Positions

I am an Assistant Professor at the Developmental Psychology group within the Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam. I am also Director of the Rudolf Berlin Center for learning disabilities.

Research

My research interests are the underlying mechanisms of first language acquisition and foreign language learning. I also focus on the nature of learning disabilities such as developmental dyslexia. Another interest is how fluent reading and writing skills can be obtained both in a native language and in a second language like English. I am also interested in the possibility of cognitive plasticity and ways to remediate learning disabilities by targeted training studies.

Teaching

Advanced course School psychology,  Supervising Bachelor and Master theses, Lectures on Dyslexia for Key Issues in School Psychology, Found ation Course School Psychology,  Collective Meetings Practical Internships, Supervising Practical Internships , Advanced Internship Learning disabilities at Rudolf Berlin Center

News

Nihayra Leona winner of UvA Psychology Research Master Thesis Prize 2014!

Title: Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior to Low-Achieving Adolescents' Reading Behavior in Different Reading Contexts

Supervisors: Patrick Snellings, Amos van Gelderen and Mariska Okkinga 

Selected Publications

Zeguers, M. H. T., Snellings, P., H. Huizenga & M.W. van der Molen (2014). Time course analyses of orthographic and phonological priming effects during word recognition in a transparent orthography. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.

S. Aravena, Snellings, P., J. Tijms & M.W. van der Molen (2013). A lab-controlled simulation of a letter–speech sound binding deficit in dyslexia. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 115(4), 691-707.

M.H.T. Zeguers, P. Snellings, J. Tijms, W.D. Weeda, P. Tamboer, A. Bexkens & H.M. Huizenga (2011). Specifying theories of developmental dyslexia: a diffusion model analysis of word recognition. Developmental Science, 14(6), 1340-1354.

Snellings, P. , Leij, A. v. d., de Jong, P. F., & Blok, H. (2010). Reading fluency and speech perception speed of beginning readers with persistent reading problems: the perception of initial stop consonants and consonant clusters. Annals of Dyslexia, 60 , 151-174.

Snellings, P. , van der Leij, A., de Jong, P. F., & Blok, H. (2009). Enhancing the Reading Fluency and Comprehension of Children With Reading Disabilities in an Orthographically Transparent Language. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 42 (4), 291-305.

Taal, M., & Snellings, P. (Eds.). (2009). Interventies in het onderwijs: Leerproblemen (Vol. 1). Amsterdam: Boom. Tijms, J. , Scheltinga, F.,& Snellings, P. (2009). Dyslexie. In M. Taal & P. Snellings (Eds.), Interventies in het onderwijs: Leerproblemen (Vol. 1). Amsterdam : Boom.

Schoonen, R., Snellings, P., Stevenson, M., & Van Gelderen, A. (2008). Towards a blueprint of the foreign language writer: The linguistic and cognitive demands of foreign language writing. In R. Manchon (Ed.), Learning, teaching, and researching writing in foreign language contexts.: Multilingual Matters

Van Gelderen, A., Schoonen, R., De Glopper, K., Hulstijn, J., Simis, A., Snellings, P., & Stevenson, M. (2004). Linguistic Knowledge, Processing Speed and Metacognitive Knowledge in First and Second Language Reading Comprehension; A Componential Analysis. Journal of Educational Psychology, 96(1), 19-30.

Snellings, P. , Van Gelderen, A., & De Glopper, K. (2004). The effect of enhanced lexical retrieval on L2 writing; a classroom experiment. Applied Psycholinguistics, 25 (2), 175-200.

Snellings, P. , Van Gelderen, A., & De Glopper, K. (2004). Validating a test of second language written lexical retrieval: a new measure of fluency in written language production. Language Testing, 21 (2), 174-201.

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