The lab focuses on the involvement of executive functions during word reading and fluency in typically and atypically developing children with reading difficulties with the goal of tracking these abilities from birth and using interventions to modify them. As reading difficulties may stem from environmental and genetic factors, Dr. Horowitz-Kraus’s approach examines the involvement of executive functions in language and reading acquisition and remediation using a nature-nurture perspective. This includes an examination of parent-child interaction during joint activities using neuroimaging.