain patterns in a reading comprehension and executive-function task in Children with Dyslexia: an fMRI Study. An honored mentioned presentation, The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Conference, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
  193. Kraus, D., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (October 2013). The effect of Learning on an Event-related Potential in Adolescents with Dyslexia. The 42nd Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society, Austin, TX, USA
  194. Holland, S. K & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (November 2013). Does brain activation in the front and the back during narrative comprehension facilitate the development of proficient reading? Literacy & Learning Conference, International Dyslexia Association (IDA) 64th Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA
  195. Horowitz-Kraus, T., & Holland, S. K. (November 2013). Different orthographies, same mechanism? Training the dyslexic’s brain to read like a typical reader? – an EEG and fMRI Study. Literacy & Learning Conference, IDA’s 64th Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA
  196. Horowitz-Kraus, T., Vannest, J. J., & Holland, S. K. (May 2013). Narrative comprehension relies on neural circuits for reading even before reading skills are acquired: an fMRI study. Pediatric Academic Societies, Washington, D.C., USA
  197. Horowitz-Kraus, T., Vannest, J. J., & Holland, S. K. (June 2013). “Back to the future”- the relationship between reading and brain networks for verb generation as reading is acquired. Organization of Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Seattle, WA, USA
  198. Horowitz-Kraus, T., Vannest, J. J., Cicchino, N., Kay, B., Wang, Y., Breznitz, Z., & Holland, S. K. (June 2013). Can we train the dyslexic’s brain to read like typical readers? An fMRI study. Organization of Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Seattle, WA, USA
  199. Horowitz-Kraus, T., Wang, Y., & Holland, S. K. (June 2013). The (hidden) role of the right hemisphere in reading comprehension: a DTI study. Organization of Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Seattle, WA, USA
  200. Horowitz-Kraus, T., Cicchino, N., Breznitz, Z., & Holland, S. K. (October 2012). More than words”: Training improves reading and executive functions in children with dyslexia: an ERP and fMRI study. International Dyslexia Association Conference, Baltimore, MA, USA
  201. Horowitz- Kraus, T., & Breznitz, Z (June 2010). Less is more: The ability of the error-detection system to change after training among dyslexics. Organization of Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Barcelona, Spain
  202. Horowitz- Kraus, T., & Breznitz, Z. (November 2009). Can the error detection mechanism benefit from training the working memory? A comparison between dyslexics and controls – An ERP Study. Israeli Society for Neuroscience (ISFN), Eilat, Israel
  203. Horowitz- Kraus, T., & Breznitz, Z. (September 2009). The error detection mechanism among dyslexic and regular readers: Examination and intervention. Script conference, Jerusalem, Israel
  204. Horowitz-Kraus, T., & Breznitz, Z. (June 2009). The effect of memory training on the error detection mechanism among dyslexic readers. Young and Adult brain international conference in Haifa, Israel
  205. Horowitz-Kraus, T., & Breznitz, Z. (September 2008). Examination of error detection mechanism among dyslexic readers: An ERP study. Script conference, Haifa, Israel
  206. Horowitz, T., & Breznitz, Z. (July 2007). Words don’t come easy to me: error detection process while reading: An ERP study. An interactive poster presentation at the Scientific Studies of Reading conference in Prague, Czech Republic

International Invited Seminars

  1. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March, 2025). Developing a woman scientist. A talk part of the “Girls week”, Israel
  2. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (September 27th-30th The young child’s brain: what help? What harms? Flux communication committee outreach talk (Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Society), Baltimore, MD. Talk was given at the Early Childhood Center in Baltimore, MD.
  3. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (August, 2024). Executive functions and reading acquisition: insights from neuroimaging studies. AIM Academy, Pennsylvania, USA (online talk)
  4. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (September, 2023). Exposure to books, literacy and screens: Are we progressing or regressing? Pratt Enoch Library, Baltimore, USA.
  5. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (October, 2022). Using technological and algorithmic tools to define the neurobiological correlates for nature/nurture effects on reading development in children. Part of the Technion-UC collaboration initiative. Department of Education, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
  6. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (December, 2021). The moderating role of executive functions in reading improvement. Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, USA.
