Jenny Thomson

Jenny Thomson researches and teaches in the field of literacy and literacy difficulties. Her work uses both behavioral and neuroscientific (ERP/tDCS) tools to study the identification and remediation of reading and writing difficulties. Current projects are exploring the impact of new digital technologies upon literacy processes and performance.

Dr. Thomson received her Ph.D. in Child Health at University College London, UK, under the supervision of Professor Usha Goswami. She has been a Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland and a Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge, UK. Dr. Thomson is also a clinically certified Speech-Language Pathologist and an Oral and Written Language Specialist at the Learning Disabilities Program, Childrens Hospital Boston.

Research interests

• Developmental dyslexia and digital literacies
• The neuroscience of specific learning disabilities
• Relationships between music, rhythm and literacy