//www.koonmotors.com/news/mind_brain/dyslexia/ Read the latest research about underlying causes of dyslexia, as well as new education programs and success in school. en-us Sun, 18 Jun 2023 22:18:51 EDT Sun, 18 Jun 2023 22:18:51 EDT 60 //www.koonmotors.com/images/scidaily-logo-rss.png//www.koonmotors.com/news/mind_brain/dyslexia/ For more science news, visit ScienceDaily. //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221116133829.htm Neuroscientists find that brain signatures of reading difficulties in students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are, on average, different from those of students from higher socioeconomic backgrounds who struggle with reading. Wed, 16 Nov 2022 13:38:29 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221116133829.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221021145827.htm An innovative program to support children with reading difficulties helped them make significant progress when used online, new analysis shows. Fri, 21 Oct 2022 14:58:27 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221021145827.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221020112823.htm Scientists have for the first time pinpointed a large number of genes that are reliably associated with dyslexia. Around a third of the 42 genetic variants identified have been previously linked to general cognitive ability and educational attainment. The researchers say their findings aid our understanding of the biology behind why some children struggle to read or spell. Thu, 20 Oct 2022 11:28:23 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221020112823.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220624092431.htm Researchers say people with developmental dyslexia have specific strengths relating to exploring the unknown that have contributed to the successful adaptation and survival of our species. 星期五,2022年6月24日09:24:31美国东部时间 //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220624092431.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/04/220411133459.htm 一项新的研究发现that children can develop key reading skills in a virtual classroom with other students. Mon, 11 Apr 2022 13:34:59 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/04/220411133459.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/04/220411101341.htm A trial which used artificial intelligence to train new teachers to spot potential learning difficulties in pupils found that the approach significantly improved their assessment skills. 178 trainees assessed six fictionalised pupils for potential signs of conditions such as dyslexia and ADHD. Half received feedback in the form of a pre-written 'expert solution', while the others received feedback from AI. In a subsequent test of the quality of their reasoning when predicting potential learning difficulties in pupils, those who received the AI feedback scored 10 percentage points higher than the other group. The researchers suggest that AI may therefore be an effective substitute for close, personal feedback on teacher training programmes when training these skills, if one-to-one support is not available. Mon, 11 Apr 2022 10:13:41 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/04/220411101341.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/04/220405143525.htm Researchers report that two seemingly opposing theories of language processing are both correct. The study shows that greater left-brain asymmetry can predict both better performance and average performance on a foundational measure of reading ability, depending on whether analysis is conducted over the whole brain or in specific regions. Tue, 05 Apr 2022 14:35:25 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/04/220405143525.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/11/211115151015.htm First study combining multiple new methods to understand visual processing and brain activity in dyslexia could improve understanding of which brain processes are affected by the condition, and potentially improve interventions. Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:10:15 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/11/211115151015.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/10/211008105718.htm Neuroscientist shave discovered a novel, non-invasive imaging-based method to investigate the visual sensory thalamus, an important structure of the human brain and point of origin of visual difficulties in diseases such as dyslexia and glaucoma. The new method could provide an in-depth understanding of visual sensory processing in both health and disease in the near future. Fri, 08 Oct 2021 10:57:18 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/10/211008105718.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/09/210929212202.htm A new study has found that a child's reading speed can be improved by simply increasing the space between letters within a piece of text. The study discovered that text with increased space between each letter provided a benefit to both dyslexic and non-dyslexic children. On average, the dyslexia group showed a 13% increase in reading speed, while the comparison group of non-dyslexic children showed a 5% increase in reading speed. Wed, 29 Sep 2021 21:22:02 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/09/210929212202.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/09/210921140122.htm Humans read by 'pre-processing' written words to create a pipeline of meaning, according to new research. Tue, 21 Sep 2021 14:01:22 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/09/210921140122.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/08/210830081814.htm Researchers, looking at the ability of people to sound out words after a stroke, found that knowing which region of the brain was impacted by the stroke could have important implications for helping target rehabilitation efforts. Mon, 30 Aug 2021 08:18:14 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/08/210830081814.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/06/210610091052.htm Children with reading and writing difficulties who are presented with text on screens with flickering white noise both read better and remember what they have read better, according to a Swedish-Norwegian study. Thu, 10 Jun 2021 09:10:52 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/06/210610091052.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/04/210428162541.htm A new article used eye-tracking technology to record eye movements of readers and concluded that people with dyslexia have a profoundly different and much more difficult way of sampling visual information than normal readers. Wed, 28 Apr 2021 16:25:41 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/04/210428162541.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/03/210330121210.htm Researchers have developed a model to help identify risk factors for reading difficulties in children before kindergarten age. Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:12:10 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/03/210330121210.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/03/210326104719.htm A study with first-time learners of Japanese has measured how brain activity changes after just a few months of studying a new language. The results show that acquiring a new language initially boosts brain activity, which then reduces as language skills improve. Fri, 26 Mar 2021 10:47:19 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/03/210326104719.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/03/210319125430.htm A combined brain-scanning and behavior study has explored dyslexia in 7 & 8-year-old children learning how to read. Dyslexic youngsters were shown to have different activation in the left hemisphere compared to the control group - the area of the brain that specializes in processing language and speech. A related study by the group also found that self-confidence in reading ability helps young readers overcome some of the symptoms of dyslexia. Fri, 19 Mar 2021 12:54:30 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/03/210319125430.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/03/210311142044.htm 这些结果清楚地演示如何合作tive areas of the brain responsible for reading skill are also at work during apparently unrelated activities, such as multiplication, suggest that reading, writing and arithmetic, the foundational skills informally identified as the three Rs, might actually overlap in ways not previously imagined, let alone experimentally validated. Thu, 11 Mar 2021 14:20:44 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/03/210311142044.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/02/210205121247.htm Neuroscientists have found a link between children who are at risk for developmental coordination disorder (DCD), a common condition that can cause clumsiness, and difficulties with time perception such as interpreting changes in rhythmic beats. Fri, 05 Feb 2021 12:12:47 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/02/210205121247.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/01/210108120110.htm Neuroscientists show that the entire auditory pathway represents sounds according to prior expectations. Fri, 08 Jan 2021 12:01:10 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/01/210108120110.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/12/201201103605.htm Children diagnosed with dyslexia show greater emotional reactivity than children without dyslexia, according to a new collaborative study. Tue, 01 Dec 2020 10:36:05 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/12/201201103605.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/11/201130131421.htm The uniquely human ability to read is the cornerstone of modern civilization, yet very little is understood about the effortless ability to derive meaning from written words. Scientists have now identified a crucial region in the temporal lobe, know as the mid-fusiform cortex, which appears to act as the brain's visual dictionary. Mon, 30 Nov 2020 13:14:21 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/11/201130131421.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/11/201117122840.htm Learning a language later in life changes how the two halves of the brain contribute. As skills improve, language comprehension changes hemisphere specialization, but production does not, according to new research. Tue, 17 Nov 2020 12:28:40 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/11/201117122840.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/10/201014160512.htm Understanding sounds in language is a critical building block for child literacy, yet this skill is often overlooked. Researchers have now developed a new software tool to assess children's phonological awareness -- or, how they process the sound structure of words. Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:05:12 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/10/201014160512.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/09/200908142934.htm Restoring normal patterns of rhythmic neural activity through non-invasive electrical stimulation of the brain alleviates sound-processing deficits and improves reading accuracy in adults with dyslexia, according to a new study. Tue, 08 Sep 2020 14:29:34 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/09/200908142934.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/08/200804134734.htm A new study offers evidence that the brain's inferotemporal cortex, which is specialized to perform object recognition, has been repurposed for a key component of reading called orthographic processing -- the ability to recognize written letters and words. Tue, 04 Aug 2020 13:47:34 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/08/200804134734.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/06/200625102522.htm A new study brings neural-level evidence that the continuous variation in natural speech makes the discrimination of phonemes challenging for adults suffering from developmental reading-deficit dyslexia. Thu, 25 Jun 2020 10:25:22 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/06/200625102522.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/01/200110174111.htm English and Italian speakers with dementia-related language impairment experience distinct kinds of speech and reading difficulties based on features of their native languages, according to new research by scientists at the UC San Francisco Memory and Aging Center and colleagues at the Neuroimaging Research Unit and Neurology Unit at the San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan. Fri, 10 Jan 2020 17:41:11 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/01/200110174111.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/10/191015131430.htm Immigrant parents worry their children will struggle with reading and fret that as non-English speakers, they can't help. A new study shows that's simply not true. Reading to a young child in any language will likely help them learn to read in English. Tue, 15 Oct 2019 13:14:30 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/10/191015131430.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/10/191009131759.htm New brain imaging research debunks a controversial theory about dyslexia that can impact how it is sometimes treated. The cerebellum, a brain structure traditionally considered to be involved in motor function, has been implicated in the reading disability, developmental dyslexia, however, this 'cerebellar deficit hypothesis' has always been controversial. The new research shows that the cerebellum is not engaged during reading in typical readers and does not differ in children who have dyslexia. Wed, 09 Oct 2019 13:17:59 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/10/191009131759.