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Research and new technology supporting dyslexia
No full textDyslexia is an increasing problem affecting people studying at all school levels. Technological progress gives a strong impulse to the development of new tools and web-based environment to support learning processes for dyslexic people. From text-to-speech software to computer aided tools, computers and communication technologies are leading actors in providing facilities for education and daily life of dyslexic people. Moreover, much progress has been made across research specialities spanning education, neuropsychology, neurobiology, information technology in recent years. Brain imaging particularly gives new perspectives in understanding learning disorders in order to help to solve or to give technological or methodological support to people suffering from this problem. Deriving from brain imaging, the rising of EEG-based BCI devices open new opportunities in studying new tools to support learning and research in dyslexi
A community of practice and project-based learning matching innovation and tradition
No full textThis work presents the state-of-the-art of the “I-DEAS on the Cloud” lab project and underlines the importance of the project in terms of cooperation among Academy and Industries. The need to renew and practice technological skills to match different Faculties students’ needs suggested to merge Technology and Humanities learning practices in the context of the Faculty of Economics, Political and Sociological studies at University of Milan. The “I-DEAS on the Cloud” lab project is, moreover, open also to Biotechnology and Information Technology Faculties, stimulating students to cooperate in interdisciplinary projects, combining new ideas and tradition. Students are answering our call with enthusiasm and in the first half of next year we will looking for cooperation with other Universities, allowing students to keep in contact with peers all around the world. This project represents an opportunity to foster the Academic research community relationships with Industries and Companies, both on a local level and internationall
Brain computer interface and transcranical stimulation : frontiers, reliability, safety and threats
Full text linkEEG-based Brain Computer Interface (BCI) and Transcranial Stimulation represent one of the frontiers in brain studies, promising great potential in practical application in several fields. Indeed, compared to other brain-imaging techniques, BCI and Transcranial Stimulation are non-invasive, low cost and portable, leading to design applications in individuals’ daily life, spreading from health care to politics and defense. Indeed, Science is running fast towards unpredictable results and the implications are global across industries, in every field, but low attention is given to protect individuals’ privacy and wiliness from abuse of data and related information
EEG recording and signal analysis in cognitive response elicitation
No full textWe aim at developing computational methods for the analysis of the signal produced by EEG devices in response to simple visual stimuli, to evaluate their impact on perceptual and cognitive processes. In particular, the work is focused on the study and the experimentation of innovative signal processing methods to measure the electroencephalographic answer to specific stimuli. To this aim, we have performed some preliminary experiments collecting EEG data using a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) device from two groups of users, subjected to simple visual, such as Gestalt images used as stimuli eliciting basic cognitive processe
Memoria implicita e alfabetizzazione visiva nel contesto museale
No full textStorici dell’arte ed esperti del settore museale lamentano la difficoltà da parte del pubblico a “leggere” le opere esposte in un museo di arti visive. Guardare e cogliere gli aspetti relativi alla grammatica visiva di un oggetto sono abilità che si apprendono, in generale non sono innate o spontanee. I fruitori potrebbero beneficiare di un metodo che sviluppa e potenzia le loro capacità visive. Lo scopo di questo articolo è presentare e valutare se un modello basato sul priming percettivo, una forma di memoria implicita, possa migliorare la metodologia per leggere gli aspetti visivi del patrimonio artistico. A complemento del lavoro proposto, vengono qui introdotti anche alcuni risultati preliminari di un nuovo promettente approccio sperimentato, che consiste nella analisi dei segnali elettroencefalografi ci dei soggetti coinvolti, raccolti attraverso un dispositivo per EEG durante la fase di verifi ca dell’esperimento sul priming percettivo
Size constancy in visual perception
No full textOne of the most interesting aspects of perception is constancy, referring to how our perception of objects remains the same despite changes in images on the retina. Constancy is seen in the perception of a number of different properties of objects such as size, shape, color, and orientation. We will discuss only size and shape constancies and particularly for their influence in perception in Virtual Reality. Our aims is to investigate emotions in a Virtual Reality environment, to individuate factors potentially influencing the communication in VR and the users’ perception
English for Special Needs: Teaching EFL to Students with Dyslexia
No full textDyslexia has received little attention for decades, but now it attracts the interest of the media and general public but, more importantly, the interest of teachers and researchers.
The significant increasing number of students with dyslexia shows how important it is that language teachers know about dyslexia and how to assist dyslexic students in the classroom. As English is known as an orthographically deep language, the translation between oral and written English is a notoriously unpredictable process and this inconsistency impact both spelling and reading respectively.
In our study, we will outline language teaching methods that can enhance the success
of language learning of students with dyslexia, in EFL settings. The methods and techniques we describe include the so-called multi-sensory structured learning (Sparks et al.1991; Nijakowska 2010). Besides, we will propose a Narrative-Based Approach to teaching EFL to students with dyslexia. Narrative approaches are presented in many publications on dyslexia (cf. Guaraldi, Peroni e Moretti Fantera 2010), but our innovative proposal refers to the transposition of narrative-based medicine techniques in foreign language teaching. Medical aims become school-oriented and learning aims in our perspective, fostering a positive and empathetic relationship between learner and teacher.
Moreover, we will also present some cognitive-based activities using technologies, such as Brain Computer Interface (BCI) devices to enhance attention skills in students.
On the one hand, technology enables language teachers to act as designers, coaches, guides, facilitators. On the other hand, students get more engaged in the learning process as active learners, team builders, collaborators, and discoverers
English Language Learning and Web Platform Design : the Case of Dyslexic Users
No full textThe use of e-learning in education has seen an unprecedented increase, especially in the case of second language (L2) learning. However, little attention has been devoted to advanced technology-based approaches to teaching English to dyslexic students. Much progress has been made, in recent years, across different research specialties, but the use of brain imaging, in particular, has provided new perspectives on understanding and helping cope with learning disorders. The present paper focuses on evaluating different approaches to language learning by dyslexic people with the aim of improving web-based e-learning environments. As the peripheral vision in dyslexics is more accurate than in non-dyslexics, our research project takes into consideration the incidence of colors and visual stimuli in supporting cognitive attitude of dyslexics, with the aim to design a platform providing benefits not only for dyslexic but also for general users
EEG-based BCI data analysis on visual-priming In the context of a museum of fine arts
No full textOften students and lay public are not able to watch an art exhibit displayed in a museum of fine arts as scholars could wish. It has to be considered that watching is a learned skill that is neither innate nor spontaneous. Consequently, onlookers would benefit from a method that may enhance their visual skills. This consideration and the willing to give a contribution in artworks understanding guide our work. The goal of this paper is to assess whether a model based on visual-perceptual priming, a kind of implicit memory, may improve the methodology of looking. To support our model also with some kind of measures, we analysed the subjects’ brain signals collected by an EEG-based Brain Computer Interface device during the verification phase of the performed experiment. In this work we also present some preliminary results obtained by this BCI-based promising approac
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