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CONFERENCES

Plenary Keynote

  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. 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.
  4. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February, 2023). The role of executive functions in reading fluency. Minimizing the literacy gaps in Israel. Ministry of Education, Jerusalem, Israel.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (November, 2017). Reading acquisition- books, screen and brain development. Keynote speaker at The Connected Brain of the Child Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden.
  9. 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. (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
  2. 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
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (June, 2023). The neurobiology of reading remediation. The International Dyslexia Association board meeting- Maryland Branch, USA
  6. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (June, 2023). The critical 1000 years of live- a brain development perspective. The Ministry of Education, CEO office, Israel
  7. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (May, 2023). The neurobiology of reading. From research to practice, Ministry of Education, Language section. Israel
  8. 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
  9. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (December, 2022). Brain development in the first 1000 days of life. The National Council of Economy, Jerusalem, Israel.
  10. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (December, 2022). From Dialogic Reading- to Reading!. Literacy gaps reduction. Conference led by the Ministry of Education. Maale Hachamisha, Israel.
  11. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (December 14th 2022). Creating the infrastructure for reading development during the first three years of life. GrowHub conference, Tirat Hacarmel, Israel.
  12. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (July 5th 2022). Nurturing the child’s brain with books. Ministry of Education- orthodox preschool education. Binyaney HaUma, Jerusalem.
  13. 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.
  14. 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
  15. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (April 26th, 2022). Nurturing the child’s brain with books. Ministry of Education mini-conference on preschool education. Tel Aviv, Israel
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March 11th, 2021). How does screen time affect kids’ brain development? Technion UK branch.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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
  22. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (March 1st, 2021). Digital vs physical books: past, present, and future. National Library, Israel. אולם קריאה | הספרייה הלאומית (nli.org.il)
  23. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 4th, 2021). How does screen time affect kids’ brain development? Technion Australia branch.
  24. 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.
  25. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January 5th, 2021). Data acquisition, analysis, and statistics in Pediatric Neuroimaging. Weismann Institute, Israel
  26. 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
  27. 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.
  28. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (July 27th, 2020). The critical 2000 days of brain development. “Talk to me” conference, Tel Aviv university
  29. 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)
  30. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (January 2020). Dialogic reading and brain development. The Israeli Organization for Pediatrics (Goshen), Leading Tipat-Chalav nurses, Ramat-Gan, Israel
  31. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (December 2019). Pediatric Neuroimaging; Opportunities and Challenges. MRI workshop Weismann Institute, Israel
  32. 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
  33. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (April, 2019). Genetic and environmental contributors for early child development. Accelerator for early child development (GROW-HUB). Intel, Haifa, Israel
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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.
  38. 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
  39. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 2019). The effect of Mindfulness training on brain activation of preschool children. Brain-Body-Awareness conference. IDC, Herzeliya, Israel
  40. 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
  41. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 2018). Pediatric Neuroimaging: why and how? Pediatric Neurology Department, Assaf Harofe Hospital, Israel
  42. Horowitz-Kraus, T. (February 2018). Bypass surgery: training executive functions and reading abilities. Keynote speaker at Attention conference, IDC, Herzeliya, Israel
  43. 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
  44. 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)

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Plenary, keynote or invited talks

  1. Horowitz-Kraus, T. Neurobiological Correlates for Screen exposure in children: evidence from functional MRI and EEG. Annual conference for diagnosticians for learning disabilities, Tel Aviv University, Israel (April, 2023)
  2. Horowitz-Kraus, T. The role of executive functions in reading fluency. Minimizing the literacy gaps in Israel. Ministry of Education, Jerusalem, Israel (February, 2023)
  3. Horowitz-Kraus, T. Brain development in the first 1000 days of life. The National Council of Economy, Jerusalem, Israel (December, 2022)
  4. Horowitz-Kraus, T. From Dialogic Reading- to Reading! Literacy gaps reduction. Conference led by the Ministry of Education. Maale Hachamisha, Israel (December, 2022)
  5. Horowitz-Kraus, T. Creating the infrastructure for reading development during the first three years of life. GrowHub conference, Tirat Hacarmel, Israel (December, 2022)
  6. Horowitz-Kraus, T. Nurturing the child’s brain with books. Ministry of Education- orthodox preschool education. Binyaney HaUma, Jerusalem (July, 2022).
  7. Horowitz-Kraus, T. 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 (June, 2022)
  8. Horowitz-Kraus, T. 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 (April, 2022)
  9. Horowitz-Kraus, T. Nurturing the child’s brain with books. Ministry of Education mini- conference on preschool education. Tel Aviv, Israel (April, 2022)
  10. Horowitz-Kraus, T. 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 (March, 2019)
  11. Horowitz-Kraus, T. The effect of Mindfulness training on brain activation of preschool children. Brain-Body-Awareness conference. IDC, Herzeliya, Israel (February, 2019)
  12. Horowitz-Kraus, T. Bypass surgery: training executive functions and reading abilities. Attention conference, IDC, Herzeliya, Israel (February, 2018)
  13. Horowitz-Kraus, T. 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 (January, 2018)
  14. Horowitz-Kraus, T. Reading acquisition- books, screen and brain development. The Connected Brain of the Child Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden (November, 2017)
  15. Horowitz-Kraus, T. 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 (April, 2016)

