Reading for fun improves verbal abilities
A new study from Concordia University has found that the more people read fiction, the better than language skills....
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Difficulty learning nonsense words may indicate a child’s high risk of dyslexia...
In a new study, dyslexic 7- and 8-year-olds were shown to have different activation in the left hemisphere compared to the control group. This is the region of the brain that specializes in processing language and speech....
read moreIneffective ‘learning styles’ theory persists in education...
Swansea University research published a new review about the widespread belief that students should be taught according to their “learning style.” The team found that not only is the method ineffective, but it may also be harmful to learners....
read moreYoga can increase readiness to learn
Studies from Tulane, Harvard and California State University of Fullerton have found that yoga programs can increase learning by helping children’s brains build neuroplasticity....
read moreResearchers find visual dictionary in the brain for reading
Scientists at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have identified a crucial region in the temporal lobe, known as the mid-fusiform cortex, which appears to act as the brain’s visual dictionary. They found that our ability...
read moreFramework to study brain connectivity in living organisms
A paper published in Nature Scientific Reports indicates lays out a large medical analytics framework that can be used in neuroscience and neurology to study brain connectivity in living organisms....
read moreHuman born with brains ‘prewired’ for words
A team of researchers from Ohio State University reports that humans are born with a part of the brain that is prewired to be receptive to seeing words and letters, setting the state at birth for people to learn...
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