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Jason Yeatman

@jyeatman.bsky.social
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Professor at Stanford. Education, Psychology, Pediatrics and Neuroscience. Brain Development & Education Lab. roar.stanford.edu

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Wanjing Anya Ma @anyawma.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Thank you @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social for featuring our study! @jyeatman.bsky.social @klint.bsky.social
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SfN Journals @sfnjournals.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
#JNeurosci: Stone, @mayayablonski.bsky.social, @jyeatman.bsky.social, @jamielmitchell.bsky.social, et al. found that text-selective regions in the inferior frontal cortex are linked to reading proficiency in children, showing sensitivity to both stimulus and task responses. vist.ly/3n6z2q4
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Join the team to envision a new role for academia in society careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/researc... Research Study Coordinator, Rapid Online Assessment of Reading (ROAR) - Stanford University Careers
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Research Study Coordinator, Rapid Online Assessment of Reading (ROAR) in Graduate School of Education, Stanford, California, United States
ABOUT US The Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE) is dedicated to solving education's greatest challenges. Through rigorous research, model...
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Very cool work!
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Very much enjoyed my conversation with @rbaltman.bsky.social on the Future of Learning to Read engineering.stanford.edu/news/future-...
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The future of learning to read
An expert on reading difficulties is inviting schools, teachers, and families to shape the lab’s research questions and new tools to improve results for struggling readers.
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Maya Yablonski @mayayablonski.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
First senior author paper! Excited to share this work led by Hannah Stone with the dream team @jamielmitchell.bsky.social, Mia Fuentes-Jimenez, Jasmine Tran, and of course the mentorship and guidance of @jyeatman.bsky.social . Now out in the Journal of Neuroscience- www.jneurosci.org/content/45/1...
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Anatomically Distinct Regions in the Inferior Frontal Cortex Are Modulated by Task and Reading Skill
The inferior frontal cortex (IFC) is a critical region for reading and language. This part of the cortex is highly heterogeneous in its structural and functional organization and shows high variabilit...
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
New study up on ROAR@Home BETA. We’re developing a phonics screener particularly for early elementary school. Please report bugs if you encounter any! roar.stanford.edu/signup/
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ROAR@Home – ROAR (Rapid Online Reading Assessment)
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Matt Cieslak @cieslakmatt.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
It's hard to overstate what a big deal this paper is: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/.... Head motion in dMRI is NOT like head motion in BOLD.
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Head Motion in Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Quantification, Mitigation, and Structural Associations in Large, Cross‐Sectional Datasets Across the Lifespan
We characterized motion during diffusion MRI scans across 16,995 image sessions and find that (1) modern preprocessing pipelines effectively mitigate motion to the point where biases are not detectab....
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
If you have expertise in dyslexia and want to build bridges between research and practice consider applying careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/researc...
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Research Study Coordinator, Rapid Online Assessment of Reading (ROAR) in Graduate School of Education, Stanford, California, United States
What We Do: The Rapid Online Assessment of Reading (ROAR) is a project with potential to positively impact current educational practices while also...
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I think magnetic resonance fingerprinting is one of the biggest innovations in quantitative MRI this decade and new work led by @mayayablonski.bsky.social convinced my that this methodology will drive new research directions in developmental cognitive neuroscience doi.org/10.1162/imag...
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Fast and reliable quantitative measures of white matter development with magnetic resonance fingerprinting
Abstract. Developmental cognitive neuroscience aims to shed light on evolving relationships between brain structure and cognitive development. To this end, quantitative methods that reliably measure i...
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Cool new review from @drewhalbailey.bsky.social that’s well worth the read! www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Learning About Development from Interventions | Annual Reviews
In this review, we argue that the role of causally informative evaluations of interventions within developmental psychology should be elevated. Causally informative research on the effects of interven...
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Howard Chiu @howardchiu.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Just attended a wonderful guest lecture from @lisapatel.bsky.social about effects of climate change on early childhood. Facts were depressing, but my main takeaway was for adults to model taking climate action collectively, and also to help our children build a personal connection to nature.