Contributed talks, international, underline: presenter

  1. Horowitz-Kraus, T. 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) (July, 2020)
  2. Shlomov, I., Bar, S., Meri, R., Farah, R., Zivan, M., Glukhovsky, N., Halphin, V., Levitt-Binnun, N., & Horowitz-Kraus, T.  Mindfulness Training is related to Improved Executive Functions in Preschool Children: An EEG Study. International Conference on Mindfulness, conference postponed to July, 2021, due to COVID), Denmark (July, 2020). Oral presentation
  3. Meri, R., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. 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) (July, 2020). Oral presentation
  4. Horowitz-Kraus, T. Neurobiological Correlates for Environmental Factors Contributing to Future Reading Abilities. Cognitive Neuroscience Society conference, Boston, USA (part of 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 online due to COVID) (May, 2020). Oral presentation
  5. Horowitz-Kraus, T. Training executive functions to improve reading skill in children with dyslexia. Part of a symposium titled “Can We Improve on Reading Intervention After All These Years: We Say Yes!”. International Dyslexia Association, Portland, Oregon, USA (November, 2019). Oral presentation
  6. Horowitz-Kraus, T. Executive functions in reading: impairment and plasticity in children with and without dyslexia. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience conference (FLUX), New-York City, USA. (August, 2019). Oral (flash) and poster presentation
  1. Hutton, S. J., Dudley, J., Horowitz-Kraus, T., DeWitt, T., Holland, S. K. Correlation Between Home Reading Environment and Structural Brain Development in Preschool-age Children. Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. (April, 2019). Oral presentation
  2. Horowitz-Kraus, T. Alterations in neural circuits supporting executive functions in children with reading difficulties. Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, USA. (March, 2018). Poster and oral (flash) presentation
  1. Farah, R., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. Functional and structural connectivity of cognitive control networks during narrative comprehension from birth to 9 years. Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, USA (March, 2018). Poster and oral (flash) presentation

Contributed talks, national underline: presenter

  1. Horowitz-Kraus, T. Neurobiology of the Relations between Executive Functions and Screen Exposure in Children. Israel Society of Cognitive Psychology conference, Akko, Israel (Symposium Organizer and Chair) (February, 2020). Oral presentation
  2. Horowitz-Kraus, T. Neurobiology of the Relations between Executive Functions and Screen Exposure in Children. Israeli Society for Neuroscience (ISFN). Eilat, Israel (January, 2020). Oral presentation
  3. Shlomov, I., Bar, S., Meri, R., Farah, F., Zivan, M., Glukhovsky, N., Halphin, V., Levitt-Binnun, N., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. Mindfulness Training is related to Improved Executive Functions in Preschool Children: An EEG Study. Israeli Society for Neuroscience. Eilat, Israel. (January, 2020). Poster and oral (blitz) presentation
  4. Meri, R., Horowitz-Kraus, T. The role of Executive functions in reading comprehension in children with dyslexia: an fMRI study. Literacy and Language National Conference, Kiryat Malachi, Israel (July, 2019). Oral presentation
  5. Horowitz-Kraus, T. Screen Brains: The Relationship between Executive Functions Abilities and Screen Exposure in Children, Session of Brain Development. 1st Israeli Human Neuroimaging Conference, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel (Symposium Organizer and Chair) (May, 2019). Oral presentation
  6. Twait, E., Shlomov, I., Levitt-Binnun, N., & Horowitz Kraus, T. Probing Behavioral and Neurophysiological Effects of a Mindfulness Training on Executive Function and Social Cognition in Preschoolers. Israeli Society for Biological Psychiatry, Annual meeting, Kefar-Blum, Israel (March, 2019). Oral presentation
  7. Horowitz-Kraus, T. 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), Haifa, Israel. (February, 2019). Oral presentation
  8. Twait, E., Farah., R., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. Altered functional connectivity of cognitive control networks in children with reading difficulties: an fMRI study. Israeli Society for Neuroscience, Eilat, Israel (January, 2019).  Oral presentation
  9. Horowitz-Kraus, T. 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) (February, 2019). Oral presentation
  10. Twait, E., Shlomov, I., Levitt-Binnun N., Horowitz-Kraus, T. Probing Behavioral and Neurophysiological Effects of a Mindfulness Training on Executive Function and Social Cognition in Preschoolers. Israeli Society for Neuroscience, Eilat, Israel (January, 2019). Oral presentation
  11. Horowitz-Kraus, T. 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) (January, 2019). Oral presentation
  12. Horowitz-Kraus, T. Reading Development in Children: Imaging Reading Before and After it is Acquired. The Israeli Society for Child Development, Israel Convention Center, Jerusalem, Israel (January, 2019). Oral presentation
  13. Farah, R., Tzafrir, H., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. 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) (January, 2019). Oral (blitz) and poster presentation
  14. Horowitz-Kraus, T. 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 (October, 2018). Oral presentation
  15. Farah, R., Zivan, M., Shamir, N., Bar, S., Twait, E., Horowitz-Kraus, T. Neural correlates for intrinsic and environmental factors contributing for language and reading development: fMRI and EEG studies, Israel Society of Cognitive Psychology conference, Akko, Israel. (February, 2018). Oral presentation
  16. Kraus, D., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. 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 (January, 2018). Oral presentation
  17. Farah, R., & Horowitz-Kraus, T. 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 (December, 2017). Poster and oral (blitz) presentation
  18. Horowitz-Kraus, T. 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 (May, 2017). Oral presentation
  19. Horowitz-Kraus, T. 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 (December, 2016). Oral presentation

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