  7. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (November, 2018). Neurobiological correlates of executive functions in children with dyslexia. Pediatric Neuroimaging Center colloquium. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Invited workshop, Cincinnati, OH, USA
  8. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (November, 2018). Building a bridge between translational and basic research. Israeli Exchange program meeting, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Invited workshop, Cincinnati, OH, USA
  9. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (May 2015). Change in functional connectivity of control networks following intervention in children with dyslexia. Community Engagement, CTST research week, Cincinnati children’s Hospital Medical Center Invited workshop, Cincinnati, OH, USA
  10. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (August 2014). The role of executive functions in reading difficulties and reading remediation. Communication Sciences Research Center (Colloquium), University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
  11. Horowitz-Kraus, T. Developing a Reading and Literacy Discovery Center. (May 2014). Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
  12. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March 2014). Looking at Reading measures and brain imaging in children. ENT/CSRC Meeting, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
  13. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January 2014). Developing a Reading and Literacy Discovery Center. Communication Sciences Department, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
  14. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (December 2013). The effect of the Reading Acceleration Program on Executive Functions and Reading Neural Circuits in Children with Dyslexia. ADHD Colloquium, Department of Psychology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, OH, USA
  15. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January 2013). Training reading in children with reading difficulties. Clinical Child Psychology Association Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, USA
  16. Horowitz-Kraus, T., & Holland, S. K. (November 2012). Do We See What We Hear? The Relationship between Reading and Narrative Comprehension: an fMRI Study Communication Sciences Research Center Colloquium, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
  17. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (May 2012). Improving reading in children. Hollister Center, Psychology Clinic, Cincinnati, OH, USA
  18. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March 2012). Training reading and executive functions in children with reading difficulties. Department of Neurology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
  19. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (October 2011). The flexibility of the error detection mechanism:  The effect of training. Communication Research (Colloquium), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA

National Invited Seminars

  1. Horowitz-Kraus, T., Kennet Yoed. (April 3rd, 2025). Different perspectives of MRI research. Science on the bar. Technion
  2. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (November, 2024). Attention and Digital Media in Childhood and Adulthood. Neopharm, Petach-Tikva, Israel
  3. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (October 2024). The contribution of neuroscientific tools to the diagnosis and treatment of Dyslexia. The Foundation for Individuals with Dyslexia and the leveraging of their talents in Israel.
  4. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (August, 2024). Books are a nutrition tool for the young brain. Birth-kindergarten teachers conference, municipality of Holon, Israel.
  5. Horowitz- Kraus, T. (June, 2024). The importance of environmental stimuli in the first 2000 days in development. Ministry of Education- Early Childhood Department, Jerusalem, Israel.
  6. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March, 2024). Developing a woman scientist. A talk part of the “Girls week”, Israel (SHAVOT foundation)
  7. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March, 2024). The 2000 critical days in development. Social services, Education and medical teams in Arad municipality
  8. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (August, 2023). The young brain. The legal committee of the Israeli Ministry of Education. Haifa
  9. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February, 2023). Parental importance in child development- the case of storytelling. Women Cycle Board, Israel. The Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Technion, Israel.
  10. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February, 2023). How our brain works? Talk for 7th graders for the technology and engineering education week. Ort Gutman, Netanya, Israel.
  11. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January, 2023). The neural basis for dialogic reading. A conference for the issuing of the “Read with me” book, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
  12. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January, 2023). From storytelling to reading and back. A conference for language and reading superintendents, Haifa, Ministry of Education- Haifa region. Haifa, Israel
  13. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January, 2023). How to become a neuroscientist woman. Apolo program for young women in STEM, Israel
  14. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (September, 2022). The sensitive period in a child brain development. Ministry of Education, Ministry of Economy, Israel.
  15. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (June, 2022). The book is Nutrition for the Developing Brain. Graduation talk, the faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Technion
  16. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (May, 2022). Neurobiological associations for the competition between screen exposure and reading in children, The Israeli organization for learning difficulties and diagnosticians (AGDAL).
