LearningRx1 Dyslexia | http://www.learningrx.org - Part 6

LearningRx reviews oppositional behavior & academics study...

Aug 23, 2016 by

A survey of parents of 226 school-age children who had been previously identified as having oppositional behavior and academic difficulties, found that many reported significant improvements in behavior and academics following LearningRx (www.LearningRx.com) personal brain training. The results have...

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One brain region sees familiar words as pictures, another sounds out words...

Aug 1, 2016 by

Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center have found that once a word is known, sounding it out is not necessary because the brain sees familiar words as pictures....

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Boys who live with books found to earn more as adults

Jun 27, 2016 by

Italian researchers have found a strong correlations between the earnings of men and whether they grew up surrounded by books as children....

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Delaying school for kids born prematurely doesn’t help

Apr 2, 2016 by

Although children born before 34 weeks gestation tend to have worse math and reading skills, putting them in school at a later age doesn’t seem to be the best answer....

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For reading, auditory processing trumps visual processing

Jul 24, 2015 by

A University of Buffalo professor’s research indicates that concentrating on word sounds over visual processing during reading instruction or when treating dyslexia is vital....

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Declarative memory compensates for dyslexia, autism & SLI...

Mar 18, 2015 by

People with any of five neurodevelopmental disorders—OCD, autism, Tourette’s, dyslexia and Specific Language Impairment—rely on declarative memory to compensate for dysfunctions....

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How to Build a Better Learner by Gary Stix

Nov 10, 2014 by

Here’s an article from Aug. 2011 Scientific American about brain training:...

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