Dr Ioanna Talli is Assistant Professor at the Department of Italian Language and Literature, School of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. She holds a BA in Special Education, an MSc in Special Education and Speech and Language Therapy, and a PhD in Psychology from the University of Paris Descartes and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Her research lies in psycholinguistics and neurodevelopmental disorders, with a focus on developmental dyslexia, developmental language disorder, autism spectrum disorder, and the assessment and learning of oral and written language in monolingual and bi-/multilingual children. She also investigates cognitive mechanisms such as memory and attention. She has extensive clinical and educational experience in special education and speech-language therapy, has participated in funded research projects in Greece and abroad, and has published in international journals, edited volumes, and conference proceedings.