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·November 13, 2013·2 min read

Literacy Depends Largely on Nurture, Not Nature, UB Professor Says

Researchers discover a child's ability to read depends mostly on where the child is born, rather than on their individual qualities.

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·July 14, 2015·5 min read

A New Way To Assess Future Literacy Challenges in Children

According to a new study, the brain's ability to process consonants in a noisy environment could give clues to a child's literacy potential.

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·January 6, 2016·4 min read

Is Your Toddler Ready to Read?

Researchers identify which young children could benefit most from additional attention when it comes to learning how to read.

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·March 3, 2016·3 min read

Reading Can Improve Mental Flexibility

A new study reports that reading a good book can help increase mental flexibility.

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·July 7, 2016·4 min read

Baby Talk: How Parent-Child Communication From Birth to Three Sets the Stage for Success

Researchers offer specific guidance to parents about just what kind of talk is most important, and at what ages and stages in a child’s growth.

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·March 27, 2017·3 min read

Brain Activity Can Be Used to Predict Reading Success up to 2 Years in Advance

Researchers study event related potentials to help predict children's reading levels in years to come.

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·May 25, 2017·5 min read

Learning to Read in Your 30s Profoundly Transforms the Brain

Findings shed light on possible causes for reading disorders such as dyslexia.

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·April 23, 2018·4 min read

Culture Shapes the Brain: How Reading Changes the Way We Think

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.

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·September 18, 2019·3 min read

Learning to read boosts the visual brain

Learning to read enhances responses to other visual input in early visual areas of the brain.

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·November 14, 2019·4 min read

Here’s how you help kids crack the reading code

Learning letter-sound correspondences early provides the best possible basis to learning how to read.

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·January 30, 2020·3 min read

Vision may be the real cause of children’s problems

Visual processing problems in children have been linked to dyslexia, problems with motor skills, and difficulties in mathematics.

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·May 4, 2020·6 min read

Understanding the developing brain for reading

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.

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literacy

Literacy Depends Largely on Nurture, Not Nature, UB Professor Says

A New Way To Assess Future Literacy Challenges in Children

Is Your Toddler Ready to Read?

Reading Can Improve Mental Flexibility

Baby Talk: How Parent-Child Communication From Birth to Three Sets the Stage for Success

Learning to Read in Your 30s Profoundly Transforms the Brain

Culture Shapes the Brain: How Reading Changes the Way We Think

Learning to read boosts the visual brain

Here’s how you help kids crack the reading code

Vision may be the real cause of children’s problems

Understanding the developing brain for reading

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