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Maya Yablonski is a Postdoctoral Scholar in Pediatrics at Stanford University, affiliated with the Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI). Her research focuses on the neural mechanisms of reading development and disorders, particularly in pediatric populations. She employs advanced neuroimaging techniques like functional MRI and diffusion MRI to study how brain regions such as the inferior frontal cortex and visual word form area (VWFA) contribute to reading proficiency, dyslexia, and neuroplasticity.
Her work integrates structural and functional neuroimaging to understand how specific brain regions interact during reading tasks. Notable projects include identifying anatomically distinct regions in the inferior frontal cortex modulated by reading skill and demonstrating that dyslexic individuals often exhibit smaller or absent VWFA regions despite interventions. She has also developed rapid online assessments for reading ability, enabling scalable research into literacy mechanisms.
Key collaborations involve Jason Yeatman, contributing to studies on developmental reading circuits and functional connectivity patterns in the ventral temporal cortex. Her research addresses both basic science questions (e.g., neural pathways for morphological processing) and translational goals, such as improving diagnostic tools and interventions for reading disorders.
