Anne Helder
Assistant professor
- Name
- Dr. A. Helder
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2727
- a.helder@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-8865-3513
Short CV
- 2018-heden: Assistant Professor Educational Science, Institute of Education and Child Studies
- 2016-2018: Postdoctoral Researcher, Perfetti Lab, Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh, USA
- 2011-2016: PhD, dissertation title: Monitoring the Coherence of Texts: Coherence-break Detection Across Development. Supervisors Prof. Paul van den Broek and Dr. Linda van Leijenhorst
- 2009-2010: Psychologist: Clinical work at a center for children with learning disabilities, mostly dyslexia
- 2009: MSc Clinical Neuropsychology, VU Amsterdam
Research
Anne studies the cognitive processes involved in reading comprehension. Her research focuses on how the human brain constructs coherence out of texts using behavioral and neuroimaging methods in both children and adults.
Relevant links
Assistant professor
- Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
- Instituut Pedagogische Wetenschappen
- Onderwijswetenschappen
- Espin C.A., Swart E.K., Helder A., Veerbeek J., Broek P. van den, Dijken M.J. van & Koornneef A.W. (2024), Scores from CBM maze: do they reflect text-level comprehension?. 31th annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading 10 July 2024 - 13 July 2024.
- Veerbeek J., Helder A., van Dijken M. & Espin C.A. (2023), Obtaining digital process data from a computerized CBM maze task. Pacific Coast Research Conference 1 February 2023 - 3 February 2023.
- Veerbeek J., Helder A. & Espin C.A. (2022), Using digital process data from a computerized CBM maze reading task. EARLI SIG 27 30 August 2022 - 1 September 2022.
- Swart E.K., Helder A. & Espin C.A. (2022), Wat we nog niet weten: leesonderzoek in heden en toekomst. In: Dijk Y. van, Klaver M-J., Stronks E. & Hamel M. (Eds.), Omdat lezen loont: op naar effectief leesonderwijs in Nederland: Uitgeverij Pica. 178-189.
- Calloway R.C., Helder A. & Perfetti C.A. (2022), A measure of individual differences in readers’ approaches to text and its relation to reading experience and reading comprehension, Behavior Research Methods : 1-33.
- Norberg K.A., Perfetti C. & Helder A. (2022), Word-to-text integration and antecedent accessibility: eye-tracking evidence extends results of event-related potentials (ERPs), Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 48(4): 598-617.
- Perfetti C. & Helder A. (2022), Progress in reading science: word identification, comprehension and universal perspectives. In: Snowling M.J., Hulme C. & Nation K. (Eds.), The science of reading: a handbook: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 5-35.
- Moort M.L. van, Helder A. & Broek P.W. van den (2022), Werk aan het opbouwen van kennis. In: Steensel R. van & Houtveen T. (Eds.), De zeven pijlers van onderwijs in begrijpend lezen . Stichting Lezen Reeks no. 35. Utrecht: Uitgeverij Eburon. 16-36.
- Helder A., Wang W. & Perfetti C. (2022), Structure building versus word-to-textintegration at sentence beginnings. Society for the Scientific Study of Reading 13 July 2022 - 16 July 2022. Newport Beach, California: Society for the Scientific Study of Reading.
- Venneker D., Helder A. & Broek P.W. van den (2022), Verhaalbegrip in het primair onderwijs: verschillen tussen tekst, audio en video. Onderwijs Research Dagen 2022 6 July 2022 - 8 July 2022. Hasselt: Onderwijs Research Dagen 2022.
- Moort M.L van, Helder A. & Perfetti C. (2022), Familiar false facts vs. novel truths: the influence of readers’ background knowledge on processing and acquiring (in)accurate information. 2022 Society for Text and Discourse Annual Conference - Online July 19 – July 21, Chicago (online). 19 July 2022 - 21 July 2022. [conference poster].
- Broek P.W. van den, Helder A., Espin C.A. & Liende M. van der (2021), Sturen op begrip: effectief leesonderwijs in Nederland: rapportage aan de Vaste 2e Kamer commissie voor OCW. Leiden: Universiteit Leiden, Instituut Pedagogische Wetenschappen.
