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  1. Omega-3 LCPUFAs (Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids) and Reading: The Mediating Role of Auditory Processing and the Interactions Among PUFAs

    Article • Biomedicines, October 2025, MDPI AG

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  2. Living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Beyond the Physical Implications: Cognitive Features, Psychopathology Aspects, and Psychosocial Resources—A Narrative Review

    Article • Brain Sciences, June 2025, MDPI AG

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  3. The Role of the Visual Versus Verbal Modality in Learning Novel Verbs

    Article • Children, May 2025, MDPI AG

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  4. International perspectives and attitudes towards speech and language therapy and multilingualism

    Article • Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, February 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  5. Cognitive and Linguistic Development in Children and Adolescents

    Article • Children, December 2024, MDPI AG

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  6. Predicting Response to Neuropsychological Intervention in Developmental Dyslexia: A Retrospective Study

    Article • Brain Sciences, July 2024, MDPI AG

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  7. STM-Suite, an Online Platform for the Assessment of Memory Functions Discriminates among Subgroups of Children with Different Types of Specific Learning Disorders

    Article • Applied Sciences, July 2024, MDPI AG

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  8. The challenge of remote treatment in neuropsychological intervention for reading and spelling in dyslexia: A prospective observational cohort study

    Article • Dyslexia, January 2024, Wiley

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  9. Validation of a Web App Enabling Children with Dyslexia to Identify Personalized Visual and Auditory Parameters Facilitating Online Text Reading

    Article • Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, January 2024, MDPI AG

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  10. Remote treatment of developmental dyslexia: how ADHD comorbidity, clinical history and treatment repetition may affect its efficacy

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, January 2024, Frontiers

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  11. New Digital Technologies for Diagnosis and Rehabilitation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

    Article • Applied Sciences, November 2023, MDPI AG

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  12. Intergenerational longitudinal associations between parental reading/musical traits, infants’ auditory processing, and later phonological awareness skills

    Article • Frontiers in Neuroscience, July 2023, Frontiers

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso, Valentina Riva

  13. Evaluating the role of word-related parameters in the discriminative power of a novel nonword repetition task for bilingual children

    Article • Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, July 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  14. Long-Lasting Effects of Changes in Daily Routine during the Pandemic-Related Lockdown on Preschoolers’ Language and Emotional–Behavioral Development: A Moderation Analysis

    Article • Children, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso, Valentina Riva

  15. Learning and Well-Being in Multilingual Adolescents with Italian as L2: A Comparison with Monolingual Peers with and without a Learning Disorder

    Article • Sustainability, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  16. Associations between Dietary Intake, Blood Levels of Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acids and Reading Abilities in Children

    Article • Biomolecules, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  17. Revisiting Multifactor Models of Dyslexia: Do They Fit Empirical Data and What Are Their Implications for Intervention?

    Article • Brain Sciences, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  18. Remote Screening for Developmental Language Disorder in Bilingual Children: Preliminary Validation in Spanish–Italian Speaking Preschool Children

    Article • Applied Sciences, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  19. A Nonword Repetition Task Discriminates Typically Developing Italian-German Bilingual Children From Bilingual Children With Developmental Language Disorder: The Role of Language-Specific and Language-Non-specific Nonwords

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, June 2022, Frontiers

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  20. FORDYSVAR: Book on specific learning difficulties in reading

    Article • February 2022, Universidad de Burgos

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  21. FORDYSVAR EBOOK: Best practices and technological resources for students with Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs)

    Article • February 2022, Universidad de Burgos

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  22. FORDYSVAR EBOOK: Best practices and technological resources for students with Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs)

    Article • February 2022, Universidad de Burgos

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  23. Direct and Indirect Effects of Blood Levels of Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acids on Reading and Writing (Dis)Abilities

    Article • Brain Sciences, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  24. Remote Dyslexia Screening for Bilingual Children

    Article • Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  25. Remote Neuropsychological Intervention for Developmental Dyslexia with the Tachidino Platform: No Reduction in Effectiveness for Older Nor for More Severely Impaired Children

    Article • Children, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  26. New Educational Technologies and Their Impact on Students' Well-being and Inclusion Process

    Article • January 2022, Frontiers

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  27. Towards Consensus on Good Practices for the Use of New Technologies for Intervention and Support in Developmental Dyslexia: A Delphi Study Conducted among Italian Specialized Professionals