  17. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January, 2022). Better, good and best: Storytelling and creating the infrastructure for reading development. Opening talk in a seminar titled “Story is not the entire story”. Academic colleague, Western Galilee, Israel.
  18. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (December, 2021). The first 1000 critical days for brain development. Ministry of Education seminar on infants development, Israel.
  19. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (November, 2021). The first 2000 critical days for brain development. TAUB center for social research, Israel.
  20. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March 2nd, 2021). Exogenous and endogenous factors in brain development. Brain IL- Israeli students in Neuroscience.
  21. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February, 28th, 2021). Setting up the infrastructure during the first 2000 days of life. GrowHub initiative, Tirat-Hakarmel, Israel.
  22. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 15th, 2021). Storytelling during the first years of life: neuroscientific evidence. NA’AMAT conference, Israel.
  23. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (December 2020). Why is it so hard to learn (using Zoom)? A webinar for parents and teachers as part of the Education in Science and Technology activity (with Drs. Einat Heyd-Metzuyanim, Ayelet Baram-Zabari).
  24. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (November, 2020). The first 2000 critical days for brain development. TAUB center for social research, Israel.
  25. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (June, 2020). The age when everything happens. GrowHub (an online meeting for the 2020 GrowHub accelerator)
  26. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (April, 2020). How do screen and reading time compete over similar neurobiological correlates? Kavim Vemachsahvot (Lines and Thoughts)- the National Foundation for Attention Disorders (an online conference)
  27. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January 2020). The magical brain and neuroscience. Fifth graders at Haim Hefer school, Netanya
  28. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January 2020). Using technology to track brain development: the specific case of reading and screen exposure. International School, John’s Hopkins University students visit (hosted by Ms. Orna Hilman), Technion
  29. Shlomov, I., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. (July 2019). Cognitive control-based intervention in preschool children. Beyt Hapaot, Tirat Hacarmel, Haifa
  30. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (May 2019). Genes and environment in the developing brain. Financial Department (hosted by Ms. Dalia Tabak), Technion
  31. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (May 2019). The developing brain: Environmental and genetic factors. Exposure to research for undergraduate students (chaired by Prof Orit Hazzan), Technion
  32. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (April, 2018). Finding a solution for learning difficulties. Hackathon, Faculty of Computer Science, Technion
  33. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March, 2018). How to Use Physics and Image Processing to Transform Children’s Academic Performance. Hackathon, T2MED, Faculty of Medicine, Technion
  34. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (April, 2018). Bypass surgery: training executive functions and reading abilities. Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Technion
  35. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 2018). Neuroimaging in the developing brain. Faculty of Biomedical Engineering (Colloquium), Technion
  36. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January 2018). The central role of cognitive control in language and reading acquisition. Faculty of Education in Science and Technology (Colloquium), Technion
  37. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 2017). How to become a neuroscientist? An invited talk, Technion Women-Tech 2017, Technion, Haifa, Israel
  38. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (November, 2016). Executive dysfunction in children with reading difficulties:  Mirroring challenges and abilities using EEG/fMRI. A conference focusing on learning disabilities, psychological and psychiatry departments, and Schneider’s Hospital, Israel. Invited talk.
  39. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (September, 2016). Talking heads: Language and reading development: The advantages of using neuroimaging in children. The Israeli Pediatric Neurology Conference, Schneider’s Hospital, Israel
  40. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (May 2016). New insights in neuroscience and learning disabilities. Mofet, Tel-Aviv, Israel
  41. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (December 2015). Can we train our brains? A seminar in the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, the Technion, Haifa, Israel
  42. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (December 2015). Executive dysfunction in children with reading difficulties and its role in reading remediation:  EEG and fMRI studies. Neurobiology Seminar, the Technion, Haifa, Israel
  43. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (December 2014). The role of executive functions in reading and reading difficulties: Lessons learned across the pond. Invited talks in the Gonda Brain Center, Bar-Ilan University; School of Education, Bar Ilan University; Cognitive Neuroscience Department, Ben Gurion University; Department of Education, Science and Technology, Technion, Israel
  44. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (October 2013). Using fMRI in Pediatric Population. Schneider’s Hospital Medical Center, Petach-Tiqva, Israel