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·March 21, 2023·5 min read

Readers Found to Rely on Word Spelling Rather Than Sound in Reading

Both adults and young children rely on orthographic information, or letter image and word length, over phonological information when reading.

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·June 13, 2017·4 min read

How Reading Makes Us Move

A new study reveals the role the motor system plays in the perception of language.

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·June 16, 2018·6 min read

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.

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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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·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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·August 8, 2016·4 min read

Brain Connections Key to Reading

According to researchers, a brain area dedicated to reading skills has connections for the ability before children learn to read.

This shows a little boy reading a book, surrounded by math symbols, sums and words associated with math

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·March 11, 2021·6 min read

Reading Skills Affect Everything, Even Math

Researchers have identified a connectivity fingerprint that suggests the brain's reading network works across different cognitive domains, even mathematical skills.

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·April 7, 2023·5 min read

In Bilingual Readers, the Visual Cortex Processes Latin and Chinese Characters Differently

In people who are bilingual in English and Chinese, certain cortical areas react specifically to Chinese ideograms and appear to be involved in facial recognition processing.

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·October 19, 2018·4 min read

Colored Filter Improves Dyslexic Children’s Reading Speed

Using a green filter help to increase reading speed for children with dyslexia, researchers report.

The image shows letters on a board. There is an outline of a child writing letters, but getting most the wrong way round.

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·September 15, 2014·3 min read

Study First to Use Brain Scans to Forecast Early Reading Difficulties

Researchers use brain scans to predict how young children learn to read.

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·December 5, 2021·4 min read

Studies of Children’s Stories Shows Differences in Russian and U.S. Approaches to Emotion

Russian children's books focus more heavily on negative human emotions, such as anger, sadness, and fear than books US parents are likely to expose their young children to.

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·October 9, 2020·3 min read

Why Are Some Bilingual People Dyslexic in English but Not Their Other Language?

The characteristics of language structure and writing system may explain why some bilingual people are dyslexic in English, but not in their other proficient language.

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reading

Readers Found to Rely on Word Spelling Rather Than Sound in Reading

How Reading Makes Us Move

How Intensive Instruction Changes Brain Circuitry in Struggling Readers

Learning to read boosts the visual brain

Is Your Toddler Ready to Read?

Brain Connections Key to Reading

Reading Skills Affect Everything, Even Math

In Bilingual Readers, the Visual Cortex Processes Latin and Chinese Characters Differently

Colored Filter Improves Dyslexic Children’s Reading Speed

Study First to Use Brain Scans to Forecast Early Reading Difficulties

Studies of Children’s Stories Shows Differences in Russian and U.S. Approaches to Emotion

Why Are Some Bilingual People Dyslexic in English but Not Their Other Language?

Early DBS Protects Cognition in Genetic Parkinson’s

Resource Scarcity Alters Maternal Brain Activity to Hinder Caregiving

Existing Drug Could Halt Brain Inflammation in Alzheimer’s

Ultraprocessed Foods Alter Insulin and Brain Reward Responses

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