- Venneker D., Helder A. & Broek P. van den (2021), Narrative comprehension across text, audio, and video in elementary school children. Spoken presentation at the (virtual) annual meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse. . The annual meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse 2 August 2021 - 4 August 2021.
- Moort M.L. van, Helder A. & Perfetti C. (2021), Familiar false facts vs. novel truths: the influence of readers’ background knowledge on processing and acquiring (in)accurate information. Poster presented at the virtual meeting of the Society for Scientific Studies of Reading. .
- Broek P.W. van den, Helder A., KarlssonJ. & Venneker D. (2021), Effects of individual differences in children’s online reading comprehension processes on offline representation of text meaning: spoken presentation as part of the symposium on Reading comprehension for struggling readers: Processes, assessments, and interventions at PCRC (online). . The symposium on Reading comprehension for struggling readers: Processes, assessments, and interventions at PCRC 11 February 2021 - 12 February 2021.
- Helder A., Perfetti C. & Van den Broek P. (2020), Thematic influences on word-to-text integration across a sentence boundary, Language, Cognition and Neuroscience 35(10): 1239-1256.
- Perfetti C. & Helder A. (2020), Incremental Comprehension Examined in Event-related Potentials: Word-to-Text Integration and Structure Building, Discourse Processes 85(1): 1-20.
- Helder A., Broek P. van den, Moort M.L. van, Bosch L.J. van den & Bruine A. de (2020), Begrijpend lezen vanuit een cognitief perspectief: hoe leerlingen coherente mentale representaties opbouwen tijdens het lezen van teksten. In: , Digitaal vakdidactisch Handboek Nederlands.
- Helder A., Leijenhorst L. van & Broek P. van den (2020), Monitoring the coherence of texts: Inconsistency detection by good and poor readers. Spoken presentation as part of the symposium on Understanding and assessing reading comprehension for struggling readers at PCRC. . San Diego, CA.
- Bosch L. van den, Helder A., Goossens A. & Broek P. van den (2020), Geef leerlingen betere teksten, Didaktief 50: 30-31.
- Espin C.A., Swart E.K., Helder A. & Koornneef A.W. (2020), Do CBM maze scores reflect reading comprehension?: Inconsistency effects during completion of a CBM maze task. .
- Helder A., Calloway R.C. & Perfetti C. (2020), Incremental processes in text comprehension: word-to-text integration and structure building captured by event related potentials: poster presented at the virtual meeting of the psychonomic Society .
- Helder A., Swart E.K., Espin C.A., Koornneef A.W. & Van den Broek P.W. (2019), Coherence monitoring while completing reading maze task. 26th annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Toronto. 17 July 2019 - 20 July 2019. [conference poster].
- Helder A., Espin C.A., Swart E.K., Van den Broek P.W. & Koornneef A.W. (2019), CBM maze tasks: Do they reflect comprehension? Annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Toronto. Annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading 17 July 2019 - 20 July 2019.
- Helder A., Perfetti C.A., Broek P.W. van den, Stafura J.Z. & Calloway R.C. (2019), ERP Indicators of local and global text influences on word-to-text integration, Language, Cognition and Neuroscience 34(1): 13-28.
- Karlsson A.K.J., Van den Broek P.W., Helder A., Hickendorff M., Koornneef A.W. & Van Leijenhorst L. (2018), Profiles of young readers: Evidence from thinking aloud while reading narrative and expository texts, Learning and Individual Differences 67: 105-116.
- Helder A. & Perfetti C.A. (2018), Give centrality a chance: ERP indicators of local and global text influences on word-to-text integration. 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse, Brighton. 17 July 2018 - 19 July 2018. [conference poster].
- Helder A. & Perfetti C.A. (2018), ERP indicators of local, remote, and global text influences on word-to-text integration. International Workshop of Advanced Learning Sciences (06/06/2018-08/06/2018, Pittsburgh). International Workshop of Advanced Learning Sciences 6 June 2018 - 8 June 2018.
- Helder A. & Perfetti C.A. (2018), ERP indicators of local and global text influences on word-to-text integration. International Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Amsterdam. 10 May 2018 - 12 May 2018. [conference poster].
