Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Morken, Frøydis"
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Auditive training effects from a dichotic listening app in children with dyslexia
Morken, Frøydis; Bless, Josef J; Valderhaug, Hanna V.; Eiken, Monica; Helland, Wenche Andersen; Torkildsen, Janne von Koss (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-11)Dichotic listening (DL) taps information on the brain's language laterality, processing, and attention. Research has shown that DL responses in dyslexia deviate from the typical pattern. Here, effects of DL training and ... -
Children with dyslexia show cortical hyperactivation in response to increasing literacy processing demands
Morken, Frøydis; Helland, Turid; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Specht, Karsten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-12-22)This fMRI study aimed to examine how differences in literacy processing demands may affect cortical activation patterns in 11- to 12-year-old children with dyslexia as compared to children with typical reading skills. ... -
Disentangling dyslexia from typical L2-learning in emergent literacy
Helland, Turid Magnhild; Morken, Frøydis; Helland, Wenche Andersen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The present paper assessed how dyslexia can be identified in school children with another language than their first language. Participants were school children with Norwegian as their second language (L2), and two groups ... -
Disorders of Language and Literacy in the Prison Population: A Scoping Review
Morken, Frøydis; Jones, Lise Øen; Helland, Wenche Andersen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Language and literacy skills are essential for education, school achievements, work and social conditions. Some studies indicate an elevated incidence of problems with language and literacy in the prison population, ... -
The dynamics of narrative writing in primary grade children: Writing process factors predict story quality
Torkildsen, Janne von Koss; Morken, Frøydis; Helland, Wenche A; Helland, Turid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)In this study of third grade school children, we investigated the association between writing process measures recorded with key stroke logging and the final written product. Moreover, we examined the cognitive predictors ... -
Kindergarten screening tools filled out by parents and teachers targeting dyslexia. Predictions and developmental trajectories from age 5 to age 15 years
Helland, Turid; Morken, Frøydis; Helland, Wenche A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The concept of early ‘efforts’ has led to discussions for and against introducing language assessment for all kindergarten children. Evidence-based kindergarten screening tools completed by close caregivers could solve ... -
Neurocognitive Development and Predictors of L1 and L2 Literacy Skills in Dyslexia: A Longitudinal Study of Children 5–11 Years Old
Helland, Turid; Morken, Frøydis (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-10-29)The aim of this study was to find valid neurocognitive precursors of literacy development in first language (L1, Norwegian) and second language (L2, English) in a group of children during their Pre-literacy, Emergent ... -
Oral language skills and mental health in female prisoners: pragmatic skills are essential
Morken, Frøydis; Helland, Wenche Andersen; Evanger, Elisabeth; Vårvik, Aslaug; Jones, Lise Øen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Introduction: There are strong indications of an elevated incidence of both language problems and problems with mental health among prisoners. We also know that women in prison are a particularly vulnerable group who often ... -
Reading in Dyslexia across Literacy Development: A Longitudinal Study of Effective Connectivity
Morken, Frøydis; Helland, Turid; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Specht, Karsten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-01)Dyslexia is a literacy disorder affecting the efficient acquisition of reading and writing skills. The disorder is neurobiological in origin. Due to its developmental nature, longitudinal studies of dyslexia are of essence. ...