What goes wrong in the brain when someone can’t spell
Researchers studying stroke victims who have lost their ability to spell have pinpointed the areas of the brain that control how we write words....
read moreFor reading, auditory processing trumps visual processing
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....
read moreDeclarative memory compensates for dyslexia, autism & SLI...
People with any of five neurodevelopmental disorders—OCD, autism, Tourette’s, dyslexia and Specific Language Impairment—rely on declarative memory to compensate for dysfunctions....
read moreLearning to read goes beyond 4th grade
Researchers studied the brain waves of fourth-graders and found that “learning to read” doesn’t necessarily change to “reading to learn” in fourth grade....
read moreChildren with dyslexia have more glutamate and choline in brain...
A new Yale study has found that young reading-impaired children have more glutamate and choline in their brains than good readers....
read moreReading a novel can physically change your brain
Researchers at Emory University studied the brains of college students the morning after they read assigned parts of a thriller novel and found that their brains had changed....
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