- Van den Broek P.W. & Helder A. (2017), Cognitive Processes in Discourse Comprehension: Passive Processes, Reader-Initiated Processes, and Evolving Mental Representations, Discourse Processes 54(5-6): 360-372.
- Helder A., Van den Broek P.W., Karlsson A.K.J. & Van Leijenhorst L. (2017), Neural correlates of coherence-break detection during reading of narratives, Scientific Studies of Reading 21(6): 463-479.
- Helder A., Perfetti C.A., Van den Broek P.W., Stafura J.Z. & Calloway R.C. (2017), ERP indicators of local and global text influences on word-to-text integration. 27th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse, Philadelphia. the 27th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse 31 July 2017 - 2 August 2017.
- Van den Broek P.W., Espin C.A., McMaster K. & Helder A. (2017), Developing reading comprehension interventions. In: Segers E. & Broek P.W. van den (Eds.), Developmental Perspective in Written Language and Literacy: John Benjamins Publishing Company. 85-102.
- Van den Broek P.W., Espin C.A., McMaster K. & Helder A. (2017), Developing reading comprehension interventions. In: Segers E. & Broek P.W. van den (Eds.), Developmental perspectives in written language and literacy: John Benjamins Publishing Company. 85-102.
- Helder A., Van Leijenhorst L. & Van den Broek P.W. (2016), Coherence monitoring by good and poor comprehenders in elementary school: Comparing offline and online measures, Learning and Individual Differences 48: 17-23.
- Helder A. (15 November 2016), Monitoring the coherence of texts : coherence-break detection across development (Dissertatie. Education and Child Studies, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University). Supervisor(s) and Co-supervisor(s): Broek P.W. van den, Leijenhorst L. van.
- Helder A., Kraal A. & Van den Broek P.W. (2015), De ontwikkeling van begrijpend lezen: Oorzaken van succes en falen vanuit een cognitief perspectief. In: Schram D. (Ed.), Hoe maakbaar is de lezer no. 25. Delft: Eburon, Stichting Lezen Reeks. 59-78.
- Helder A., Stafura J., Calloway R. & Van den Broek P.W. (2015), Centrality effects on word-to-text integration during reading: An ERP study. 25th Annual meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse. 25th Annual meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse 6 July 2015 - 8 July 2015. Minneapolis, United States.
- Van Leijenhorst L., Helder A., Karlsson A.K.J. & Van den Broek P.W. (2014), Neural correlates of sentence comprehension: Effects of the position of event-structure cues. 21st Annual Meeting Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston. 5 April 2014 - 8 April 2014. [conference poster].
- Helder A., Karlsson J., Van den Broek P. & Van Leijenhorst L. (2014), Neural correlates of sentence comprehension: Effects of the position of event-structure cues. ST&D annual meeting, Chicago, USA. Society for Text and Discourse, Chicago. 4 August 2014 - 6 August 2014. [conference poster].
- Van Leijenhorst L., Karlsson A.K.J., Helder A. & Van den Broek P.W. (2014), Neural correlates of individual differences in coherence monitoring during reading. 21st Annual Meeting Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston. 5 April 2014 - 8 April 2014. [conference poster].
- Helder A., Van Leijenhorst L., Karlsson A.K.J. & Van den Broek P.W. (2014), Neural correlates of coherence monitoring during narrative comprehension in children and young adults. 21st Annual Meeting Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston. 5 April 2014 - 8 April 2014. [conference poster].
- Kendeou P., Van den Broek P., Helder A. & Karlsson J. (2014), A cognitive view of reading comprehension: Implications for reading difficulties, Learning Disabilities Research and Practice 29(1): 10-16.
- Van den Broek P.W., Helder A. & Van Leijenhorst L. (2013), Sensitivity to Structural Centrality: Developmental and Individual Differences in Reading Comprehension Skills. In: Britt M.A., Goldman S.R. & Rouet J.-F. (Eds.), Reading: From Words to Multiple Texts. New York: Routledge. 132-146.
- Helder A., Van den Broek P., Van Leijenhorst L. & Beker K. (2013), Sources of comprehension problems during reading. In: Miller B., Cutting L. & McCardle P. (Eds.), Unraveling reading comprehension: Behavioral neurobiological, and genetic components.. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes Publishing. 43-53.