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Looks like a useful resource!
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
New preprint from Maha Ramamurthy thoroughly unpacking the mutli-element processing (visual attention space) task. The data point towards a general issue with rapid visual processing in dyslexia osf.io/preprints/os...
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
On my way to San Diego to represent ROAR as a universal #dyslexia screener in San Diego country school. Whether or not schools choose, ROAR I’m excited to talk with district leaders and teachers about our vision to build deeper, systematic links between research and practice so come find me!
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Wasn’t a headline I was ever expecting to see www.science.org/content/arti...
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Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Thanks to all the beta testers out there, we've fixed all reported bugs and the ROAR@Home Research Portal is back up and running! roar.stanford.edu/homesignup/
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Causality is a challenge in human neuroscience and intervention studies are few and far between. Though not a RCT, the longitudinal intervention design from @jamielmitchell.bsky.social offers insights into the balance between stability and plasticity in dyslexia www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Small or absent Visual Word Form Area is a trait of dyslexia
Understanding the balance between plastic and persistent traits in the dyslexic brain is critical for developing effective interventions. This longitudinal intervention study examines the Visual Word ...
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Tour de force from @anyawma.bsky.social developing a new, computer-adaptive approach to reading assessment at scale for use in research and educational practice! link.springer.com/article/10.3...
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ROAR-CAT: Rapid Online Assessment of Reading ability with Computerized Adaptive Testing - Behavior Research Methods
The Rapid Online Assessment of Reading (ROAR) is a web-based lexical decision task that measures single-word reading abilities in children and adults without a proctor. Here we study whether item resp...
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
First preprint on ROAR-Español is up! Coming soon, a whole suite of Spanish measures validated in the US and Latin America. In the meantime, check out “A fair lexical decision task for monolingual and multilingual Spanish-speakers” osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Nice article telling a story about how it all works together edsource.org/2024/how-thr...
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COMMENTARY: How three teachers and a little kid taught me that phonics and meaning complement each other
When it comes to teaching reading, it's important to understand that phonics and meaning are not enemies.
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EdReports @edreports.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Whether you’re adopting new #instructionalmaterials, looking to improve implementation, or simply collecting information, the Empowering Early Literacy guide is designed to support your investigation into whether your #literacy materials meet your school's needs. calcurriculum.org/resource/emp...
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Empowering Early Literacy: A Guide to TK–5 Instructional Materials for California Districts - CalCurriculum
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Sign up for our first ROAR@Home BETA research study! roar.stanford.edu/homesignup/
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
With a mission to democratize access to reading assessments we’re getting ready to launch ROAR@Home for beta testing! The UI/UX is still in its infancy but please report issues and keep your eyes out for a UI/UX designer position later this year.
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Oscar Woolnough @owoolnough.bsky.social · 31/01/2024
Out now in Brain! Using direct cortical stimulation in 49 patients we show distinct regions of ventral temporal cortex that selectively knock out the ability to read or name. Word-selective VWFA can causally and reliably be isolated from other visual language functions. doi.org/10.1093/brai...
A diagram of the ventral surface of the brain, demonstrating distinct regions relating to reading or naming function.
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Antonino Greco @agreco.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
"...responses of V4 neurons under naturalistic conditions can be explained by a hierarchical three-stage model where each stage consists entirely of units like those found in area V1" #NeuroAI www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Ironic how these things go. Backcountry skiing has seen a huge surge in popularity yet we are cutting investment in safety measures and upkeep of the backcountry www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...
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The Future of Avalanche Forecasting Is in Peril
A budget crisis within the Forest Service means there will be fewer avalanche forecasters keeping backcountry skiers and snowmobilers safe this year. The cut has sparked a debate over the funding and ...
