Laurie Cutting Author

Dr. Laurie E. Cutting

Professor, Vanderbilt University

Dr. Laurie E. Cutting, PhD, is a professor at Vanderbilt University and a leading expert in cognitive neuroscience. She heads several National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded research projects on reading and reading comprehension and is a co-investigator on other NIH-funded and Department of Education-funded projects researching reading development and reading disabilities. She focuses on brain-behavior relations in children and adolescents, with a particular emphasis on reading disabilities, language, and executive function.

 
HMH High School 2018

What Are the Factors That Contribute to Reading Failure?

Dr. Laurie Cutting investigates how phonics plays a key role in an early learner’s ability to read successfully, while family history can play a role in dyslexia and other struggling readers.

Dr. Laurie E. Cutting
Professor, Vanderbilt University