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/10/191001154650.htm A team of New Jersey stroke researchers has linked recovery of reading and language competence with cerebral blood flow in the left reading network. Their findings may contribute to new approaches to identifying and treating reading deficits after stroke. Tue, 01 Oct 2019 15:46:50 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/10/191001154650.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/08/190828111245.htm Neuroscientists were able to prove that speech recognition in humans begins in the sensory pathways from the ear to the cerebral cortex and not, as previously assumed, exclusively in the cerebral cortex itself. Wed, 28 Aug 2019 11:12:45 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/08/190828111245.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/08/190819175719.htm Neuroscientists have created interactive maps that can predict where different categories of words activate the brain. Their latest map is focused on what happens in the brain when you read stories. Mon, 19 Aug 2019 17:57:19 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/08/190819175719.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/07/190707215816.htm The positive effects of a rich home learning environment during a child's early years continue into adolescence and help improve test scores later in life, according to a new study. Sun, 07 Jul 2019 21:58:16 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/07/190707215816.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/05/190513112229.htm Could artificial intelligence be a solution for people who cannot read well (functional illiterates) or those who cannot read at all (complete illiterates)? According to psycholinguists, speech technology should never replace learning how to read. Researchers argue that literacy leads to a better understanding of speech because good readers are good at predicting words. Mon, 13 May 2019 11:22:29 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/05/190513112229.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/05/190502161641.htm A new study offers clues for interventions to help young cancer survivors with severe hearing loss master reading. Thu, 02 May 2019 16:16:41 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/05/190502161641.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/02/190226112334.htm Neuroscientist show that people with dyslexia have a weakly developed structure that is not located in the cerebral cortex, but at a subcortical processing stage; namely the white matter connectivity between the left auditory motion-sensitive planum temporale (mPT) and the left auditory thalamus (medial geniculate body, MGB). Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:23:34 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/02/190226112334.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/01/190115174329.htm A neuroimaging study could help develop tests for early identification of dyslexia. Tue, 15 Jan 2019 17:43:29 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/01/190115174329.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/01/190114130835.htm Men with dyslexia have altered structural connections between the thalamus and auditory cortex on the left side of the brain, new research reveals. The study extends similar observations of the dyslexic visual system and highlights the importance of early sensory processing for reading proficiency. Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:08:35 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/01/190114130835.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/10/181023150029.htm A gene associated with dyslexia, a learning disorder, may make some athletes less susceptible to concussions, reports a new study. This is believed to be the first time that this gene has been implicated in concussion or mild traumatic brain injury in athletes of a high-impact sport. Tue, 23 Oct 2018 15:00:29 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/10/181023150029.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/09/180930153531.htm Scientists using machine learning -- a type of artificial intelligence -- with data from hundreds of children who struggle at school, identified clusters of learning difficulties which did not match the previous diagnosis the children had been given. The researchers from the Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at the University of Cambridge say this reinforces the need for children to receive detailed assessments of their cognitive skills to identify the best type of support. Sun, 30 Sep 2018 15:35:31 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/09/180930153531.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/07/180724120856.htm A new joint study identifies the brain mechanism that accounts for the discrepancy between low decoding skills and high reading comprehension in some children with dyslexia. Tue, 24 Jul 2018 12:08:56 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/07/180724120856.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/06/180625192827.htm Researchers have found that piano lessons have a specific effect on kindergartners' ability to distinguish different pitches, which translates into an improvement in discriminating between words. Mon, 25 Jun 2018 19:28:27 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/06/180625192827.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/06/180619122436.htm Education professors have shown that a comprehension-based strategy can help English learners improve their math word-problem solving abilities. The approach boosts reading comprehension and problem solving as well. Tue, 19 Jun 2018 12:24:36 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/06/180619122436.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/06/180614213556.htm Using MRI measurements of the brain's neural connections, or 'white matter,' researchers have shown that, in struggling readers, the neural circuitry strengthened -- and their reading performance improved -- after just eight weeks of a specialized tutoring program. Thu, 14 Jun 2018 21:35:56 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/06/180614213556.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/05/180524141744.htm Researchers found that a child's ability to self-regulate is a critical element in childhood language and literacy development, and that the earlier they can hone these skills, the faster language and literacy skills develop leading to better skills in the long run. Thu, 24 May 2018 14:17:44 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/05/180524141744.