Sergi Grau
CEO and co-founder of NeurekaLab
PhD in Computer Science · Researcher at UVic-UCC
About Sergi
PhD in Computer Science and researcher at the University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), specialising in educational technology. He co-founded NeurekaLab to bring schools, families and professionals digital tools grounded in research on how children learn to read and calculate.
Academic and professional profiles
Pages authored
Blog posts
- Dyscalculia symptoms in children: how to recognise it and what to do
- How can I tell if my child has dyslexia? Signs by age and what to do
- AI is not helping our children think. And that should worry us.
- Benefits of digital applications and video games in learning
- The brain network for numerical processing and calculation
- Digital technology to tackle maths difficulties and dyscalculia
- Dyslexia: how to detect reading difficulties
- Early Identification and Prevention of Dyslexia
- The Potential of GBL: 5 Essential Books to Understand and Apply Game-Based Learning
- Game-based learning and serious games for learning difficulties
- Maths anxiety in the early years and its impact on maths performance
- Maths difficulties: how to recognise them and intervene in time
- PEGI Labelling to Regulate Responsible Video Game Consumption
- Response to Intervention: new practices for tackling learning difficulties at school
- Screen Use in Children: Good Habits for Healthy Learning
- Self-directed learning through digital technology and video games
- The mental number line for detecting and intervening in dyscalculia
- The Role of Working Memory in Learning
- High intellectual ability: an ignored educational need
- The 5 most common learning difficulties in the classroom
- The impact of learning difficulties
- Digital technology applied in education: benefits and concerns
Publications and outreach
2026 · Artificial intelligence
Evidencia científica sobre la personalización educativa mediante IA en Educación
Grau Carrión, S. (2026). Evidencia científica sobre la personalización educativa mediante IA en Educación. Cuadernos de Pedagogía, 573 (Un viaje por la personalización del aprendizaje).
2025 · Dyscalculia
Design and evaluation of a serious game for developmental dyscalculia remediation
Grau, S., Mateu-Estivill, R., Adan, A., & Serra-Grabulosa, J. M. (2025). Design and evaluation of a serious game for developmental dyscalculia remediation. Applied Neuropsychology: Child, 1–10.
2024 · Neuroimaging
Alterations in functional brain connectivity associated with developmental dyscalculia
Mateu-Estivill R, Adan A, Grau S, Rifà-Ros X, Caldú X, Bargalló N, Serra-Grabulosa JM. Alterations in functional brain connectivity associated with developmental dyscalculia. J Neuroimaging. 2024 Nov-Dec;34(6):694-703. Epub 2024 Sep 5. PMID: 39238165.
2024 · Reading
Cómo aprende a leer nuestro cerebro: de la mecánica lectora a la comprensión
Serra-Grabulosa, J. M., & Grau, S. (2024, 27 de mayo). Cómo aprende a leer nuestro cerebro: de la mecánica lectora a la comprensión. The Conversation.
2023 · Dyscalculia
¿Problemas con los números? Herramientas para detectar y tratar la discalculia
Serra-Grabulosa, J. M., & Grau, S. (2023, 15 de mayo). ¿Problemas con los números? Herramientas para detectar y tratar la discalculia. The Conversation.
2021 · Reading
Functional connectivity alterations associated with literacy difficulties in early readers
Mateu-Estivill R, Forné S, López-Sala A, Falcón C, Caldú X, Sopena JM, Sans A, Adan A, Grau S, Bargalló N, Serra-Grabulosa JM. Functional connectivity alterations associated with literacy difficulties in early readers. Brain Imaging Behav. 2021 Aug;15(4):2109-2120. Epub 2020 Oct 13. PMID: 33048291.
2018 · Mathematics
Nummerus: a software for mathematical difficulties remediation
Camacho-Rangel, Alejandra & Grau, Sergi & Mateu-Estivill, Roger & López Sala, Anna & Boix-Lluch, Cristina & Sans, Anna & Solerdelcoll, Anna & Adan, Ana & Serra-Grabulosa, Josep. (2018). Nummerus: a software for mathematical difficulties remediation.
2017 · Digital assessment
Di-Calc: Spanish digital test to evaluate mathematics learning disabilities (MLDs) in primary school
Camacho, A.; Grau, S.; Mateu, R.; … & Serra-Grabulosa, J.M. Di-Calc: Spanish digital test to evaluate mathematics learning disabilities (MLDs) in primary school. 6th Scientific Meeting of the Federation of the European Societies of Neuropsychology (FESN). Maastricht (Netherlands), 2017.