LearningRx1 July, 2013 | http://www.learningrx.org - Part 6

WHITE PAPER: Remediation-Induced Changes in the White Matter of Poor Readers...

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SUMMARY: Neuroimaging studies using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) have revealed regions of cerebral white matter with decreased microstructural organization (lower-fractional anisotropy or FA) among poor readers. We examined whether 100 hr of intensive remedial instruction affected the white matter...

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WHITE PAPER: “The Prevention of Reading Difficulties”...

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ABSTRACT: The purpose of this article is to provide practical advice about methods to prevent reading failure that is grounded in the new knowledge we have acquired about reading and learning to read over the past 2 decades. Recent...

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WHITE PAPER: Modifying of brain activation of dyslexics with brain training...

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ABSTRACT: This study used fMRI to longitudinally assess the impact of intensive remedial instruction on cortical activation among 5th grade poor readers during a sentence comprehension task. The children were tested at three time points: prior to remediation, after...

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