Telling Stories Using Rhythmic Gesture Helps Children Improve Oral Skills
Researchers report using rhythmic movements while speaking helps to improve speech skills in children. ... Read More...
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Difficulties with Audiovisual Processing Contributes to Childhood Dyslexia
A new neuroimaging study reveals tasks that require audiovisual processing are extremely difficult for children with dyslexia. The findings could lead to new tests that help identify the disorder before children fall behind their peers.... Read More...
Diving Deeper Into Developmental Dyslexia
A new study reveals men with dyslexia have altered structural connections between the thalamus and auditory cortex on the left side of the brain.... Read More...
Reading with Preschool Children Boosts Language by Eight Months
According to researchers, reading with your preschool aged children can boost their language development by up to eight months. Receptive language skills are positively enhanced when a child reads along with a carer, the study reports.... Read More...
Colored Filter Improves Dyslexic Children’s Reading Speed
Using a green filter help to increase reading speed for children with dyslexia, researchers report.... Read More...
Reading is a Team Lift As Different Brain Parts Work Together to Predict Proficiency
Researchers report the extent sensory specific parts of the brain connect functionally as a network during child development can help to predict their reading proficiency.... Read More...
How Intensive Instruction Changes Brain Circuitry in Struggling Readers
Eight weeks of specialized tutoring helps strengthen white matter connections in those with dyslexia, helping to improve reading performance, researchers say.... Read More...
Mom’s Voice May Help Babies Sleep Better in NICU
Babies in NICU sleep better when their hear their mom's voice, a new study reports. Researchers found babies slept better and woke less often when they were played recordings of their mother's reading a story.... Read More...
New Observations Following Replication of Famous Marshmallow Test
A replication of the famous Marshmallow test has reveal some interesting new insights into the psychological development of children. Researchers report there is no indication the test was able to predict later behaviors or personality measures in children. Interventions focused on teaching children to delay gratification are likely to be ineffective, researchers say.... Read More...
Add Language to Math to Help Kids Succeed at School
Reading ability in kindergarten predicted later reading, math and language skills in children. Researchers say adding language to 'kindergarten readiness' skills can help to improve academic success in other subject areas.... Read More...
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.... Read More...
Study Challenges Key Evidence for the Pro-Active Reading Brain
Researchers report the reading brain may not be quite as proactive as previously assumed when it comes to predicting upcoming words.... Read More...