FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·February 27, 2021·3 min read‘Explicit Instruction’ Provides Dramatic Benefits in Learning to ReadThose who received explicit instructions about the relationship between sound and spelling experienced dramatic improvements in their reading ability.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 21, 2021·5 min readPredicting Words’ Grammatical Properties Helps Us Read FasterWhen reading, people are not only able to predict the next word, but also the words' grammatical properties. This allows us to read faster. The findings could help with the development of new neural networks focused on natural language processing.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 9, 2020·3 min readWhy 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.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 4, 2020·6 min readKey Brain Region Was ‘Recycled’ as Humans Developed the Ability to ReadThe inferior temporal cortex is capable of performing tasks, such as distinguishing between real and nonsense words and picking out specific letters from words.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 11, 2020·3 min readThe brain uses minimum effort to look for key information in textThe human brain avoids taking unnecessary effort while reading by regulating the resources used in order to identify the most essential information.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 4, 2020·6 min readUnderstanding the developing brain for readingA 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.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 11, 2020·3 min readPrenatal Exposure to Flame Retardants Linked to Reading ProblemsChildren whose mothers were exposed to PBDE flame retardants while pregnancy had less efficient reading networks, and increased risk of developing reading disorders.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·December 3, 2019·4 min readYoung Children and Infants Read to By Parents Have Stronger Vocabulary SkillsReading to infants and young children is associated with stronger vocabulary skills at age three. The findings reveal parents who read to children with genetic predispositions to learning and attention disorders help improve their language acquisition skills.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·November 16, 2019·7 min readHow humans’ sense of ‘intuitive physics’ leaves fingerprints on fictional worldsIntuitive sense not only underpins our understanding of the real world but also helps inform us of the fictional worlds we create.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 14, 2019·4 min readHere’s how you help kids crack the reading codeLearning letter-sound correspondences early provides the best possible basis to learning how to read.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 25, 2019·4 min readWhat 26,000 books reveal when it comes to learning languageMachine learning finds you can take a person's language behavior and estimate the types of material they have read.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 22, 2019·4 min readFinding Upends Theory about the Cerebellum’s Role in Reading and DyslexiaNew findings dispute the popular cerebellar deficit hypothesis of dyslexia. Researchers report the cerebellum is not engaged during reading in typical readers and does not differ in children with dyslexia.Read More
