AutismFeatured·March 4, 2013·3 min readSpeech Emerges in Children with Autism and Severe Language Delay at Greater Rate Than Previously ThoughtA new study reveals 70 percent of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders, and who have a history of severe language delay, achieved fluent speech by the age of eight.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 20, 2013·4 min readSecrets of Human Speech UncoveredA new study has uncovered the neurological basis of speech motor control, the complex coordinated activity of tiny brain regions that controls our lips, jaw, tongue and larynx as we speak.Read More
NeurologyPsychology·August 8, 2012·2 min readOne Week of Therapy May Help Reorganize Brain, Reduce StutteringJust one week of speech therapy may reorganize the brain, helping to reduce stuttering, according to a study published in the August 8, 2012, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·August 7, 2012·3 min readMaking It Easier to Learn to Read: Dyslexia Caused by Signal Processing in the BrainMajor step in understanding the cause of dyslexia is taken. Scientists have discovered an important neural mechanism underlying dyslexia and shown that many difficulties associated with dyslexia can potentially be traced back to a malfunction of the medial geniculate body in the thalamus.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·July 2, 2012·3 min readDNA Sequenced for Parrot’s Ability to ParrotScientists say they have assembled more completely the string of genetic letters that could control how well parrots learn to imitate their owners and other sounds by using single molecule sequencing.Read More
AutismFeaturedGenetics·May 10, 2012·2 min readEvolution’s Gift May Also Be at the Root of a Form of AutismA recently evolved pattern of gene activity in the language and decision-making centers of the human brain is missing in...Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·January 30, 2012·3 min readResearchers Rewrite Textbook on Location of Brain’s Speech Processing CenterNew location of critical area provides hints on origin of language. Scientists have long believed that human speech is processed...Read More
Neurology·December 21, 2011·1 min readListen Up: Abnormality in Auditory Processing Underlies DyslexiaPeople with dyslexia often struggle with the ability to accurately decode and identify what they read. Although disrupted processing of...Read More
