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Dzan Zelihic is a Research Fellow at the Department of Special Needs Education, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Oslo, focusing on cognitive mechanisms in reading fluency and experimental eye-tracking methodologies.
His academic background includes:
- Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Oslo (2021–present)
- Master’s in Special Needs Education, University of Oslo (2018–2020)
- Bachelor’s in Pedagogy, University of Lillehammer (2015–2018)
His research investigates automaticity, interference, and simultaneous processing during reading, with emphasis on how adjacent words impede visual recognition. Using eye-tracking paradigms, he examines cognitive skills underlying reading fluency to address challenges in literacy development. This work bridges cognitive psychology and educational interventions for reading disorders.
His 2025 publication in the Journal of Memory and Language demonstrates how adjacent words disrupt visual recognition, advancing understanding of parafoveal processing limitations. This aligns with broader trends in reading research focusing on real-time cognitive constraints during text comprehension.
He contributes to the BetterReading project analyzing fluency gains and is affiliated with the CREATE research group (Centre for Research on Equality in Education Literacy and Numeracy in Context), which investigates contextual factors in literacy and numeracy development.