    Article • Children, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  28. Editorial: New Educational Technologies and Their Impact on Students' Well-Being and Inclusion Process

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, November 2021, Frontiers

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  29. Speech and Language Therapy Service for Multilingual Children: Attitudes and Approaches across Four European Countries

    Article • Sustainability, November 2021, MDPI AG

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  30. Detection without further processing or processing without automatic detection? Differential ERP responses to lexical-semantic processing in toddlers at high clinical risk for autism and language disorder

    Article • Cortex, August 2021, Elsevier

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso, Valentina Riva

  31. Developmental Language Disorder: Early Predictors, Age for the Diagnosis, and Diagnostic Tools. A Scoping Review

    Article • Brain Sciences, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  32. The Effectiveness of Interventions for Developmental Dyslexia: Rhythmic Reading Training Compared With Hemisphere-Specific Stimulation and Action Video Games

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, June 2020, Frontiers

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  33. The processing of rhythmic structures in music and prosody by children with developmental dyslexia and developmental language disorder

    Article • Developmental Science, May 2020, Wiley

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  34. Semi-Immersive Virtual Reality as a Tool to Improve Cognitive and Social Abilities in Preschool Children

    Article • Applied Sciences, April 2020, MDPI AG

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  35. Developmental Differences in the Relationship Between Visual Attention Span and Chinese Reading Fluency

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, November 2019, Frontiers

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  36. Tell Me a Story: Socio-Emotional Functioning, Well-Being and Problematic Smartphone Use in Adolescents With Specific Learning Disabilities

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, November 2019, Frontiers

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  37. ORCA.IT: A New Web-Based Tool for Assessing Online Reading, Search and Comprehension Abilities in Students Reveals Effects of Gender, School Type and Reading Ability

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, November 2019, Frontiers

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  38. Pitch as the Main Determiner of Italian Lexical Stress Perception Across the Lifespan: Evidence From Typical Development and Dyslexia

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, June 2019, Frontiers

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  39. When prosody meets syntax: The processing of the syntax-prosody interface in children with developmental dyslexia and developmental language disorder

    Article • Lingua, June 2019, Elsevier

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  40. Specific conditions for a selective deficit in memory for order in children with dyslexia

    Article • Child Neuropsychology, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    marisa giorgetti, Maria Luisa Lorusso, Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  41. Giok the Alien: An AR-Based Integrated System for the Empowerment of Problem-Solving, Pragmatic, and Social Skills in Pre-School Children

    Article • Sensors, July 2018, MDPI AG

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  42. Revisiting Strephosymbolie: The Connection between Interhemispheric Transfer and Developmental Dyslexia

    Article • Brain Sciences, April 2018, MDPI AG

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso, PhD Roberta Daini

  43. A tapping device for recording and quantitative characterization of rhythmic/auditory sequences

    Article • July 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  44. Exploring the learnability and usability of a near field communication-based application for semantic enrichment in children with language disorders

    Article • Assistive Technology, February 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  45. Learning and Using Abstract Words: Evidence from Clinical Populations

    Article • BioMed Research International, January 2017, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Maria Luisa Lorusso, Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  46. Giok

    Article • January 2016, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  47. Rhythmic Reading Training (RRT)

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  48. Improving reading skills in students with dyslexia: the efficacy of a sublexical training with rhythmic background

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, October 2015, Frontiers

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  49. Developmental Dyslexia With and Without Language Impairment: ERPs Reveal Qualitative Differences in Morphosyntactic Processing

    Article • Developmental Neuropsychology, July 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  50. Impact of a NFC-Based Application with Educational Purposes on Children Affected by Language Disorders

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  51. Processing Sentences with Literal versus Figurative Use of Verbs: An ERP Study with Children with Language Impairments, Nonverbal Impairments, and Typical Development

    Article • Behavioural Neurology, January 2015, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  52. The DCDC2/intron 2 deletion and white matter disorganization: Focus on developmental dyslexia

    Article • Cortex, August 2014, Elsevier

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  53. Age, dyslexia subtype and comorbidity modulate rapid auditory processing in developmental dyslexia

    Article • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, May 2014, Frontiers

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  54. NFC-based application with educational purposes

    Article • January 2014, Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (ICST)

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  55. Characterizing the morphosyntactic processing deficit and its relationship to phonology in developmental dyslexia

    Article • Neuropsychologia, July 2013, Elsevier

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  56. Specific profiles of neurocognitive and reading functions in a sample of 42 Italian boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

    Article • Child Neuropsychology, July 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  57. Event-related potentials reveal anomalous morphosyntactic processing in developmental dyslexia

    Article • Applied Psycholinguistics, August 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  58. Syllables per second versus seconds per syllable when measuring reading speed

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, January 2012, Frontiers

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso, Maria Luisa Lorusso

  59. Neurocognitive Profiles in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Gene Mutation Site

    Article • Pediatric Neurology, November 2011, Elsevier

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  60. Neuropsychological Treatment of Dyslexia: Does Type of Treatment Matter?