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Sad story about the state of US education
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Good point from @drewhalbailey.bsky.social
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Dr Elsje van Bergen @drelsje.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
This is the paper I presented, soon out in Psychological Science: "Co-occurrence and causality among ADHD, dyslexia, and dyscalculia" psyarxiv.com/epzgy Using the great @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social data.
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Love seeing this incredible organization growing and thriving! Wishing I could go and recommending to others
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
The ROAR team produced an introductory video intended for teachers and school administrators but we also hope it’s informative for the research community. Please DM me with any feedback or suggestions! youtu.be/mTyRmyBRHS0?...
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Introduction to ROAR
YouTube video by ROAR Stanford
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 19/12/2024
Kids' poor math and reading skills are posing a risk to how well Europe's future workforce can power its economy, a new report says.
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Kids’ poor math skills pose risk to EU economy, report says
Math and reading skills are worsening, posing a risk to labor productivity and competitiveness.
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Cool work!
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Candice Odgers @candiceodgers.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Well this seems bad, a flood of lawsuits filed based on weak evidence, which in turn is driving how we talk about social harms… A lot of money, time, and energy is about to be wasted because moral entrepreneurs hate social media more than they actually care about evidence and protecting kids.
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Thrilled to see ROAR beside some other excellent tools and excited to serve my state through our Research Practice Partnership model! edsource.org/2024/reading...
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State takes another step toward mandatory testing for reading difficulties in 2025
Districts will have four options for screening instruments to identify reading difficulties among students in kindergarten through second grade.
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Highly recommend this! If I had more hours in my day I would baiting with @arokem.org working on DIPY workshop.dipy.org/workshops/di...
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DIPY WORKSHOP 2025
DIPY Workshop Bloomington - Indiana
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
I am so incredibly proud of my team! ROAR emerged from a decade of cognitive neuroscience research into the mechanisms of reading disabilities. Now, with over 30 contributors and a half dozen publications, ROAR has just been approved as a dyslexia screener for the state of CA! www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cl/
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California Literacy - Teaching & Learning (CA Dept of Education)
Guidance and resources for teachers and families in Preschool through twelfth (P–12) grade schools regarding evidence-based literacy instruction.
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Dr Elsje van Bergen @drelsje.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
ICYMI: Do parents' SES moderate the link between genetic propensity for (non)cognitive skills and education? @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social @fabriberna.bsky.social @perlinedemange.bsky.social @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social No evidence of the Scarr-Rowe hypothesis for educational outcomes doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...
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Redirecting
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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Check out the IRW, a huge data repository for psychometrics research!!
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Dyslexia colleagues, we have a cool and unique position for someone with dyslexia expertise who wants to work on translating research to practice postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/...
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Open Postdoctoral position, faculty mentor Jason Yeatman | Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
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Dr. Nadine Gaab @gaablab.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Lawsuit accuses famous literacy specialists of deceptive marketing www.chalkbeat.org/2024/12/04/l...
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Do consumer protection laws apply to literacy instruction? This lawsuit says yes.
Two Massachusetts families say Lucy Calkins, other literacy specialists, and their publisher willfully ignored heaps of research that their methods for teaching reading were shoddy, then charging for ...
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
To all my dyslexia colleagues - we will soon have an exciting position for a postdoc (or other expert) who wants to bring research into practice through ROAR. Ideal candidate is a postdoc with expertise in dyslexia who wants to transition to social impact and school partnerships. More soon!
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Newest ROAR paper introducing Sentence Reading Efficiency is out! I’m not the biggest fan of AI in education but I think this is a really cool use case showing how simulating students taking an assessment can be used to create reliable and precise test forms www.frontiersin.org/journals/edu...
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Frontiers | Development and validation of a rapid and precise online sentence reading efficiency assessment
The speed at which students can accurately read and understand connected text is at the foundation of reading development. Timed reading measures go under a ...
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Im officially off X! I’ve been thinking about it for a long time and finally decided it was time to distance myself. I’ve been on Bluesky for all of a couple days and already feeling very happy about the decision
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