In this session, Dr Genevieve McArthur will present the findings her research into reading difficulties. Her presentation will cover:

• Definition
• Diagnosis
• Evidence-based decisions about diagnosis
• Possible causes
• Commercial “causal” programs
• Evidence-based decisions about causal programs
• Commercial reading programsEvidence-based decisions about reading programs

Dr Genevieve McArthur completed her PhD in the Department of Psychology at the University of Western Australia (1999) under the supervision of Dr John Hogben. After a 5-year post-doctoral research position at Oxford University with Professor Dorothy Bishop (1999-2003), Dr McAthur moved to the Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science (MACCS)on a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Howard Florey Centenary Research Fellowship (2003-2005) and an NHMRC Project Grant (2003-2006) to work with Professor Max Coltheart. Currently Dr McArthur is  an ARC Australian Research Fellow (2008-2012) directing the MACCS event-related potential (ERP) and fixation-related potential (FRP) laboratory.