    Article • Journal of Learning Disabilities, March 2011, SAGE Publications

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  61. Multisensory Spatial Attention Deficits Are Predictive of Phonological Decoding Skills in Developmental Dyslexia

    Article • Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, May 2010, The MIT Press

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  62. A common generalized perceptual strategy? The evidence from dyslexics

    Article • Journal of Vision, March 2010, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  63. Cross-modal perceptual learning as demonstrated in dyslexics

    Article • Journal of Vision, March 2010, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  64. The effects of audiobooks on the psychosocial adjustment of pre-adolescents and adolescents with dyslexia

    Article • Dyslexia, February 2010, Wiley

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  65. Perception of Non-Verbal Auditory Stimuli in Italian Dyslexic Children

    Article • Developmental Neuropsychology, December 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  66. Fluency remediation in dyslexic children: does age make a difference?

    Article • Dyslexia, January 2008, Wiley

    Dr Patrizio E Tressoldi, Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  67. Wide and Diffuse Perceptual Modes Characterize Dyslexics in Vision and Audition

    Article • Perception, January 2008, SAGE Publications

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  68. Association of short-term memory with a variant within DYX1C1 in developmental dyslexia

    Article • Genes Brain & Behavior, October 2007, Wiley

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  69. Evaluation of narrative abilities in patients suffering from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

    Article • Brain and Language, July 2007, Elsevier

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  70. Indicators of theory of mind in narrative production: a comparison between individuals with genetic syndromes and typically developing children

    Article • Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, January 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  71. The relationship between visuo-spatial attention and nonword reading in developmental dyslexia

    Article • Cognitive Neuropsychology, September 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  72. Effects of visual hemisphere-specific stimulation versus reading-focused training in dyslexic children

    Article • Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, April 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  73. Impulsivity in depressed children and adolescents: A comparison between behavioral and neuropsychological data

    Article • Psychiatry Research, September 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Maria Nobile, Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  74. Tachistoscopic treatment of dyslexia changes the distribution of visual–spatial attention

    Article • Brain and Cognition, March 2005, Elsevier

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  75. A family-based association study does not support DYX1C1 on 15q21.3 as a candidate gene in developmental dyslexia

    Article • European Journal of Human Genetics, January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  76. An Assessment of Transmission Disequilibrium Between Quantitative Measures of Childhood Problem Behaviors and DRD2/Taql and DRD4/48bp-Repeat Polymorphisms

    Article • Behavior Genetics, September 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  77. Wider recognition in peripheral vision common to different subtypes of dyslexia

    Article • Vision Research, September 2004, Elsevier

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  78. Hemispheric, attentional, and processing speed factors in the treatment of developmental dyslexia

    Article • Brain and Cognition, July 2004, Elsevier

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  79. The time course of attentional focusing in dyslexic and normally reading children

    Article • Brain and Cognition, November 2003, Elsevier

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  80. No evidence for association and linkage disequilibrium between dyslexia and markers of four dopamine-related genes

    Article • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, August 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  81. Auditory and visual automatic attention deficits in developmental dyslexia

    Article • Cognitive Brain Research, April 2003, Elsevier

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  82. The role of visuospatial attention in developmental dyslexia: evidence from a rehabilitation study

    Article • Cognitive Brain Research, January 2003, Elsevier

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  83. Orienting of visual attention in dyslexia: evidence for asymmetric hemispheric control of attention

    Article • Experimental Brain Research, April 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  84. Callosal Transfer in Different Subtypes of Developmental Dyslexia

    Article • Cortex, January 2001, Elsevier

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  85. The spatial distribution of visual attention in developmental dyslexia

    Article • Experimental Brain Research, June 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso

  86. A cultural effect on brain function

    Article • Nature Neuroscience, January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ph.D. Maria Luisa Lorusso