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/03/180307100720.htm The ability of the brain to synchronize with the tone and intonation of speech influences how language is processed. Study results could help design more effective activities to train the brain in order to avoid future disorders such as dyslexia. Over the years, several neuro-scientific studies have shown that the auditory regions of the brain synchronize with external auditory stimuli. That is to say, the brain is able to naturally adjust the frequency of its brain waves with the oscillations or the rhythm of what it listens at each moment. Wed, 07 Mar 2018 10:07:20 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/03/180307100720.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/03/180305093024.htm Many of the current US Federal and State dyslexia laws should be scrapped as they ignore scientific evidence and privilege some poor readers at the expense of huge numbers of others, according to a leading expert in reading disability. Mon, 05 Mar 2018 09:30:24 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/03/180305093024.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/02/180212100612.htm A study has found that UK GPs who declare dyslexia prior to taking the AKT are just as likely to pass the knowledge component of the licensing exam as their counterparts. Candidates who declared dyslexia after initially failing the exam were more likely to be minority ethnic candidates with a primary medical qualification outside of the UK. Mon, 12 Feb 2018 10:06:12 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/02/180212100612.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/01/180130094713.htm It has often been claimed that humans learn language using brain components that are specifically dedicated to this purpose. Now, new evidence strongly suggests that language is in fact learned in brain systems that are also used for many other purposes and even pre-existed humans. Tue, 30 Jan 2018 09:47:13 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/01/180130094713.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/12/171211091921.htm A new study has found that the brain responses of infants with an inherited risk for dyslexia, a specific reading disability, predict their future reading speed in secondary school. Mon, 11 Dec 2017 09:19:21 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/12/171211091921.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/11/171129110331.htm The brain's auditory system can be shaped by exposure to different auditory environments, such as native language and musical training, according to new research. The results suggest that musical expertise does not enhance all auditory features equally for all language speakers. Wed, 29 Nov 2017 11:03:31 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/11/171129110331.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/11/171128112649.htm Dyslexia is a learning difficulty which affects the ability to adopt the automatic reflexes needed to read and write. Several studies have sought to identify the source of the problems encountered by individuals with dyslexia when they read. Little attention, however, has been paid to the mechanisms involved in writing. Researchers have recently looked at the purely motor aspects of writing in children diagnosed with dyslexia. Their results show that orthographic processing in children with dyslexia is so laborious that it can modify or impair writing skills, despite the absence of dysgraphia in these children. Tue, 28 Nov 2017 11:26:49 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/11/171128112649.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/10/171031130312.htm Almost 10 percent of the world population suffers dyslexia. Establishing an early diagnosis would allow the development of training programs to palliate this disorder. We now may be nearer to reaching this goal thanks to a study associating auditory processing in children to their reading skills. The results offer a new approach for detecting the risk before the children learn to read. Tue, 31 Oct 2017 13:03:12 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/10/171031130312.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/10/171005190248.htm A new study found 25 percent of its young participants who had reading difficulties showed mild or moderate hearing impairment, of which their parents and teachers were unaware. Thu, 05 Oct 2017 19:02:48 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/10/171005190248.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/08/170810104929.htm Neuromyths are common misconceptions about brain research, many of which relate to learning and education. Researchers have surveyed educators, the public and people who have completed neuroscience courses, to assess their belief in neuromyths. The survey revealed that neuromyth beliefs are remarkably prevalent. Training in education and neuroscience helped reduce but did not eliminate belief in neuromyths. Thu, 10 Aug 2017 10:49:29 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/08/170810104929.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/06/170621082741.htm The lifetime prevalence of suicide attempts was much higher for women who had been diagnosed with learning disabilities (16.6 percent) compared to women who had not (3.3 percent), new research has found. Men with learning disabilities also were more likely to have attempted suicide compared to men without learning disorders (7.7 percent vs 2.1 percent). Wed, 21 Jun 2017 08:27:41 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/06/170621082741.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/05/170524140721.htm Reading is such a modern cultural invention that there is no specific area in the brain dedicated to it. Scientists have found that learning to read as an adult reconfigures evolutionarily ancient brain structures hitherto assigned to different skills. These findings were obtained in a large-scale study in India in which completely illiterate women learned how to read and write for six months. Wed, 24 May 2017 14:07:21 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/05/170524140721.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/05/170509122008.htm The languages we speak influence several factors that we rely on for our ability to read, such as visual attention and phonological processes. So concludes a new study that could have implications in teaching and in the diagnosis of dyslexia and other reading problems. Tue, 09 May 2017 12:20:08 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/05/170509122008.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/05/170504083146.htm New research shows that reading books with a child beginning in early infancy can boost vocabulary and reading skills four years later, before the start of elementary school. Thu, 04 May 2017 08:31:46 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/05/170504083146.htm