Poor literacy skills or being illiterate is associated with an increased risk of developing anxiety and depression, researchers say. Additionally, poor literacy is also linked to increased feelings of loneliness.
The writing system with which we learn to read may influence how we process speech, researchers report. Findings suggest the ability to write influences the way in which our brains process language.
A new study reveals a child's reading skills can be developed with the help of a newly designed child-friendly action video game.
Researchers have identified a connectivity fingerprint that suggests the brain's reading network works across different cognitive domains, even mathematical skills.
A new book helps researchers screen for potential reading difficulties in young children.
A structural brain scaffold in infants serves as a foundation for literacy. Language and reading may refine this pre-existing brain scaffold. The study also reveals robust language networks activate while children sleep if stories are read to them during slumber.
Visual processing problems in children have been linked to dyslexia, problems with motor skills, and difficulties in mathematics.
Learning letter-sound correspondences early provides the best possible basis to learning how to read.
Learning to read enhances responses to other visual input in early visual areas of the brain.
A new study sheds light on how reading shapes our brain and can improve our memory. Those who are not practiced readers, researchers discovered, find it more difficult to distinguish how an object is oriented in space.
Findings shed light on possible causes for reading disorders such as dyslexia.
Researchers study event related potentials to help predict children's reading levels in years to come.
