Paul Van Den Broek
Professor
Cognitive and Neuro-biological Settings of Learning and Teac
Leiden University
Netherlands
Biography
Paul van den Broek is professor of Education Sciences at Leiden University and professor in cognitive sciences at the University of Minnesota, USA. He received his PhD in 1985 from the University of Chicago, and has been on the faculty at the University of Minnesota since 1987 and in Leiden since 2008.
Research Interest
In his research, Paul and his collaborators examine the cognitive and neurological structures and processes involved in learning and reading, from early childhood to adulthood. The goals of the research programme are to identify such structures and processes and their development –both when they succeed and when they fail-, and to derive implications for effective diagnostic and intervention tools.
