Prof. Asaid Khateb

Head of Laboratory: The Main Laboratory for Neurocognitive Research, The Unit for the Study of the Arabic Language

The Main Laboratory for Neurocognitive Research has several devices of diverse technologies that are at the disposal of each of our students and investigators: EEG devices, functional near infra-red spectroscopy (fNIRS) devices, Eye-tracking device, Electrode positioning device, Force plate device and Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) device. These most up-to-date technologies give our staff the opportunity to carry out innovative studies in different cognitive domains including language processing, reading, learning, attention and visual processing.

The Unit for the Study of the Arabic Language focuses on the impact of diglossia in Arabic on reading acquisition in young children and on the characteristics of skilled reading in adults. Research activity explores the neural bases of language processing using various techniques, including event-related potentials (ERPs), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and functional near infra-red spectroscopy (fNIRS), together with behavioral measures.

Research Interests

Neuropsychological Aspects of Learning
Clinical Neuropsychology of Visual Impairments

Educational Background

1988 B.A., Licence in Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland
1990 M.A., Specialization in Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland
1998 Ph.D. in Experimental and Applied Psychobiology, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Recent Publications

Khoury-Metanis, A., & Khateb, A. (2023). Executive functions mediate fine motor skills’ contribution to literacy achievement: A longitudinal study of Arabic-speaking children. Reading and Writing, 1–25.
Mansour-Adwan, J., Shalhoub-Awwad, Y., Cohen-Mimran, R., & Khateb, A. (2023). Reading in kindergarten Arabic-speaking children with low linguistic skills: A longitudinal study. Applied Psycholinguistics, 44(2), 265-291.
Asadi, I. A., Asli-Badarneh, A., Janaideh, R. A., & Khateb, A. (2023). Word reading by sequential trilingual: The relative strength of lexical and sub-lexical processing in Arabic and English orthographies. Reading and Writing, 1–18.
Mansour‑Adwan, J., Khateb, A., Shalhoub-Awwad, Y., & Cohen-Mimran, R. (2023). The different linguistic profiles in Arabic-speaking kindergarteners and relation to emergent literacy. Reading and Writing, 1–27.
‏Andria, S., Madi-Tarabya, B., & Khateb, A. (2022). Behavioural and electrophysiological analyses of written word processing in spoken and literary Arabic: New insights into the diglossia question. European Journal of Neuroscience, 56(6), 4819–4836.
Asadi, I.A., Khateb, A., Mansour-Adwan, J. et al. When Developmental Language Disorder Meets Diglossia: A Cross-Sectional Investigation of Listening Comprehension Among Native Arabic-Speaking Preschoolers. J Psycholinguist Res 51, 1083–1099 (2022).
de León Rodríguez, D., Mouthon, M., Annoni, J. M., & Khateb, A. (2022). Current exposure to a second language modulates bilingual visual word recognition: An EEG study. Neuropsychologia, 164, 108109.
Khateb, A., & Ibrahim, R. (2022). About the neural basis of Arabic diglossia: Behavioral and event-related potential analysis of word processing in spoken and literary Arabic. Handbook of Literacy in Diglossia and in Dialectal Contexts, 193–217.

Head of Laboratory: The Main Laboratory for Neurocognitive Research, The Unit for the Study of the Arabic Language

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